JD-Next: A Valid And Reliable Tool To Predict Diverse Students’ Success In Law School

September 5, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Empirical Legal Studies article that looks at the JD-Next law school admissions tool.  

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Is Higher Education Spending Excessive? In Some Ways Maybe Yes, in Others Perhaps Not

September 5, 2023

Verdict (by Vikram David Amar) — Professor Amar (UC Davis Law) explains how some increases in university expenditures are justified.  

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Langdell And The Eclipse Of Character

September 5, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Pittsburgh Law Review article by Harold Anthony Lloyd (Wake Forest Law) that examines the impact of Christopher Columbus Langdell’s approach to legal education.

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Empirical Legal Studies: CELS 2023 — Conference Registration

September 5, 2023

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) shares information on the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at the University of Chicago Law on October 13-14, 2023.  

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The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better

September 5, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares details about the new book The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better by Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie (University of Toronto Law).

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AI: It’s Just a Shiny New Hammer in Your Legal Toolkit

September 5, 2023

Legal Writing Matters (by Colin M. Black)  — Professor Black (Suffolk Law) discusses how generative artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to improve legal writing.  

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Symposium: Freedom Of Expression At American Law Schools

August 21, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares articles from a recent Hofstra Law Review symposium on freedom of expression at American law schools.  

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Teaching Students to Focus on Party Decision-Making

August 21, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) discusses how law professors can teach students to advise clients on decision making.

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Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight 

August 21, 2023

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (Florida International University Law) shares a collection of recent scholarship in the field of academic and bar support. 

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