VAPs and Fellowships 2023-2024

September 13, 2023

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. 

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Teaching Constitutional Law in the Trump Era 

September 13, 2023

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. 

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An Empirical Analysis Of Practice-Based Technology Training In Law Schools

September 13, 2023

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. 

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Reflective Journal: Curricular Deficits, Pedagogical Challenges, And Constructing Community In A Non-Traditional Law School Class

September 13, 2023

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.  

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Black And BarRed: The Bar Examination’s History Of Exclusivity And ABA Standard 316

September 13, 2023

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.

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Legal Writing And Faculty Pro Bono

September 13, 2023

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. 

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AAA Accepting Applications for Diverse Student Summit

September 13, 2023

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. 

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Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center Publishes Draft Guidelines on AI use in Arbitration for Comment

September 13, 2023

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. 

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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!

September 13, 2023

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. 

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Job seekers in the first FAR jump from last year’s low: 272 to 348

September 5, 2023

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. 

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