Leading Law Schools: Relationships, Influence, And Negotiation
TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Cincinnati Law Review article by Michael T. Colatrella Jr. (University of the Pacific McGeorge Law) that details the most important skills for law school leadership to develop.
Read More about Leading Law Schools: Relationships, Influence, And NegotiationSix law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares an announcement regarding the law professors who have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Read More about Six law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & SciencesWhat Law Students Should Take Away from the Stanford Law School Controversy Involving Disruption of a Federal Judge’s Speech: Part One in a Series
Verdict (by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone) — Dean Amar and Professor Mazzone (University of Illinois Law) look at the lessons law students should take from the recent student protest of a speaker event at Stanford Law.
Read More about What Law Students Should Take Away from the Stanford Law School Controversy Involving Disruption of a Federal Judge’s Speech: Part One in a SeriesDo Law Schools Truly Have to Worry About Students Not Being Able to Handle Real-World Disagreements?
Dorf on Law (by Neil H. Buchanan) — Professor Buchanan (University of Florida Law) looks at the protest of a recent speaker event at Stanford Law in order to examine law professors’ responsibilities to their students.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Lisa DeLaTorre) — Associate Director of Academic Success and Bar Readiness Lisa Delatorre (TSU Thurgood Marshall Law) offers advice to new law graduates planning to take the bar exam’s Multistate Performance Test.
Read More about MPT advice, part 1 in a seriesThrough The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.7%, With Biggest Decline (-8.0%) In The 150-154 LSAT Band
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data showing that the number of law school applicants have decreased for the fall 2023 admissions season.
Read More about Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.7%, With Biggest Decline (-8.0%) In The 150-154 LSAT BandNY Times: At Stanford Law School, The Dean Takes A Stand For Free Speech. Will It Work?
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a New York Times article discussing Stanford Law dean Jenny S. Martinez’s response to a campus speaker protest. The article looks at how the response could affect free speech at the school and how other deans could respond in the future.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by Milan Markovic (Texas A&M University Law) that analyzes diploma privilege from a historical and empirical perspective to explore if it could serve as a better method of law licensing than the bar exam.
Read More about Protecting The Guild Or Protecting The Public? Bar Exams And The Diploma PrivilegeRadical Turn Away’ From Admissions Tests? Deans Say Claims Of Increased Diversity From Making The LSAT Optional May Be Unfounded
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Indiana Lawyer article that details how some law deans believe that making the admission tests optional for law school admissions could harm diversity within law schools.
Read More about Radical Turn Away’ From Admissions Tests? Deans Say Claims Of Increased Diversity From Making The LSAT Optional May Be UnfoundedFebruary 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test history
(Excess of Democracy) by Derek T. Muller — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) discusses the decline in scores for test-takers of the February 2023 Multistate Bar Exam.
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