Two-Thirds Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 20% (Black Applicants Are Up 32%)

March 10, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data from the fall 2025 law school admission cycle showing a significant increase in applicants. 

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Let’s Talk Some Tax(payer Assistance and Service Act)!

March 7, 2025

The Faculty Lounge (by Ted Afield) — Professor Afield (Georgia State Law) examines the recently proposed Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act that would increase funding to low-income tax payer clinics alongside other benefits for taxpayers.  

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Please Send Us Your Favorite ADR Exercise(s)!

March 7, 2025

Indisputably (by Kelly Browe Olson) — Professor Olson (University of Arkansas Little Rock Law) shares a call for submissions of alternative dispute resolution learning exercises for use in an upcoming guidebook on conflict resolution. 

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A Message for Repeat Bar Takers: You Can Really Do This!

March 7, 2025

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Goldie Pritchard) — Professor Pritchard (Michigan State University Law) offers advice to second-time bar exam test takers on preparing for the February exam. 

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Law Prawfs Statement Regarding an Urgent Constitutional Crisis

February 28, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that Caroline Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, is organizing help for law graduates who had employment offers rescinded by the IRS or DOJ tax division.

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The 2023 First-Year Class Profile: Who are they, where did they enroll, and how did they decide?

February 28, 2025

Law:Fully (by Elizabeth Bodamer) — The author shares an analysis of the first law student class admitted following the US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. 

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Tax Bar Steps Up To Help 200 Law Students And Graduates With Rescinded Job Offers From The IRS And DOJ Tax Division Due To Trump Hiring Freeze

February 28, 2025

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that Caroline Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, is organizing help for law graduates who had employment offers rescinded by the IRS or DOJ tax division.

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What Do the New ABA Standards on Learning Outcomes and Assessment Mean for Law Schools?

February 28, 2025

Law:Fully (by Susannah Pollvogt) — The author examines how the new ABA standards on learning outcomes and assessment could impact law schools. 

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Law Firm Diversity Interrupted?

February 28, 2025

Law:Fully (by James Leipold) — The author analyzes NALP data showing a decrease in law firm diversity for the second year in a row.  

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Into the Unknown: How to Start Preparing Now for the NextGen Bar Exam

February 28, 2025

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) offers advice on how law professors can help prepare their students for the NextGen Bar Exam.  

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