Tech Vendor Backs California Law School Deans: Online Bar Exam Proctoring Is A Chimera
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.
Read More about Tech Vendor Backs California Law School Deans: Online Bar Exam Proctoring Is A ChimeraAre any law schools launching mid-1L transfer opportunities?
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.
Read More about Are any law schools launching mid-1L transfer opportunities?California Law School Deans Request Supreme Court To Make Oct. 5-6 Online Bar Exam Open Book With No Proctoring
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.
Read More about California Law School Deans Request Supreme Court To Make Oct. 5-6 Online Bar Exam Open Book With No ProctoringLaw School Exams During A Pandemic: One Law School’s Experience
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.
Read More about Law School Exams During A Pandemic: One Law School’s ExperienceWhat About the Bar Exam After the 2020 Dust Settles?
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.
Read More about What About the Bar Exam After the 2020 Dust Settles?Making more effective use of samples in an online legal writing course in the time of Covid
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.
Read More about Making more effective use of samples in an online legal writing course in the time of CovidHelping 1L law students find study groups during a time of online teaching
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.
Read More about Helping 1L law students find study groups during a time of online teachingNew article explores legal bases for exemptions from in-person teaching during the Coronavirus pandemic
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.
Read More about New article explores legal bases for exemptions from in-person teaching during the Coronavirus pandemicData–Rough Data–on Bar Exams and COVID Cases Among Test-Takers
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.
Read More about Data–Rough Data–on Bar Exams and COVID Cases Among Test-TakersThe NYT on how Zoom interferes with student-teacher rapport and strategies for overcoming that
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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