Washington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson reflects on her first year at the school

August 22, 2023

THE COLUMNS — In the most recent issue of Discovery, our law alumni newsletter, Dean Melanie Wilson reflected on her first year in the Dean’s Office and what she is excited about in the year to come.

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Willamette Law professor Valerie Vollmar discusses experience teaching experiential education

August 21, 2023

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — During her time on the Willamette Law faculty, Professor Emerita Valerie J. Vollmar JD’75 was not afraid to be first – from being amongst the first Willamette Law professors to use a computer to being the first to use PowerPoint slides in class – Vollmar was well known across campus for being a trailblazer.

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Northeastern Law professor Michael Meltsner reflects on career ahead of retirement

July 25, 2023

NGN MAGAZINE — Michael Meltsner, the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, who helped actualize the law school’s experiential learning mission while overseeing the development of its building, is retiring after 44 fruitful years.

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Teaching Leadership In Law Schools

June 19, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of the Legal Profession article by Doris Del Tosto Brogan (Villanova Law) that details how law schools can improve leadership education.

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How law professors draw inspiration from HBO’s ‘Succession’

April 4, 2023

REUTERS — “Succession,” the HBO drama chronicling a media mogul and his children’s battles for control of the family company, returned this week for its fourth and final season. Few are watching more intently than a group of U.S. law professors dissecting the show’s juicy legal issues. A dozen professors and lawyers formed a weekly

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Teaching To Neurodiverse Law Students

August 22, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Jennifer Kindred Mitchell (George Washington Law) that explores how law professors can adapt their teaching styles to aid neurodiverse students.

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ICYMI: Teaching Tips for New Professors

July 25, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Lyrissa Lidsky) — Professor Lidsky (University of Florida Law) shares advice for new law professors as they begin their careers this fall. 

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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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How COVID-19 Made Me A Better Law Teacher

June 27, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a The Second Draft article by Amy Soled (Rutgers Law) in which she shares how teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted her teaching style.

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New Law School Pedagogy Journal

June 14, 2022

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares news that the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning is launching a new scholarly journal, The Journal of Law Teaching and Learning.  

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