May It Please The Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education 

December 19, 2022

TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an excerpt from the book May it Please the Campus by Patricia E. Salkin (Touro Law) exploring how lawyers have served as leaders in higher education. 

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Law School Diversity Professionals Annual Meeting

December 19, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a flier for the Annual Meeting of the Law School Diversity Professionals to be held at Chapman Law in April 2023. 

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Resources for Using Real Systems Materials in Teaching

December 19, 2022

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) explains how law faculty can get ideas and use materials from the Real Mediation Systems Project. 

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CLEA Statement on US News Rankings for Clinical Programs

December 19, 2022

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares a statement from the Clinical Legal Education Association regarding law schools’ recent boycott of US News rankings.  

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Actively Achieving Greater Racial Equity In The Law School Classroom

December 19, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Cleveland State Law Review article by Rory D. Bahadur (Washburn Law) and Catherine Bramble (BYU Law) detailing the need for faculty to actively educate themselves on racial issues in order to achieve greater racial equity in the law school classroom. 

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AALS in San Diego 2023! Things to do and plan for! 

December 12, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Orly Lobel) — Professor Lobel (University of San Diego Law) shares a list of activities in San Diego for those planning to attend the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.

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Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight

December 12, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) –Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares the table of contents from the latest issue of the Journal of Legal Education.

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The Impact Of The U.S. News Rankings Boycott On Individual Law Schools

December 12, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a table including the current and historical rankings of the law schools that have decided to boycott US News rankings.

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School-funded jobs, long-term outcomes, and law school rankings 

December 12, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) shares how US News methodology for considering graduate employment outcomes has impacted schools’ decisions to boycott US News rankings.

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Standardized test scores and law school rankings

December 12, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) shares the challenges presented when utilizing standardized testing scores in law school rankings.

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