California Supreme Court Reverts Back To In-Person Bar Exam In July

March 19, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that the California State Bar has reverted to an in-person exam following issues with administering the new exam in a remote format. 

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The California Bar Exam Fiasco: Is Provisional Licensure The Appropriate Remedy?

March 19, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of news articles reporting on issues with the California State Bar’s release of its new bar exam. 

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17 Deans Ask California High Court To Provisionally License Grads Who Fail February Exam And Scrap New Kaplan-Written Questions And Revert Back To In-Person Exams In July

March 19, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a compilation of articles that highlight recent issues with the rollout of a new California Bar Exam and highlighting a letter from California Law deans calling for provisional licensing options. 

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May Government Refuse to Hire Notre Dame Students, Because Notre Dame Teaches and Promotes Anti-Abortion Ideology?

March 19, 2025

Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugine Volokh) — Conducting a thought experiment, Professor Volokh states the Acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia is violating the First Amendment rights of Georgetown University Law Center by refusing to hire its students and graduates because of his claims that the school is “teaching and promoting DEI.” 

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AI and legal practice

March 19, 2025

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares an articleby multiple authors that examines recent artificial intelligence development and how they could be used in legal practice. 

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Even Bad News is Good News

March 19, 2025

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Liz Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) explains how students can use their midterm grades as motivation to improve. 

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Great In-Class Exercise on Contract Formation

March 19, 2025

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares an in-class exercise by Michael Conklin (Texas A&M Law) which uses a clip from the television show The Office to teach contract formation. 

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How to Help Students Approach What’s Left of the Spring Semester

March 19, 2025

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dawn Young) — Professor Young (Loyola Law Chicago) offers three tips to help law students remain engaged throughout the rest of the spring semester. 

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Yale Law shares a call for applications for their Law, Environment and Animals Program

March 17, 2025

YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Law, Environment & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School invites applications for a full-time litigation and program fellow for the 2025-26 academic year. 

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Wait, Can He Actually Do That? Part 7: The Valentine’s Day “Dear Colleague” Letter

March 13, 2025

Dorf on Law (by Michael C. Dorf) Professor Dorf (Cornell Law) offers an explanation and analysis of a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter recently sent to universities calling for the removal of all DEI programs.  

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