80% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 20% (Black Applicants Are Up 30%)
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data from the Fall 2025 law school admissions season showing a significant increase in applicants from the previous year.
Read More about 80% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 20% (Black Applicants Are Up 30%)Summer Associate Hiring Hit All-Time Low In 2024; 78% Of 2025 Summer Associate Offers Were Made Before August 1
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of articles discussing the decrease in law firm summer associate hiring offers to law students in 2024.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that three law professors created the Generative AI Sandbox to help law faculty learn about artificial intelligence.
Read More about Law Profs’ Generative AI SandboxTeaching Law In The Age of Generative AI
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by John Bliss (University of Denver Law) that outlines what law professors should know about generative artificial intelligence.
Read More about Teaching Law In The Age of Generative AI2025 PLEDGE Bootcamp – AccessLex Institute – Request for Applications
(Academic Support Blog) — The author shares the announcement from the AccessLex Institute inviting teams of two to apply for a two-day training centered on developing skills related to evaluating student focused programs.
Read More about 2025 PLEDGE Bootcamp – AccessLex Institute – Request for ApplicationsThe Artificially Intelligent RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach
Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) discusses his role in developing the Real Practice Systems artificial intelligence negotiation and mediation coach and discusses features of the program that could be useful to law professors.
Read More about The Artificially Intelligent RPS Negotiation and Mediation CoachUsing RPS Coach in Simulations
Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) explains how Real Practice Systems artificial intelligence negotiation and mediation coach can be helpful when running mediation simulations for law students.
Read More about Using RPS Coach in SimulationsNew ABA Bar Data: Pass Rate Increased 3 Percentage Points For First-Time Takers; 6 Law Schools Fell Short of 75% Accreditation Threshold
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that six law schools have fallen below the ABA accreditation bar pass standard.
Read More about New ABA Bar Data: Pass Rate Increased 3 Percentage Points For First-Time Takers; 6 Law Schools Fell Short of 75% Accreditation ThresholdABA Reiterates Suspension Of Law School Diversity Accreditation Standard In Wake Of DOJ Threat If ABA Does Not Eliminate The Standard
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — XDean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that the ABA has reaffirmed that they will suspend the diversity accreditation for law schools following threats from the Department of Justice to push for their removal as an accrediting body if they do not comply.
Read More about ABA Reiterates Suspension Of Law School Diversity Accreditation Standard In Wake Of DOJ Threat If ABA Does Not Eliminate The StandardAALS Call For Papers: Reflecting On The Journal of Legal Education
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education call for papers seeking articles reflecting on previously published scholarship.
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