Putting The Bar Exam On Constitutional Notice: Cut Scores, Race & Ethnicity, And The Public Good
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Seattle University Law Review article by Scott Johns (Denver Law) that examines alternatives to the bar exam and current policies around law licensing.
Read More about Putting The Bar Exam On Constitutional Notice: Cut Scores, Race & Ethnicity, And The Public GoodABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares a list of proposals considered and actions taken by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar during the group’s May meeting.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Lisa DeLaTorre) — Lisa DeLaTorre (TSU Thurgood Marshall Law) offers advice to help students prepare for the bar exam’s Multistate Performance Test.
Read More about MPT Advice Part 3: the rule statement in four partsPolitical Polarization, Legal Education, And Ideological Discrimination In Faculty Hiring
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares two articles that explore reducing political polarization in law schools.
Read More about Political Polarization, Legal Education, And Ideological Discrimination In Faculty HiringTobin: A Preliminary Analysis Of The New U.S. News Law School Rankings
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed by Donald Tobin (University of Maryland Carey Law) that criticizes the methodology changes made to the 2023-24 US News law school rankings and suggests improvements the ranking system could use in the future.
Read More about Tobin: A Preliminary Analysis Of The New U.S. News Law School RankingsDid “boycotting” the USNWR law rankings affect those schools’ peer scores?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) examines how the US News law school rankings were affected by some law schools no longer providing data to the company.
Read More about Did “boycotting” the USNWR law rankings affect those schools’ peer scores?New USNWR methodology will yield dramatically more compression and volatility in law school rankings
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) analyzes changes made to the methodology of the US News law school rankings for 2023-24.
Read More about New USNWR methodology will yield dramatically more compression and volatility in law school rankingsAn API for the Human Mind
PatentlyO (by Dennis Crouch) — Professor Crouch (University of Missouri Law) discusses scientific advancements possible with generative artificial intelligence.
Read More about An API for the Human MindGPT-4 Goes to Maryland
Balkinization (by Mark Graber) — Professor Graber (University of Maryland Carey Law) shares the results of a study in which an AI program GPT-4 took final exams for University of Maryland Carey Law courses.
Read More about GPT-4 Goes to MarylandALI: A Centennial History
Legal History Blog (by Dan Ernst) — Professor Ernst (Georgetown Law) shares the description of the book The American Law Institute: A Centennial History featuring a series of essays celebrating the American Law Institute’s centennial.
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