Symposium: The New AI—The Legal And Ethical Implications Of ChatGPT And Other Emerging Technologies

May 13, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the contents of a Fordham Law Review symposium on the ethical implications of using ChatGPT and other new technologies in law practice. 

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Law Prof Commentary On The Campus Protests

May 13, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of articles where law professors have commented on campus protests regarding the war in Gaza.  

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Law Review Contracts

May 6, 2024

ContractsProf (Blog by Jeremy Telman) — Professor Telman (Oklahoma City University Law) discusses the issues he had with a law review contract after being accepted for publication and discusses how law professors can advocate for themselves while considering a contract.

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CFP: Education Law and/or Children and the Law

May 6, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for an upcoming works-in-progress session organized by the AALS Sections on Education Law and Children and the Law to be held at Loyola Law New Orleans from September 20-21.

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Chemerinsky: No One Has A Right To Protest In My Home 

May 6, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article from The Atlantic by dean Erwin Chemerinsky (UC Berkeley Law) that details a recent incident where students protested a dinner event hosted at his home.

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Which law schools saw the biggest changes in employment placement after USNWR gave “full weight” to new categories of jobs? 

May 6, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) examines recent changes to how law graduate employment placement is calculated in the US News law school rankings.

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Determinants Of Success On The Bar Exam: One Law School’s Experience 2010-2023

May 6, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article that analyzes how UC Law San Francisco worked to improve students’ performance on the bar exam

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Kuehn: The Fallacy Of ‘We Can’t Afford More Clinical Legal Education For Our Students’

May 6, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Clinical Legal Education Association Newsletter article by Robert Kuehn (Washington University in St. Louis Law) that details how law schools can enhance clinical learning opportunities without raising tuition.

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Overall legal employment for the Class of 2023 improves slightly, with large law firm and public interest placement growing

April 29, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) provides analysis on recent ABA data that details the employment outcomes of 2023 law graduates.  

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The Uneven Impact of Mistreatment on Law Clerks

April 29, 2024

Courts Law JOTWELL (by Jade Craig) — The author shares a Columbia Law Review article by Aliza Shatzman and discusses how mistreatment faced during a law clerkship could negatively impact a lawyer’s career.   

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