Tech Vendor Backs California Law School Deans: Online Bar Exam Proctoring Is A Chimera

October 6, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares a statement by Greg Sarab, CEO of test technology vendor Extegrity, describing the technical issues with attempting to proctor online bar exams.

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Are any law schools launching mid-1L transfer opportunities?

October 6, 2020

Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) explores the possibility of first-year students seeking mid-year law school transfer options due to the pandemic.

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California Law School Deans Request Supreme Court To Make Oct. 5-6 Online Bar Exam Open Book With No Proctoring

October 5, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a letter from California law school deans requesting the state supreme court allow the October online bar exam to be open book without proctoring.

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Law School Exams During A Pandemic: One Law School’s Experience

October 5, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article by professor Beth Parker (Nova Southeastern Law) that shares the law school’s spring semester exam experience.

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What About the Bar Exam After the 2020 Dust Settles?

October 5, 2020

Verdict (By Vikram David Amar) — Dean Amar (University of Illinois Law) reflects on the debates surrounding diploma privilege and the bar exam during the pandemic.

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Making more effective use of samples in an online legal writing course in the time of Covid

October 5, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) provides examples and advice on using writing samples in online legal writing courses.

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Helping 1L law students find study groups during a time of online teaching

October 5, 2020

Legal Skills Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) gives advice to law faculty on how to help law students to form study groups and connections during the pandemic.

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New article explores legal bases for exemptions from in-person teaching during the Coronavirus pandemic

October 5, 2020

Best Practice for Legal Education (By Gary Simson) — Professor Simson (Mercer Law) explores colleges’ legal obligations to allow faculty to teach classes online instead of in-person during the pandemic.

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Data–Rough Data–on Bar Exams and COVID Cases Among Test-Takers

October 5, 2020

PrawfsBlawg (By Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) reacts to professor Derek T. Muller’s (University of Iowa Law) analysis on the contraction of COVID-19 from in-person administrations of the July Bar Exam in some states.

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The NYT on how Zoom interferes with student-teacher rapport and strategies for overcoming that

October 5, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) shares an article from The New York Times that discusses the challenges of remote teaching by video conferencing.

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