Will an earlier big law firm recruiting calendar change the market for prospective law school transfer students?

May 21, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Duke Law) discusses how large law firms have started law student recruitment for summer associate positions earlier in the year and how that could affect law school transfers.  

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Lawsky Entry Level Hiring Report 2024

May 21, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares data on entry-level law professor hires for fall 2024.  

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Bar reform in California. A promising start

May 21, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) discusses California’s recent proposed bar exam innovations.

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Categorizing Law School Underperformance, Part 400-and-Something

May 21, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) continues his series on why some students underperform in law school. 

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Who Is Being “Assisted”? A Call For Transparency In Hiring Visiting Assistant Professors (VAPs) In Legal Writing

May 21, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Scribes Journal of Legal Writing article by Suzanne E. Rowe (University of Oregon Law) that outlines how law schools can be more transparent when hiring visiting assistant legal writing professors. 

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Spring 2024 CLEA Newsletter

May 21, 2024

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares the spring newsletter from the Clinical Legal Education Association. 

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One-point increase in student loan rates could cost new law school graduates tens of thousands of dollars in added debt

May 13, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) discusses how rising student loan interest rates can lead to significant increases in law graduate debt over time.

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Call for submissions: Pop Culture Simulations for Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Teaching

May 13, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (Mizzou Law) shares a message from professor Noam Ebner (Creighton Law) requesting pop culture simulations for use in a book on negotiation and conflict resolution.  

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Let’s Talk About Test Anxiety

May 13, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Ashley Cetnar) — Professor Cetnar (University of Idaho Law) offers advice to students who experience anxiety when preparing for or taking exams.  

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More on “Determinants of Success.”

May 13, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) discusses actions law students can take to be more successful on the bar exam based on evidence from past test-takers.  

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