AI: It’s Just a Shiny New Hammer in Your Legal Toolkit

September 5, 2023

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.  

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Symposium: Freedom Of Expression At American Law Schools

August 21, 2023

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.  

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Teaching Students to Focus on Party Decision-Making

August 21, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) discusses how law professors can teach students to advise clients on decision making.

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Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight 

August 21, 2023

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. 

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Levering AI in the Service of Contract Interpretation

August 21, 2023

 Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) discusses how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool in contact interpretation.  

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Chat GPT Makes A Better Therapist Than A Lawyer

August 21, 2023

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. 

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Gondwe: The Legal Academic Job Market—5 Tips For Screening Interview And Job-Talk Prep

August 7, 2023

 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.

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Do We Need a Bar Exam . . . For Experienced Lawyers?

August 7, 2023

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.

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Student-Edited Law Journals as Experiential Learning: My Road to “Duh”

August 7, 2023

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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