2022-2023 Survey of Applied Legal Education
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report from the Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education surveying ABA-accredited law schools on their use of applied legal education.
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Georgetown Legal English Blog (by Paula Klammer) — Professor Klammer (Georgetown Law) shares common mistakes made when teaching legal English and offers advice to other professors in the field.
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Legal Writing Matters (by Professor Eckart) — (Suffolk Law) discusses the importance of teaching transactional and legal writing skills to prepare students for law practice.
Read More about The Future of Transactional Skills TodayGeorgetown Law on AI in the TESOL Applied Linguistics Newsletter (Sept 2023 issue)
Georgetown Legal English Blog — The blog shares a collection of articles on language, teaching, and generative artificial intelligence.
Read More about Georgetown Law on AI in the TESOL Applied Linguistics Newsletter (Sept 2023 issue)A Faustian Bargain? Rethinking The Role Of Debt In Law Students’ Career Choices
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Empirical Studies article that explores how law school debt affects law graduates’ career choices.
Read More about A Faustian Bargain? Rethinking The Role Of Debt In Law Students’ Career ChoicesStatement from AASE Concerning the NextGen Bar Exam
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a statement from the Association of Academic Support Educators regarding the next-generation bar exam.
Read More about Statement from AASE Concerning the NextGen Bar ExamLegal Education And Trigger Warnings: More Harm Than Good?
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Diana Simon (University of Arizona Law) that looks at the use of trigger warnings in law school.
Read More about Legal Education And Trigger Warnings: More Harm Than Good?Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility for Lawyers Plus Five Mandatory Civility Rules That Will Work by David Grenardo
Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by David Grenardo (University of St. Thomas Law) that outlines practical methods for teaching civility to law students and lawyers.
Read More about Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility for Lawyers Plus Five Mandatory Civility Rules That Will Work by David GrenardoChatGPT is Notoriously Bad at Legal Research. So Let’s Use it to Teach Legal Research
Verdict (by David S. Kemp) — David S. Kemp (UC Berkeley Law lecturer) explains how ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools can be used as a teaching tool in law school classes.
Read More about ChatGPT is Notoriously Bad at Legal Research. So Let’s Use it to Teach Legal ResearchDoes Diversity Have a Future?
Verdict (by Michael C. Dorf) — Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) discusses how past US Supreme Court decisions on race-based admissions have affected universities and how the recent decision on affirmative action could impact law schools.
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