The Faculty Lounge: CFP: Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum

January 22, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for submissions for the Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Stanford Law this June. 

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NALP: For The First Time, A Majority Of Law Firm Associates Are Women

January 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data from a NALP report that shows women make up the majority of law firm associates.  

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Reexamining the Bar Exam

January 22, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Daniel Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) examines how attorney licensure could change as more alternatives to the bar exam are presented.  

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Centering Disability In The Law School Pedagogy: A Way To Include Disabled Law Students

January 22, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Law and Education article by Ella Maiden that details how professors can make law school more inclusive for students with disabilities. 

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Zoom Workshop for New Legal Writing Scholars

January 22, 2024

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares information about an upcoming zoom workshop for new legal writing scholars this May. 

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Kellye Testy Appointed AALS Executive Director and CEO

January 16, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Professor Filler (Drexel Law) shares the news that Kellye Testy has been appointed the next executive director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools, effective July 1, 2024. 

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Hard questions about experiential learning and legal education

January 16, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) analyzes the current ABA experiential learning requirement for law schools and if it has accomplished its intended goal. 

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PrawfsBlawg: AALS, forward

January 16, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Daniel Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) provides suggestions for initiatives AALS could take on in the future.  

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NY Times: AI Got Smarter In 2023 (Especially On The LSAT And Bar Exam)

January 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an excerpt from a New York Times essay by Steven Rattner that explores how generative artificial intelligence performed on the LSAT and the bar exam this past year.

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How Has Legal Academia Changed Since Posner on Meltzer?

January 16, 2024

The Volokh Conspiracy (by Orin Kerr) — Professor Kerr (UC Berkeley Law) analyzes how the credentials and background of law faculty have changed since 2007. 

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