High Anxiety: Racism, The Law, And Legal Education

September 19, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Elayne E. Greenberg (St. John’s University Law) analyzing how law schools can effectively teach issues related to systemic racism in their curricula.

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2022-23 Edition)

September 19, 2022

TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of visiting assistant professorship (VAP) and fellowship programs for aspiring law professors.  

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Lead the Way: How Leadership Courses in Law Schools Can Satisfy ABA Standard 303

September 19, 2022

Legal Writing Matters (by Kathleen Elliott Vinson) — Professor Vinson (Suffolk Law) explains how leadership courses can help law schools meet ABA standard 303.

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Sick Of Faculty Meetings That Go Off The Rails? ‘Robert’s Rules Of Order’ Can Help

September 19, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares information on Robert’s Rules of Order Fast Track: The Brief & Easy Guide to Parliamentary Procedure for the Modern Meeting by Jim Slaughter, a streamlined version of the ‘rules’ which can be used to manage faculty or business meetings efficiently.  

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Introducing First-Year Law Students To ‘Legal Realism’

September 19, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Nebraska Law Review article by Gregory S. Crespi (SMU Dedman Law) on how to introduce concepts of legal realism to first year law students.  

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What The Access To Justice Crisis Means For Legal Education

September 19, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a UC Irvine Law Review article by Kathryne M. Young (George Washington Law) that details how the access to justice crisis will affect the future of legal education. 

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Nominations Open for AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

September 19, 2022

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojick) — Professor Wojick (University of Illinois Chicago Law) shares a call for nominations for open positions for the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research’s Executive Committee.    

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Religiously Affiliated Law Schools conference . . . coming up!

September 19, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Rick Garnett) — Professor Garnett (Notre Dame Law) shares a schedule for the upcoming symposia “The Past, Present, and Future of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools.” 

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Legal Podcasts

September 19, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Gerard Magliocca) — Professor Magliocca (Indiana University McKinney Law) shares suggestions for legal podcasts that law professors can listen to.  

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Where did aspiring law teachers in the first FAR graduate law school? (And why are there so few candidates in the first FAR?)

September 6, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares his thoughts on law professor candidates and hiring this year.

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