AALS Section on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Programming Survey

July 25, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a survey from the AALS Section on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging seeking input on possible programming for the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting.  

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ICYMI: Teaching Tips for New Professors

July 25, 2022

PrawfsBlawg (by Lyrissa Lidsky) — Professor Lidsky (University of Florida Law) shares advice for new law professors as they begin their careers this fall. 

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A Black Woman Law Dean Speaks About The Precarity Of Leadership

July 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares dean Danielle Conway’s (Penn State Dickinson Law) Southwestern Law Review essay on the book Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia by Meera Deo (Southwestern Law). Conway’s review looks at how Deo describes inequity in legal education and how institutions have responded.

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Deo: Progress And Backlash In Our Unequal Profession — Race And Gender In Legal Academia

July 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Southwestern Law Review essay by Meera Deo (Southwestern Law) reflecting on her book Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia. Deo looks at how the book has remained relevant to events happening in this country since 2019 when it was initially published.  

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Heminway: Change Leadership And The Law School Curriculum

July 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Santa Clara Law Review article by Joan MacLeod Heminway (University of Tennessee Law) that argues law schools must make change leadership a more important piece of the law school curriculum. 

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Learning Outcomes: Helping Students, Employers, Clients, And Law Schools

July 25, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Neil Hamilton and Jerome Organ (University of St. Thomas Law) that explores how focusing on learning outcomes and better assessment options will provide long term benefits for law students.  

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The Final Countdown to the Bar Exam

July 25, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) shares advice for recent law school graduates as they prepare to take the bar exam.    

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This Year Is Still Different: An Outdated Bar Exam in Troubled Times

July 25, 2022

Law School Café (by Deborah J. Merritt, Sara J. Berman, Marsha Griggs, and Carol Chomsky) — Professors share advice and well-wishes to 2022 law school graduates as they prepare to take the bar exam. 

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Will remote work adversely affect the training, productivity, and retention of lawyers? (317)

July 25, 2022

Legal Evolution (by Tom Sharbaugh) — Professor Sharbaugh (Penn State Law) analyzes the drawbacks and benefits of remote work for lawyers both in the short and long term.   

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Alena Allen to Serve as Deputy Director of AALS

July 18, 2022

The Faculty Director (by Dan Filler) — University of Arkansas School of Law interim dean Alena Allen has accepted the position of  Deputy Director of the American Association of Law Schools effective August 1.  She will remain a tenured professor on the faculty and will conclude her role as interim dean June 30.

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