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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Tom Valenti:  Using Real Practice Systems Checklists in Practice and Teaching

December 28, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares comments from conflict resolution specialist Tom Valenti on how he uses real practice systems checklists in his own mediation practices and to train other attorneys in mediation. 

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What do you need to find out now that you’ve gotten a tenure-track offer?

December 18, 2023

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares recommendations for law school professors who were recently offered tenure-track positions. 

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Exams in the Time of Doctrinal Instability

December 18, 2023

Dorf on Law (by Eric Berger) — Professor Berger (University of Nebraska Law) explains how he has adapted his law school exams to accommodate rapid changes in the law. 

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OK for Law School to Consider Whether “Students Possess the Mental and Emotional Stability to Join the Bar”

December 18, 2023

The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) shares a recent decision from an Arkansas judge stating that law schools have the right to consider “legitimate, non-discriminatory” reasons related to whether students have the mental and emotional stability to be admitted to the bar.   

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution And Legal Education

December 18, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Georgia State University Law Review article by Steven R. Smith (California Western Law) on how law professors can anticipate how innovations in technology, business, and social structures will change law teaching. 

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How Do You Want to Use the Real Practice Checklists?  Response Requested by December 22

December 18, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) asks practitioners, program administrators, and faculty how they might use the “real practice checklists” for mediation into their work. 

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Final Exams & Multiple-Choice Questions

December 18, 2023

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Ashley Cetnar) — Professor Cetnar (University of Idaho Law) shares advice for students taking multiple-choice exams. 

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