Legal occupations prove resilient during COVID shutdowns
(Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports) by Michael Simkovic – Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) analyses the resiliency of the legal profession, with new unemployment figures during the pandemic.
Read More about Legal occupations prove resilient during COVID shutdownsLaw teaching during the pandemic: what professors want their deans (and other administrators) to know
(The Faculty Lounge) by Bridget Crawford – Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares final reflections from law faculty on online instruction during the pandemic.
Read More about Law teaching during the pandemic: what professors want their deans (and other administrators) to know80.5% of law professors prefer in-person instruction
(The Faculty Lounge) by Bridget Crawford – Professor Crawford (Pace Law) analyzes data from a national student survey and her own anecdotal survey of law faculty.
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(PrawfsBlawg) by Howard Wasserman – Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) shares an op-ed on a lawsuit filed by the parent of a George Washington Law student who alleges breach of contract over the decision of the school to move all classes to remote instruction during the pandemic without refunds to students.
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(PrawsfsBlawg) by Howard Wasserman – Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) discusses the pitfalls of hybrid in-person and online classes.
Read More about When the middle might be worse than the extremeA skeptical comment on the Wisconsin diploma privilege
(PrawfsBlawg) by Paul Horowitz – Professor Horowitz (University of Alabama Law) shares reflections from Professor Jason Yackee (University of Wisconsin Law) on diploma privilege in Wisconsin, allowing the state’s law school graduates to be admitted to practice without taking the bar exam.
Read More about A skeptical comment on the Wisconsin diploma privilegeU.S. Department of Education extends online education flexibility through Fall 2020 semester
(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron – Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares updated guidance from the Department of Education providing additional flexibility for colleges to provide classes online.
Read More about U.S. Department of Education extends online education flexibility through Fall 2020 semesterEducation experts discuss the challenges of active learning in online classrooms
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Advocates for active learning worry that their favored approach will be hard to pull off in physically distanced classrooms — and that instructors will revert to the straightforward lecture.
Read More about Education experts discuss the challenges of active learning in online classroomsPredicting what higher education will look like after the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Most experts predict we will not have a vaccine for COVID-19 until mid-2021, more than a year from now. In the meantime, the American higher education community is going to be turned upside down, and the educational effects will last long after the virus has been brought under control. What will the impact be?…
Read More about Predicting what higher education will look like after the pandemicSurvey: Majority of college presidents likely to reopen campuses this fall
INSIDE HIGHER ED — More than half of college presidents (53 percent) said it was “very likely” their institutions would resume in-person classes this fall, and another 31 percent said it was “somewhat likely,” according to a survey of 310 presidents conducted by the American Council on Education. Presidents at public two-year colleges were less likely (38 percent) than presidents of…
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