Updating and projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)
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.
Read More about Updating and projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)Jeff Trueman: Checklists Are More Important Than I First Thought
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.
Read More about Jeff Trueman: Checklists Are More Important Than I First ThoughtBrian Farkas: Using Checklists in My Course on the Law of Settlement
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.
Read More about Brian Farkas: Using Checklists in My Course on the Law of SettlementTom Valenti: Using Real Practice Systems Checklists in Practice and Teaching
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.
Read More about Tom Valenti: Using Real Practice Systems Checklists in Practice and TeachingWhat do you need to find out now that you’ve gotten a tenure-track offer?
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.
Read More about What do you need to find out now that you’ve gotten a tenure-track offer?Exams in the Time of Doctrinal Instability
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.
Read More about Exams in the Time of Doctrinal InstabilityOK for Law School to Consider Whether “Students Possess the Mental and Emotional Stability to Join the Bar”
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.
Read More about OK for Law School to Consider Whether “Students Possess the Mental and Emotional Stability to Join the Bar”The Fourth Industrial Revolution And Legal Education
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.
Read More about The Fourth Industrial Revolution And Legal EducationHow Do You Want to Use the Real Practice Checklists? Response Requested by December 22
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.
Read More about How Do You Want to Use the Real Practice Checklists? Response Requested by December 22Final Exams & Multiple-Choice Questions
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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