Learning The Rural Practice of Law

June 24, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Wyoming Law Review article by Ashli Tomisich (University of Wyoming Law) that explains how law schools can better prepare students for the unique problems that arise when practicing law in rural communities. 

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CFP: 2025 AALS Criminal Procedure Works In Progress Panel

June 24, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for an upcoming AALS Section on Criminal Procedure Works in Progress panel at the AALS Annual Meeting on January 8-11 in San Francisco. 

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An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Metacognitive Skills, Performance in a Bar Prep Course and Bar Passage

June 24, 2024

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares a Journal of Law Teaching and Learning article by Jennifer A. Gundlach (Hofstra Law) and Jessica R. Santangelo (Hofstra University) that analyzes the relationship between metacognition and first-year law students’ performance on bar prep courses.  

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Law Professors And AI

June 24, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron)  — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Temple Law Review article by Rachelle Holmes Perkins (George Mason Scalia Law) that explains why law professors have a responsibility to learn about generative artificial intelligence and to pass that information on to their students. 

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Using Consensus AI App to Find Scholarly Legal Literature (No Hallucinations)

June 10, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) explains how to access the artificial intelligence program Consensus which can be used to search and provide quick summaries of legal literature.  

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CFP: Chicagoland Junior Scholars Conference

June 10, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for a Junior Scholars Conference to be held at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on September 27, 2024. 

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CFP: Navigating the Intersection: Legal and Ethical Implications of Generative AI in Healthcare

June 10, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for a symposium focused on the legal and ethical implications of generative artificial intelligence in healthcare.  

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Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Mediation Skills

June 10, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares an article that provides suggestions how lawyers and law students can improve their mediation skills.  

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Nevada Will Consider Three-Stage Process to Join Bar

June 10, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (Mizzou Law) shares news that the Nevada Bar Association will consider a proposal to provide an alternative pathway to law licensure for law school graduates in addition to passing the bar exam.  

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A New Parlor Is Open: Legal Writing Faculty Must Develop Scholarship on Generative AI And Legal Writing

June 10, 2024

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares an article by Kirsten K. Davis (Stetson Law) explaining why it is important for legal writing faculty to develop more scholarship surrounding the topics of generative artificial intelligence and legal writing.  

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