More thoughts on the ideological divide on free speech

April 11, 2023

(PrawfsBlawg) by Howard Wasserman — Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) shares his thoughts on the recent history of free speech issues in colleges and law schools and how those with different ideologies view the issues.

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Turnitin Plagiarism Detector Will Catch Students Who Cheat With ChatGPT With 98% Accuracy

April 11, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Chronicle of Higher Education article that explores how AI-detection software could help combat cheating with ChatGPT.

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Many Religious Colleges Admit LGBTQ Applicants But Refuse To Recognize Their Student Clubs

April 11, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Chronicle of Higher Education article that looks at the efforts of a law student LGBTQ organization to be recognized by Samford University.

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Should ChatGPT Be In Law School?

April 3, 2023

TechLaw Crossroads (by Stephen Embry) — The author details how ChatGPT could be utilized by law professors to prepare students for the future of the legal profession. 

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Chemerinsky: Stanford Law Students Violated Free Speech By Shouting Down A Conservative Speaker

April 3, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Sacramento Bee op-ed by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (UC Berkeley Law) discussing student protests and the disruption of speaker events at law schools.  

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Prior clerkship experience of Supreme Court clerks has changed dramatically in the last 10 and 20 years

April 3, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) details how the prior experiences of Supreme Court clerks have changed over the past two decades. 

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Nominations Open for the AWLD Rombauer Award

April 3, 2023

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares a call for nominations for an award honoring those who have significantly contributed to the field of legal writing. 

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Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight

April 3, 2023

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a list of recent articles on topics in academic and bar support.  

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COVID And Bar Admissions

April 3, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Arkansas Law Review article by Steven R. Smith (California Western Law) that explores how the COVID-19 pandemic affected bar licensing and examination. 

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WSJ: The Unraveling Of The U.S. News Rankings

March 27, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Wall Street Journal article by Melissa Korn that looks at why several law schools have stopped sending data to US News for its annuallaw school rankings.  

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