Minnesota Symposium: Leaving Langdell Behind — Reimagining Legal Education For A New Era

November 13, 2023

 TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the contents from a recent Minnesota Law Review symposium issue. 

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Law Schools Should Rethink The Role Of Adjunct Faculty

November 13, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Texas Law Review article by T. Markus Funk, Andrew S. Boutros, and Eugene Volokh (UCLA Law) examining the role of adjunct law professors.

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2023-24 Edition)

November 6, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of law school sponsored VAP and fellowship programs available for aspiring law professors. 

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Lay Down the Law

November 6, 2023

Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State Law) advocates for the National Council of Bar Examiners to release a “rule book” for the NextGen Bar Exam.  

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Taking Advantage of the NextGen Bar to Stimulate Changes in Legal Education

November 6, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) explains how law professors can use the release of the NextGen Bar Exam to introduce new ideas.  

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Call For Papers: 10th Annual Michigan Junior Scholars’ Conference

November 6, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for University of Michigan Law’s Junior Scholars’ Conference to be held April 12-13, 2024. 

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If you teach ADR and CivPro, your exam writing dreams have been answered! (and you need better dreams)

November 6, 2023

Indisputably (by Michael Moffitt) — Professor Moffitt (University of Oregon Law) shares a recent court case from Illinois and suggests it could be a useful resource for teaching alternative dispute resolution and civil procedure. 

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Call Me J.D., Destroyer of Dreams: Some Thoughts on Preventive Lawyering

November 6, 2023

The Faculty Lounge (by David Yamada) — Professor Yamada (Suffolk Law) explains why preventive lawyering is an important skill to teach to law students. 

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The Bot Updates the Bar Exam

November 6, 2023

Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt) — Professor Merritt (Ohio State Law) explains how ChatGPT can be used to answer and explain sample bar exam test questions.  

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AALS Program on Difficult Conversations in Polarized Times

October 30, 2023

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares information on an upcoming 2024 AALS Annual Meeting program on fostering difficult conversations. 

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