Which law schools saw the biggest changes in employment placement after USNWR gave “full weight” to new categories of jobs? 

May 6, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) examines recent changes to how law graduate employment placement is calculated in the US News law school rankings.

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Determinants Of Success On The Bar Exam: One Law School’s Experience 2010-2023

May 6, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article that analyzes how UC Law San Francisco worked to improve students’ performance on the bar exam

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Kuehn: The Fallacy Of ‘We Can’t Afford More Clinical Legal Education For Our Students’

May 6, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Clinical Legal Education Association Newsletter article by Robert Kuehn (Washington University in St. Louis Law) that details how law schools can enhance clinical learning opportunities without raising tuition.

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Overall legal employment for the Class of 2023 improves slightly, with large law firm and public interest placement growing

April 29, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) provides analysis on recent ABA data that details the employment outcomes of 2023 law graduates.  

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The Uneven Impact of Mistreatment on Law Clerks

April 29, 2024

Courts Law JOTWELL (by Jade Craig) — The author shares a Columbia Law Review article by Aliza Shatzman and discusses how mistreatment faced during a law clerkship could negatively impact a lawyer’s career.   

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The Outline Test

April 29, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) shares how students can use a method called outline testing to better prepare for law school exams.  

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Marathon Tuesday

April 29, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Liz Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) shares suggestions for students on how to prepare for end of the semester exams. 

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If You Failed the February 2024 Bar Exam…

April 29, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) offers advice to law school graduates who failed the February 2024 Bar Exam. 

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The Experiences Of Non-Traditional Law Deans And The Law Schools That Hire Them

April 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Timothy Fisher (University of Connecticut Law) that looks at the hiring of law school deans from non-traditional backgrounds and analyzes their track records.  

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20-Year Anniversary Of TaxProf Blog

April 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) celebrates the 20th anniversary of his blog by reflecting on the past and thanking those that have supported it.  

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