What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills
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.
Read More about What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR SkillsProjecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)
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.
Read More about Projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)What I got right (and wrong) in projecting the USNWR law rankings
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.
Read More about What I got right (and wrong) in projecting the USNWR law rankingsUSNews.com has outdone itself: it has made its law school rankings even more absurd than before!
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.
Read More about USNews.com has outdone itself: it has made its law school rankings even more absurd than before!Mental Health, Law School, And Bar Admissions: Eliminating Stigma And Fostering A Healthier Profession
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.
Read More about Mental Health, Law School, And Bar Admissions: Eliminating Stigma And Fostering A Healthier ProfessionPutting The Bar Exam On Constitutional Notice: Cut Scores, Race & Ethnicity, And The Public Good
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.
Read More about Putting The Bar Exam On Constitutional Notice: Cut Scores, Race & Ethnicity, And The Public GoodABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
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.
Read More about ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the BarMPT Advice Part 3: the rule statement in four parts
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.
Read More about MPT Advice Part 3: the rule statement in four partsPolitical Polarization, Legal Education, And Ideological Discrimination In Faculty Hiring
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares two articles that explore reducing political polarization in law schools.
Read More about Political Polarization, Legal Education, And Ideological Discrimination In Faculty HiringTobin: A Preliminary Analysis Of The New U.S. News Law School Rankings
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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