What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills

May 24, 2023

Indisputably (by Jill Gross) — Professor Gross (Pace Law) discusses how experiences in alternative dispute resolution can be used to help negotiate and mediate student conflicts as a law school leader.  

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Projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)

May 24, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) predicts how recent post-graduation employment outcomes and bar passage rates from could affect the 2024-25 US News law school rankings.  

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What I got right (and wrong) in projecting the USNWR law rankings

May 24, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) gives an overview of how his predictions compared to the actual 2023-24 US News law school rankings.  

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USNews.com has outdone itself: it has made its law school rankings even more absurd than before!

May 24, 2023

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) discusses his concerns with the most recent edition of US News’ law school rankings. 

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Mental Health, Law School, And Bar Admissions: Eliminating Stigma And Fostering A Healthier Profession

May 24, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Arkansas Law Review article by student Natalie C. Fortner (University of Arkansas Law) discussing how eliminating stigma around mental health can create a healthier environment for lawyers and other legal professionals.  

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Putting The Bar Exam On Constitutional Notice: Cut Scores, Race & Ethnicity, And The Public Good

May 24, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Seattle University Law Review article by Scott Johns (Denver Law) that examines alternatives to the bar exam and current policies around law licensing. 

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ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

May 24, 2023

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares a list of proposals considered and actions taken by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar during the group’s May meeting.  

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MPT Advice Part 3: the rule statement in four parts

May 24, 2023

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Lisa DeLaTorre) — Lisa DeLaTorre (TSU Thurgood Marshall Law) offers advice to help students prepare for the bar exam’s Multistate Performance Test.  

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Political Polarization, Legal Education, And Ideological Discrimination In Faculty Hiring

May 15, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares two articles that explore reducing political polarization in law schools.  

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Tobin: A Preliminary Analysis Of The New U.S. News Law School Rankings

May 15, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed by Donald Tobin (University of Maryland Carey Law) that criticizes the methodology changes made to the 2023-24 US News law school rankings and suggests improvements the ranking system could use in the future.  

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