Should University Presidents (And Law School Deans) Embrace Neutrality?
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of opinions on if and how university presidents and law school deans should weigh-in on politically divisive topics.
Read More about Should University Presidents (And Law School Deans) Embrace Neutrality?Public Discourse Project: Bringing Civil Discourse to Law Schools
The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) shares information about a George Mason Law initiative aimed at fostering civil discourse in law schools.
Read More about Public Discourse Project: Bringing Civil Discourse to Law SchoolsLaw Professors Sign-Up to Volunteer Teaching Time to Help Israeli Law Schools
PrawfsBlawg (by Orly Lobel) — Professor Lobel (University of San Diego Law) shares a sign-up sheet for US law professors to donate their time teaching Israeli law students over Zoom amid the war.
Read More about Law Professors Sign-Up to Volunteer Teaching Time to Help Israeli Law SchoolsWhich law schools are most aggressively pursuing admissions UGPA and LSAT medians?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) explains how law schools use undergraduate GPA and LSAT score medians to raise their rankings.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a collection of recent scholarship in the field of academic and bar support.
Read More about Academic and Bar Support Scholarship SpotlightLanguage Models, Plagiarism, And Legal Writing
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of New Hampshire Law Review essay by Michael L. Smith (St. Mary’s University Law) that explores how using generative artificial intelligence for legal writing could lead to plagiarism.
Read More about Language Models, Plagiarism, And Legal WritingThe forgotten virtue of emotional self-control (Michael Simkovic)
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) discusses the importance of law schools modeling and teaching emotional self-control, especially during this politically decisive era.
Read More about The forgotten virtue of emotional self-control (Michael Simkovic)McMahon Delivers Keynote Address On What Law Schools Must Change To Train Transactional Lawyers At Emory
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a keynote speech from Stephanie Hunter McMahon (University of Cincinnati Law) that explains how law schools can better prepare students for transactional work.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Pittsburgh Law Review article by Benjamin H. Barton (University of Tennessee Law) that weighs the pros and cons of ABA regulation of law school non-JD programs.
Read More about Barton: The Case For (And Against) ABA Regulation Of Non-J.D. ProgramsThe Bot Labors On: More Help for the Entry-Level Lawyer
Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State University Law) discusses how lawyers can use ChatGPT for research.
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