Charting the (New) Course: Generative AI For Lawyers

February 12, 2024

Legal Writing Matters (by Colin Black & Dyane O’Leary) — Professor Black and professor O’Leary (Suffolk Law) offer advice on creating a law school course on generative artificial intelligence.  

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Actual Cause, Proximate Cause, and Academic Underperformance.

February 12, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (FIU Law) explains how the concepts of actual cause and proximate cause can be used to understand why some law students struggle academically.  

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The Two-Year LLM Experience: Tzu-ching (Jin) Lin

February 12, 2024

Georgetown Legal English Blog (by Tzu-ching (Jin) Lin) — Georgetown Law student Tzu-ching Lin discusses his experience in the school’s two-year LLM program. 

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Linking Dispute Resolution Scholarship, Education, and Practice

February 12, 2024

Indisputably — (by Sarah Cole) — Professor Cole (Columbia Law) shares information about a new student video contest promoting the civil discussion of divisive topics.  

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Thoughts on the Declining Numbers of SCOTUS Clerks Becoming Law Professors

February 5, 2024

The Volokh Conspiracy (by Orin S. Kerr) –Professor Kerr (UC Berkeley Law) provides analysis on the recent trend of fewer Supreme Court clerks becoming law professors. 

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Helping Law Students Define and Pursue Success

February 5, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares a collection of articles to help students manage career expectations, prepare for practice, and define success. 

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Students’ Right To Free Inquiry vs. A.I. Usage Policy At Schools And Universities

February 5, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies article by Martin Kwan that explores how law school artificial intelligence policies could be challenged due to students’ right to free inquiry.  

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Real Lawyering Practice Systems

February 5, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) looks at how lawyers use Real Practice Systems across several fields.  

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Law Students Can Use Portfolios to Plan Their Practice Systems

February 5, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) explains how law professors can help law students use Real Practice System self-assessments to create portfolios. 

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Lawyer Employment Outlook Looks Good, But Bar Passage Rates Decline

January 29, 2024

TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Data released by the AccessLex Institute on Tuesday indicates a strong outlook for the legal industry in the years ahead, while also highlighting a decline in bar passage rates.

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