The Exclusion Of Public Legal Education From Mandatory And Aspirational State Pro Bono Service Requirements

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Amy Wallace (New York Law School) that examines how states set pro bono requirements and how public legal education programs are a service to local communities.

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Are Law Schools Raising Their Attrition And Transfer Rates To Boost Their Bar Exam Pass Rates?

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Jason Scott and Joshua Jackson (AccessLex) that explores the impact of law student attrition and transfers on bar exam pass rates.

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Investing in Academic Success: Diverse Approaches – a Blog Post by Prof. Charles Calleros (ASU)

September 6, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Charles Calleros) — Professor Calleros (Arizona State University Law) shares different approaches to supporting law student academic success used in different countries.

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Law School Curriculum: Reform, Assessment, and Research Design

September 6, 2022

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) shares a paper by David A. Hyman(Georgetown Law), Jing Liu (East China University Law), and Joshua C. Teitelbaum (Georgetown Law) that explores how changes to the first-year law school curriculum could positively impact law students.

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Fostering law student professional identity in a time of instability and strife (326)

September 6, 2022

Legal Evolution (by Neil Hamilton and Louis Bilionis) — The authors look at changes to the ABA accreditation standards regarding professional identity training for law students.

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Call for Nominations: 2022 Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship

September 6, 2022

Lawfare (by Robert Chesney) — Dean Chesney (University of Texas Law) shares a call for nominations for University of Texas Law’s Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship.

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Professorial Speech, The First Amendment, And The ‘Anti-CRT’ Laws

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Keith E. Whittington (Princeton University) outlining the constitutional challenges to anti-Critical Race Theory legislation.

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Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Reimagining Affirmative Action Jurisprudence In Law School Admissions Through A Filipino-American Paradigm

September 6, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pepperdine Law Review article by Joseph D. G. Castro (UC Berkeley) that looks at affirmative action through the lens of a Filipino-American college applicant.

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Number of FAR Forms in First Distribution Over Time – 2022

August 22, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares data on law professor candidates in the AALS Faculty Appointments Register for 2022 compared to previous years.

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Law School Entry-Level Hiring Posting Schedule 2022-2023

August 22, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares the schedule of release for her posts related to entry-level law professor hiring.

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