Legal Ethics Education: Seeking—And Creating—A Stronger Community Of Practice 

October 2, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article by Justine Rogers that looks at how a community of practice framework can help explain legal ethics concepts. 

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Roadmap: The Law Student’s Guide to Meaningful Employment, Third Edition by Neil W. Hamilton

October 2, 2023

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares news that the third edition of the book Roadmap: The Law Student’s Guide to Meaningful Employment by Neil Hamilton has been released. 

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Is Politicization Endangering Higher Education?

September 25, 2023

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) explains how recent political sentiment is causing harm to higher education and legal education.

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Law Professor Twitter Social Media Census: Call for Updates and New Entries

September 25, 2023

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) provides a space for law school faculty members to share their social media handles for an online directory. 

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RFP: ASLH Projects and Proposals

September 25, 2023

Legal History Blog (by Daniel Ernst) — Professor Ernst (Georgetown Law) shares a request for proposals from the American Society for Legal History for the funding of new initiatives in the study, presentation, and production of legal historical scholarship.

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2022-2023 Survey of Applied Legal Education

September 25, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report from the Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education surveying ABA-accredited law schools on their use of applied legal education. 

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Mistakes and Oral Communication in Legal English

September 25, 2023

Georgetown Legal English Blog (by Paula Klammer) — Professor Klammer (Georgetown Law) shares common mistakes made when teaching legal English and offers advice to other professors in the field. 

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The Future of Transactional Skills Today

September 25, 2023

Legal Writing Matters (by Professor Eckart) — (Suffolk Law) discusses the importance of teaching transactional and legal writing skills to prepare students for law practice.

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Georgetown Law on AI in the TESOL Applied Linguistics Newsletter (Sept 2023 issue)

September 25, 2023

Georgetown Legal English Blog — The blog shares a collection of articles on language, teaching, and generative artificial intelligence.

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A Faustian Bargain? Rethinking The Role Of Debt In Law Students’ Career Choices

September 18, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Empirical Studies article that explores how law school debt affects law graduates’ career choices. 

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