Law School Hiring Spreadsheet and Clearinghouse for Questions, 2022-2023

September 6, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a collaborative spreadsheet tracking new law faculty placements, as well as a forum for candidates to ask and answer questions about the faculty hiring process.

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Sixty Deans Oppose The ABA’s Proposal To Make Law School Admission Tests Optional

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a letter signed by 60 law school deans opposing the ABA legal education section’s proposal to eliminate the admissions test requirement for law schools.

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Call for Nominations: AALS Administrative Law Section Emerging Scholar Award

September 6, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a call for nominations for the AALS Section on Administrative Law’s Emerging Scholar Award.

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Call for Entries: Law Professor Twitter Census 2022-2023 Edition

September 6, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a call to participate in a directory of law professors who regularly use Twitter.

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Conference: Beyond Learning Outcomes: Working the Assessment Plan September 16-17, 2022

September 6, 2022

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by E. Scott Fruehwald) —  The author shares details regarding Suffolk Law’s upcoming conference Beyond Learning Outcomes – Working the Assessment Plan.

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The Exclusion Of Public Legal Education From Mandatory And Aspirational State Pro Bono Service Requirements

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Amy Wallace (New York Law School) that examines how states set pro bono requirements and how public legal education programs are a service to local communities.

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Are Law Schools Raising Their Attrition And Transfer Rates To Boost Their Bar Exam Pass Rates?

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Jason Scott and Joshua Jackson (AccessLex) that explores the impact of law student attrition and transfers on bar exam pass rates.

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Investing in Academic Success: Diverse Approaches – a Blog Post by Prof. Charles Calleros (ASU)

September 6, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Charles Calleros) — Professor Calleros (Arizona State University Law) shares different approaches to supporting law student academic success used in different countries.

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Law School Curriculum: Reform, Assessment, and Research Design

September 6, 2022

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) shares a paper by David A. Hyman(Georgetown Law), Jing Liu (East China University Law), and Joshua C. Teitelbaum (Georgetown Law) that explores how changes to the first-year law school curriculum could positively impact law students.

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Fostering law student professional identity in a time of instability and strife (326)

September 6, 2022

Legal Evolution (by Neil Hamilton and Louis Bilionis) — The authors look at changes to the ABA accreditation standards regarding professional identity training for law students.

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