90% Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 11.0%, The Most Among Whites And The Highest LSAT Bands

April 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data showing a decrease in law school applicants compared to this point in the admissions cycle last year.  

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Franklin & Bahadur: Directed Questions A Non-Socratic Dialogue About Non-Socratic Teaching

April 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Detroit Mercy Law Reviewby Kris Franklin (New York Law) and Rory D. Bahadur (Washburn Law) detailing methods of advancing Socratic and case-method teaching. 

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What The Access To Justice Crisis Means For Legal Education

April 25, 2022

TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a UC Irvine Law Review article by Kathryne Young (University of Massachusetts) explaining how law school reforms can improve access to justice.  

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Heald: The Law Review Scam—Humanely Ending Law School Exceptionalism

April 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed by Paul Heald (University of Illinois Law) stating his issues with student-led law reviews and offering potential solutions.  

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Call for Papers: AALS Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law

April 25, 2022

The Surly Subgroup (by Sam Brunson) — Professor Brunson (Loyola Law Chicago) shares a call for papers from the AALS Section on Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law for a panel at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.  

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February 2022 MBE bar scores fall, match record lows

April 21, 2022

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares data on the results from the February 2022 bar exam and provides analysis.

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The Exams are coming!! The exams are coming!!

April 21, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Elizabeth Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) shares advice for law students as they prepare for final exams.

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Teaching Law Students Cross-Cultural Competence

April 21, 2022

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — Author shares his thoughts on the recent changes to ABA law school accreditation standards requiring cross-cultural competency training.

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Teaching Law Students Cross-Cultural Competence

April 19, 2022

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — Author shares his thoughts on the recent changes to ABA law school accreditation standards requiring cross-cultural competency training.

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The Exams are coming!! The exams are coming!!

April 19, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Elizabeth Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) shares advice for law students as they prepare for final exams.

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