Demonstrating Civility: A Law School Learning Outcome
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Kentucky Law Journal article by Laurel Rigertas (Northern Illinois University Law) that details how law schools can teach civility and better define it a metric of student success.
Read More about Demonstrating Civility: A Law School Learning OutcomeHubbard: New Rule Of Law Data Underscores Urgency Of Educating Next Gen Lawyers For Democracy
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed by William C. Hubbard (University of South Carolina Law) that emphasizes the importance of law schools training students on upholding the rule of law and democracy.
Read More about Hubbard: New Rule Of Law Data Underscores Urgency Of Educating Next Gen Lawyers For DemocracyWhat Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State Constitutions
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a New Mexico Law Review article by Ellie Margolis (Temple Law) and Leonore Carpenter (Rutgers Law) that details why a focus on state constitutions is essential to legal education.
Read More about What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State ConstitutionsThe Impact Of Mindfulness Education On Law Students
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a UBC Law Review article by multiple authors that explores how mindfulness education can help law students in their careers.
Read More about The Impact Of Mindfulness Education On Law Students1L of a Blog Series: The Lead-In to Final Exams
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) offers advice to first-year students on how to start preparation for final exams early.
Read More about 1L of a Blog Series: The Lead-In to Final Exams20 principles from psychology for teaching and learning of students
Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares a list of principles from psychology that can be used by law professors and students to enhance teaching and learning.
Read More about 20 principles from psychology for teaching and learning of studentsRecent trends in law school lateral hiring, 2019-2024
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares data from the past five years showing which law schools have had the most lateral hires.
Read More about Recent trends in law school lateral hiring, 2019-2024AALS Section on Election Law Award Winners
The Faculty Lounge (by Anthony Gaughan) — Professor Gaughan (Drake Law) announces winners of awards from the AALS Section on Election Law to be presented at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Read More about AALS Section on Election Law Award WinnersDefining The Discipline: Six Pillars Of Academic Success Programming In Law Schools
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Kris Franklin (New York Law School) and Catherine Martin Christopher (Texas Tech Law) that outlines six aspects of programming law schools should implement to ensure academic success.
Read More about Defining The Discipline: Six Pillars Of Academic Success Programming In Law SchoolsSCOTUS Database–Updates
Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) shares an update that the Supreme Court Database has been updated to include information on all cases through 2023.
Read More about SCOTUS Database–Updates