Big changes coming to USNews.com rankings
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) reports that US News has outlined changes to their rankings in a letter to law school deans after announcements that several schools will not provide data to the magazine.
Read More about Big changes coming to USNews.com rankingsBy knocking off expenditure metrics and devaluing peer reputation scores in the new USNWR formula, did law schools just kill the faculty’s golden goose?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) discusses how the updated US Newsformula for rankings may cause new issues for law schools that were not present under the previous formula.
Read More about By knocking off expenditure metrics and devaluing peer reputation scores in the new USNWR formula, did law schools just kill the faculty’s golden goose?What does the endgame look like for law schools refusing to participate in USNWR rankings?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) discusses the potential outcome of law schools boycotting the US News rankings.
Read More about What does the endgame look like for law schools refusing to participate in USNWR rankings?Whither laptops in the (in-person) classroom? (Updated)
PrawfsBlawg (by Howard Wasserman) — Howard Wasserman (Florida International University Law) recounts his personal experience toward allowing laptops in the classroom following the changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) –The author introduces a book, The Way Forward for Legal Education by David I. C. Thomson (Denver Law), which discusses a proposed future for legal education post-pandemic along with a roadmap on how to get there.
Read More about The Way Forward for Legal Education by David I. C. ThomsonAcademic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Louis Schulze (Florida International University Law) introduces the book by Jane B. Grise (University of Kentucky Law) Grise’s Critical Reading for Success in Law School and Beyond.
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Best Practices for Legal Education Blog (by Davida Finger & Melanie Daily) — Davida Finger (Loyola New Orleans) and Melanie Daily (University of Kansas Law), the editors for Best Practices in Legal Education, announce that the site will be merging with the Clinical Law Prof Blog.
Read More about Clinical Law Prof Blog and Best Practices for Legal EducationWould You Like to Get The Benefit of the Real Practice Systems Project and Share Your Experiences?
Indisputably (by John Lande) — John Lande (University of Missouri Law) requests participants for his study which assesses the effectiveness of Real Practice Systems assignments and exercises in courses, trainings, and continuing education programs.
Read More about Would You Like to Get The Benefit of the Real Practice Systems Project and Share Your Experiences?Twitter as Institutional and Self-Corruption
PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Paul Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) discusses the practice of journalists relying on Twitter for their work as well as their personal brand and considers how the same pitfalls involved may apply to law professors.
Read More about Twitter as Institutional and Self-CorruptionThe Black–White Paradigm’s Continuing Erasure Of Latinas: See Women Law Deans Of Color
TaxProf Blog (by Paul L. Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Denver Law Review article by Laura Padilla (California Western Law) discussing the erasure of Latinas due to the Black-White racial binary.
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