Questions for Your Client

October 16, 2023

Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State University Law) discusses how lawyers can use ChatGPT to generate questions to ask their clients. 

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The Bot, the Bar Exam, and Entry-Level Law Practice

October 16, 2023

Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State University Law) discusses how law graduates can use ChatGPT to prepare for the bar exam.  

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Artificial Intelligence For Academic Support In Law Schools And Universities

October 16, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Michael D. Murray (University of Kentucky Law) that highlights how law schools can use generative artificial intelligence in academic support. 

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Job Hunting As A (New) Professor

October 10, 2023

Above the Law (by LawProf Blawg) — An anonymous law professor offers advice for candidates interviewing for an entry-level law faculty position.  

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Law School Grade Insurance

October 10, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by James Fallows Tierney (IIT Chicago-Kent Law) that looks at how the concept of “grade insurance” can help reduce law students’ stress. 

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Santa Clara’s ‘Tech Edge JD’ Program Improves Admissions Yield, Diversity & Employment Outcomes

October 10, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Marquette Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Review article by Laura Norris (Santa Clara Law) and Eric Goldman (Santa Clara Law) that looks at the benefits of Santa Clara Law’s certificate program for JD students interested in technology law.  

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ALI Elects New Members 

October 2, 2023

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a list of faculty members who were recently elected into the American Law Institute. 

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Covid Shifted A Law Prof’s Role From ‘Sage On The Stage’ To ‘Guide On The Side’ 

October 2, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Southwestern University Law Review article by Debra Moss that details how the COVID-19 pandemic changed law professors’ role in and outside of the classroom. 

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USNWR incorporates faculty citations, graduate salary, debt data into its college metrics–will law schools be next?

October 2, 2023

 Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares his thoughts on the US News university rankings adding faculty citations, graduate salary, and debt data to their ranking metrics. 

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