Learning Outcomes: Helping Students, Employers, Clients, And Law Schools

July 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Neil Hamilton and Jerome Organ (University of St. Thomas Law) that explores how focusing on learning outcomes and better assessment options will provide long term benefits for law students.  

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The Final Countdown to the Bar Exam

July 25, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) shares advice for recent law school graduates as they prepare to take the bar exam.    

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This Year Is Still Different: An Outdated Bar Exam in Troubled Times

July 25, 2022

Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt, Sara J. Berman, Marsha Griggs, and Carol Chomsky) — Professors share advice and well-wishes to 2022 law school graduates as they prepare to take the bar exam. 

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Will remote work adversely affect the training, productivity, and retention of lawyers? (317)

July 25, 2022

Legal Evolution (by Tom Sharbaugh) — Professor Sharbaugh (Penn State Law) analyzes the drawbacks and benefits of remote work for lawyers both in the short and long term.   

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Alena Allen to Serve as Deputy Director of AALS

July 18, 2022

The Faculty Director (by Dan Filler) — University of Arkansas School of Law interim dean Alena Allen has accepted the position of  Deputy Director of the American Association of Law Schools effective August 1.  She will remain a tenured professor on the faculty and will conclude her role as interim dean June 30.

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Looking Back: A Case Study Of Career Interest And Experiential Learning In Law School

July 14, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming University of Louisville Law Review article by David Jaffe (American University Law), Katherine Bender (Bridgewater State University) and Jerome M. Organ (University of St. Thomas Law). The article shares data from the 2021 Survey of Law Student Well-Being and looks at how law student

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Ohio State Festschrift In Honor Of Deborah Jones Merritt

July 14, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of articles from an Ohio State Law Journal issue honoring the career of Ohio State Law professor Deborah Jones Merritt. 

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Conway: Antiracist Lawyering Begins With Teaching Antiracism In Law School

July 14, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Utah Law Review essay by Danielle Conway (Dean, Penn State Dickinson Law) urging members of legal academy and the legal profession to address how the law is complicit in systemic inequality.  

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An Empirical Analysis Of Racial Bias In The UBE: A Law School’s First-Time Bar Pass Rate Decreases As Its Percentage Of Students Of Color Increases

July 14, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform article by Scott Devito (Ave Maria University), Kelsey Hample (Furman University), and Erin Lain (Drake Law). The article analyzes how racial bias plays a part in bar exam pass rates for schools. 

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HBCU Law Schools Face Severe Underfunding

July 4, 2022

TaxProf Blog — There are six Historically Black Colleges and Universities law schools in the U.S., established because Black students were denied access to law school, and each is struggling due to underfunding.

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