Washington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson reflects on her first year at the school
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.
Read More about Washington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson reflects on her first year at the schoolWillamette Law professor Valerie Vollmar discusses experience teaching experiential education
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.
Read More about Willamette Law professor Valerie Vollmar discusses experience teaching experiential educationNortheastern Law professor Michael Meltsner reflects on career ahead of retirement
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.
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Michael Meltsner reflects on career ahead of retirementTeaching Leadership In Law Schools
(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.
Read More about Teaching Leadership In Law SchoolsHow law professors draw inspiration from HBO’s ‘Succession’
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…
Read More about How law professors draw inspiration from HBO’s ‘Succession’Teaching To Neurodiverse Law Students
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.
Read More about Teaching To Neurodiverse Law StudentsICYMI: Teaching Tips for New Professors
PrawfsBlawg (by Lyrissa Lidsky) — Professor Lidsky (University of Florida Law) shares advice for new law professors as they begin their careers this fall.
Read More about ICYMI: Teaching Tips for New ProfessorsConway: Antiracist Lawyering Begins With Teaching Antiracism In Law School
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.
Read More about Conway: Antiracist Lawyering Begins With Teaching Antiracism In Law SchoolHow COVID-19 Made Me A Better Law Teacher
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.
Read More about How COVID-19 Made Me A Better Law TeacherNew Law School Pedagogy Journal
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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