2022-2023 Survey of Applied Legal Education

September 25, 2023

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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Mistakes and Oral Communication in Legal English

September 25, 2023

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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The Future of Transactional Skills Today

September 25, 2023

Legal Writing Matters (by Professor Eckart) — (Suffolk Law) discusses the importance of teaching transactional and legal writing skills to prepare students for law practice.

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Georgetown Law on AI in the TESOL Applied Linguistics Newsletter (Sept 2023 issue)

September 25, 2023

Georgetown Legal English Blog — The blog shares a collection of articles on language, teaching, and generative artificial intelligence.

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A Faustian Bargain? Rethinking The Role Of Debt In Law Students’ Career Choices

September 18, 2023

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. 

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Statement from AASE Concerning the NextGen Bar Exam 

September 18, 2023

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.  

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Legal Education And Trigger Warnings: More Harm Than Good?

September 18, 2023

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. 

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Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility for Lawyers Plus Five Mandatory Civility Rules That Will Work by David Grenardo

September 18, 2023

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.  

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ChatGPT is Notoriously Bad at Legal Research. So Let’s Use it to Teach Legal Research

September 18, 2023

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. 

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Does Diversity Have a Future?

September 13, 2023

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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