Law school academic dismissal and conditional scholarship eliminations, 2023

January 16, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares data and on law student attrition rates and scholarship eliminations over the past year. 

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Spring 2024 Law Review Article Submission Guide

January 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that Nancy Levit and Allen Rostron (UMKC Law) have updated their directory and article submission guidelines for law reviews and journals. 

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Kuehn: Who’s Minding The Clinical Legal Education Store?

January 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed from Robert Kuehn (Washington University in St. Louis Law) that analyzes the process for hiring faculty and staff for law school clinics.  

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ABA Seeks Data On Proposal To Increase Number Of Experiential Credits Required Of Law Students From 6 To 9 Or 12

December 28, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that the ABA is seeking feedback on a proposal to increase the number of experiential learning credits required for law students to graduate.  

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Law school 1L JD hits six-year low, non-JD enrollment trends down

December 28, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares data showing that first-year law student enrollment has decreased slightly in 2023. 

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First-Gen In The Field

December 28, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Clinical Law Review article by Carolyn Young Larmore (Chapman Law) that highlights the challenges first-generation law students face when applying for externships and jobs. 

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NYU, Cornell, and the new USNWR law school rankings landscape

December 28, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares how US News rankings have changed their methodology since last year and how those changes might affect schools’ rankings. 

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Updating and projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)

December 28, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) projects what the 2024 US News law school rankings might look like based on data from law schools and the new ranking methodology. 

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Jeff Trueman:  Checklists Are More Important Than I First Thought

December 28, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares a post by mediator Jeff Trueman explaining how real system practice checklists can be useful in mediation.  

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Brian Farkas: Using Checklists in My Course on the Law of Settlement

December 28, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares comments from Cardozo Law adjunct professor Brian Farkas on how he uses real practice systems checklists to teach his class on the law of settlement.  

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