Law school faculty have aggressively and successfully lobbied to diminish the importance of law school faculty in the USNWR rankings

May 31, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) provides additional analysis on the latest edition of the US News law school rankings. 

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Empirical Legal Studies: CELS 2023 — Call for Papers

May 31, 2023

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

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What Law Schools Must Change To Train Transactional Lawyers

May 31, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by Stephanie Hunter McMahon (University of Cincinnati Law) that outlines different methods law schools can use teach transactional law concepts to students.  

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GPT-4’s Law School Grades: Con Law C, Crim C-, Law & Econ C, Partnership Tax B, Property B-, Tax B

May 31, 2023

(TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by several University of Maryland Carey Law professors that looks at how generative artificial intelligence platform GPT-4 performed on several law school final exams. 

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Law School Entry-Level Faculty Hiring Is Flat; FAR Applicants Are Down 17% (68% From 2011)

May 30, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data and graphics from Sarah Lawsky’s (Northwestern Law) hiring report for entry level law school faculty.

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Empirical Legal Studies: CELS 2023 — Call for Papers

May 30, 2023

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

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What Law Schools Must Change To Train Transactional Lawyers

May 30, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by Stephanie Hunter McMahon (University of Cincinnati Law) that outlines different methods law schools can use teach transactional law concepts to students.

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