VAPs and Fellowships 2023-2024
PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a space for law school applicants to detail their experiences applying to visiting assistant professorships (VAPs) and fellowships.
Read More about VAPs and Fellowships 2023-2024Teaching Constitutional Law in the Trump Era
Dorf on Law (by Michael C. Dorf) — Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) explains how the teaching of constitutional law has changed since the presidency of Donald Trump.
Read More about Teaching Constitutional Law in the Trump EraAn Empirical Analysis Of Practice-Based Technology Training In Law Schools
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by Jessica De Perio Wittman (University of Connecticut Law) and Katie Brown (Charleston Law) that explores how technology competency is being taught in law schools.
Read More about An Empirical Analysis Of Practice-Based Technology Training In Law SchoolsReflective Journal: Curricular Deficits, Pedagogical Challenges, And Constructing Community In A Non-Traditional Law School Class
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Roger Williams University Law Review article by Rita A. Sethi (Hofstra Law) that reflects on her experiences and the role of identity in the classroom.
Read More about Reflective Journal: Curricular Deficits, Pedagogical Challenges, And Constructing Community In A Non-Traditional Law School ClassBlack And BarRed: The Bar Examination’s History Of Exclusivity And ABA Standard 316
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a South Carolina Law Review article by Nicola A. Boothe (UIC Law) that details how accreditors can create better diversity and inclusivity standards for law schools.
Read More about Black And BarRed: The Bar Examination’s History Of Exclusivity And ABA Standard 316Legal Writing And Faculty Pro Bono
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming article by Ezra Ross (UC Irvine Law) that details how faculty pro bono can help professors improve legal writing programs.
Read More about Legal Writing And Faculty Pro BonoAAA Accepting Applications for Diverse Student Summit
Indisputably (by Jill Gross) — Professor Gross (Pace Law) shares that the American Arbitration Association is accepting applicants for a diverse student summit on alternative dispute resolution.
Read More about AAA Accepting Applications for Diverse Student SummitSilicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center Publishes Draft Guidelines on AI use in Arbitration for Comment
Indisputably (by Kelly Browne Olson) — Professor Olson (University of Arkansas Little Rock Law) shares draft guidelines from the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Meditation Center on the use of generative artificial intelligence in arbitration for comment.
Read More about Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center Publishes Draft Guidelines on AI use in Arbitration for CommentArticle on whether U.S. legal system is ready for the “challenge of A.I. to human values” includes citations that seem to have been made up by Chat GPT!
Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares news that a recently published article on the use of ChatGPT in the legal profession used a false citation created by AI.
Read More about Article on whether U.S. legal system is ready for the “challenge of A.I. to human values” includes citations that seem to have been made up by Chat GPT!Job seekers in the first FAR jump from last year’s low: 272 to 348
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares news that the number of faculty applicants in the first distribution of the AALS Faculty Appointments Register has increased.
Read More about Job seekers in the first FAR jump from last year’s low: 272 to 348