Two-Thirds Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.5%, With Biggest Decline (-7%) In The 165-169 LSAT Band
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data and graphs regarding the fall 2023 law school admissions cycle.
Read More about Two-Thirds Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.5%, With Biggest Decline (-7%) In The 165-169 LSAT BandShould Law Schools Offer A Course On ‘Becoming You’: Crafting The Authentic Career You Want And Need?: A Response
Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares his thoughts on how law schools should offer courses in professional identity to prepare students for their careers.
Read More about Should Law Schools Offer A Course On ‘Becoming You’: Crafting The Authentic Career You Want And Need?: A ResponseThe Bot Takes the Bar Exam
Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt0 — Professor Merritt (Ohio State University Law) shares a Bloomberg Law article by herself and Mary Lu Bilek (CUNY Law) that explores the future of artificial intellengce in legal work and argues the bar exam should focus more on the actual work that lawyers do for clients and employers.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Washington & Lee Law Review article by Margaret Ryznar (Indiana University McKinney Law) that explores how the AI program ChatGPT may interfere with the integrity of college exams.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares two articles by Lea Bishop (University of Indiana McKinney Law) that explore the impact of the AI program ChatGPT on the future of legal education and the legal profession.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a Minnesota Law Review article by O.J. Salinas (University of North Carolina Law) and a Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal article by Mary Szto (Mitchell Hamline Law). Both articles look at best practices for academic and bar support in law schools.
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Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) requests information from adjunct professors and their students for an upcoming piece on adjunct professors.
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PatentlyO (by Jason Rantanen) — Professor Rantanen (University of Iowa Law) shares updated information from the Federal Circuit Dataset Project to assist professors with research.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review article by Reuben Guttman (American University) and Gregg Ivers (American University) that outlines alternative ways to measure law schools after several institutions boycott US News rankings.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Lisa DeLaTorre) — Professor DeLaTorre (TSU Thurgood Marshall Law) gives advice to February Bar Exam takers, reminding them to trust themselves and the preparation methods they are using.
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