Legal Education’s Reaction To The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decisions

July 11, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of reactions to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the consideration of race in college admissions. 

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More Legal Education Reaction To The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decisions

July 11, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares more reactions to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the consideration of race in college admissions. 

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Stephen Miller Sends Letter To 200 Law School Deans: I’ll Sue If You Consider Race In Student Admissions, Faculty Hiring, Or Law Review Membership

July 10, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares several news stories detailing how law school deans received a letter from former presidential advisor Stephen Miller stating that he would sue any schools that use race as a factor in admissions.  

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To circumvent Supreme Court affirmative action ban, Harvard will shift to diversity statements

July 10, 2023

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) discusses how Harvard plans to implement diversity statements in applications in order to maintain diversity while complying with the US Supreme Court decision on the consideration of race in college admissions. 

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Ability Diversity In The First-Year Law School Classroom

July 10, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Ryan H. Nelson (South Texas College of Law Houston) and Michael Ashley Stein (Harvard Law) reviewing the book Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom.  

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Advancement Metrics 101 for Law School Deans Post #2

July 10, 2023

What Great Law Schools Do (by Michael Hunter Schwartz) — Dean Schwartz (University of the Pacific McGeorge Law) discusses different types of alumni engagement and how they can be used for advancement metrics.   

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Ryan & Muller: Law Schools That Overperform On The Bar Exam

July 10, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) —  Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Florida Law Review article by Christopher J. Ryan Jr. (University of Louisville Law) and Derek T. Muller (Notre Dame Law) that looks at the schools that overperform on the bar exam and why these schools are more successful than others. 

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Fordham Dean Diller: New U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Is ‘Deeply Problematic’

July 10, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed by Fordham Law dean Matthew Diller discussing flaws within the US News law school ranking methodology.  

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Scholarship Round-Up!!! 2022 publications

July 10, 2023

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Priya Baskaran) — Professor Baskaran (American University Washington College of Law) shares a collection of scholarship from clinical law professors. 

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Empirical Legal Studies: CELS 2023–Submission Deadline Extended

July 10, 2023

Empirical Legal Studie (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise shares a call for papers for the 2023 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies to take place at University of Chicago Law.  

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