Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight

October 7, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) shares recently published scholarship in the field of academic and bar support. 

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Speck: Zoom As An In-Person Learning Platform

October 7, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a North Dakota Law Review article by Sloan Speck (University of Colorado Law) that explores how professors can use Zoom as a tool for in-person teaching. 

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ABA Releases Guidance Memo On Standard 208: Academic Freedom And Freedom Of Expression

October 1, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a memo from ABA legal education section managing director Jennifer Rosato Perea that provides guidance to law schools on complying with the new ABA standard on academic freedom and freedom of expression.

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The new timetable of the law school hiring market

October 1, 2024

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) discusses how the timing of the entry-level law professor hiring market has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ABA Standard 208, Law Schools, and the First Amendment

October 1, 2024

The Volokh Conspiracy (by Jonathan H. Adler) — Professor Adler (Case Western Reserve Law) discusses the new ABA accreditation standard requiring law schools to protect free speech and the First Amendment.

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Call for Nominations: Best Untenured Article

October 1, 2024

(PrawfsBlawg) — The author shares a call for nominations for the best article on the law of federal jurisdiction by an untenured faculty member to be presented at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

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1L of a Blog Series: Outlining for Success

October 1, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) shares tips on creating writing outlines for first-year law students.

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Students at DePaul and Elon Win Disability Law Writing Competition

October 1, 2024

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) announces that DePaul Law student Adam Levinson and Elon Law student Ivey Schofield have won a writing competition sponsored by Mercer Law and the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law.

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A Guide To Becoming A Law Professor

September 25, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Tiffany C. Li (University of San Francisco Law) that offers advice on how to become a law professor.

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Call for Nominations: AALS Section on Taxation 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award

September 25, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for nominations from the AALS Section on Taxation for a lifetime achievement award to be presented at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

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