AI: It’s Just a Shiny New Hammer in Your Legal Toolkit
Legal Writing Matters (by Colin M. Black) — Professor Black (Suffolk Law) discusses how generative artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to improve legal writing.
Read More about AI: It’s Just a Shiny New Hammer in Your Legal ToolkitThe Fall 2023 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 1.9%, As Law Schools May Reduce Enrollment Due To Dramatic Changes In U.S. News Rankings Methodology
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data on the fall 2023 law school admissions cycle that shows a slight decrease in the number of law school applicants.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares articles from a recent Hofstra Law Review symposium on freedom of expression at American law schools.
Read More about Symposium: Freedom Of Expression At American Law SchoolsTeaching Students to Focus on Party Decision-Making
Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) discusses how law professors can teach students to advise clients on decision making.
Read More about Teaching Students to Focus on Party Decision-MakingAcademic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (Florida International University Law) shares a collection of recent scholarship in the field of academic and bar support.
Read More about Academic and Bar Support Scholarship SpotlightLevering AI in the Service of Contract Interpretation
Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) discusses how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool in contact interpretation.
Read More about Levering AI in the Service of Contract InterpretationChat GPT Makes A Better Therapist Than A Lawyer
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Diana Simon (University of Arizona Law) detailing how ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence programs often fail at the basic tasks of a lawyer.
Read More about Chat GPT Makes A Better Therapist Than A LawyerGondwe: The Legal Academic Job Market—5 Tips For Screening Interview And Job-Talk Prep
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Nyamagaga Gondwe (University of Wisconsin Law) that provides tips for prospective law professors for screening interviews and preparing for on-campus presentations as part of the faculty recruitment process.
Read More about Gondwe: The Legal Academic Job Market—5 Tips For Screening Interview And Job-Talk PrepDo We Need a Bar Exam . . . For Experienced Lawyers?
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a UC Irvine Law Review article by David Adam Friedman (Willamette Law) that argues the benefits of having a bar exam for experienced lawyers.
Read More about Do We Need a Bar Exam . . . For Experienced Lawyers?Student-Edited Law Journals as Experiential Learning: My Road to “Duh”
The Faculty Lounge (by David Yamada) — Professor Yamada (Suffolk Law) discusses how participation in student-edited law journals provides good experiences for law students to learn professional skills and collaboration.
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