This Is Not A Drill: The War Against Antiracist Teaching In America

October 24, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a transcript of Kimberlé Crenshaw’s (Columbia Law & UCLA Law) acceptance speech for the AALS 2021 Triennial Award for Lifetime Service to Legal Education and the Legal Profession.

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What’s (Race In) The Law Got To Do With It: Incorporating Race In Legal Curriculum

October 24, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Connecticut Law Review article by Sonia Gipson Rankin (University of New Mexico Law) explaining how to incorporate conversations about race within legal education.

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Leading student-edited law reviews issue statement on new requirements for data and code transparency in empirical legal scholarship

October 18, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares new requirements for data and code transparency in empirical legal scholarship.

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Results of Law Professor Twitter Census 2022-2023 Edition

October 18, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares the results from the “census” listing law professors who have a presence on Twitter.

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Advice from an “Other Other Legal Academy” Tenure Committee Chair

October 18, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Jeff Lipshaw) — Professor Lipshaw (Suffolk Law) shares advice for law professors seeking tenure.

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“Blowing Up Law School?”

October 18, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) shares his thoughts on the role and responsibilities of Constitutional law professors.

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California Legal History Journal on Legal Clinics and Experiential Learning

October 18, 2022

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares an excerpt from the most recent Journal of the California Supreme Court Historical Society which is dedicated to experiential and clinical legal education.

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Wellness And Law: Reforming Legal Education To Support Student Wellness

October 18, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Howard Law Journal article by Janet Thompson Jackson (Washburn Law) detailing how law schools can shape curricula to benefit student wellness.

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Zoom School Of Law?

October 18, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron )– Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by Kathryn Hobbis (Georgetown Law student) that argues in favor of changing ABA accreditation standards to allow for virtual JD programs. The author asserts the change could help low-income and underrepresented students gain access to legal education.

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Externships 11: Final Reflections and Gratitude

October 17, 2022

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares reflections from the Externship 11 conference which gathered clinical law educators from around the world.

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