AALS in San Diego 2023! Things to do and plan for!
PrawfsBlawg (by Orly Lobel) — Professor Lobel (University of San Diego Law) shares a list of activities in San Diego for those planning to attend the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Read More about AALS in San Diego 2023! Things to do and plan for!Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) –Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares the table of contents from the latest issue of the Journal of Legal Education.
Read More about Academic and Bar Support Scholarship SpotlightThe Impact Of The U.S. News Rankings Boycott On Individual Law Schools
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a table including the current and historical rankings of the law schools that have decided to boycott US News rankings.
Read More about The Impact Of The U.S. News Rankings Boycott On Individual Law SchoolsSchool-funded jobs, long-term outcomes, and law school rankings
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) shares how US News methodology for considering graduate employment outcomes has impacted schools’ decisions to boycott US News rankings.
Read More about School-funded jobs, long-term outcomes, and law school rankingsStandardized test scores and law school rankings
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) shares the challenges presented when utilizing standardized testing scores in law school rankings.
Read More about Standardized test scores and law school rankingsUSNews.com ranking boycott update
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares an update on which schools have and have not decided to boycott US News rankings.
Read More about USNews.com ranking boycott updateTheory’s Role in ELS
Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) explains how theory is incorporated into empirical legal studies.
Read More about Theory’s Role in ELSNew Cromwell Article Prize Announced
Legal History Blog (by Dan Ernst) — Professor Ernst (Georgetown Law) shares the details for a new award from the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation honoring the best legal history article of the year.
Read More about New Cromwell Article Prize AnnouncedMaynard on “Killing the Motivation of the Minority Law Professor”
The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a Minnesota Law Review article by Goldburn P. Maynard Jr. (Indiana University Kelley School of Business) detailing how minority law faculty can come to feel discouraged within their first few years of teaching.
Read More about Maynard on “Killing the Motivation of the Minority Law Professor”Mixed motives, many questions as Yale, Harvard “drop out” of the USNWR law rankings
Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares how concerns over employment of graduates, debt metrics, and admissions statistics could have influenced law schools’ decision to boycott the US News rankings.
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