The American Law School Faculty Study

December 9, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares select findings from the AALS American Law School Faculty Study as well as a webinar from researchers explaining the findings.  

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Law School Admissions Agonistes

December 9, 2024

Daniel B. Rodriguez (by Daniel B. Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) examines new ABA standards that would affect law school admissions and how those standards could affect student diversity. 

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The Faculty Lounge: Harvard Announces Law School Dean Search Advisory Committee

December 9, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Professor Filler (Drexel Law) shares that Harvard Law has appointed 13 faculty members to the law school dean search advisory committee. 

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1L of a Blog Series: Manage Stress for Success

December 9, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) offers advice for first-year students on how to manage stress.

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Collaborative Holistic Services And Education In Law School Clinical Programs

December 9, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Washington University Journal of Law & Policy by Melina A. Healey (Touro Law) that emphasizes the importance of collaboration between law school clinics. 

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Clinics And Emergencies

December 9, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Clinical Law Review article by Sabrina Balgamwalla (Wayne State Law) and Elizabeth Keyes (University of Baltimore Law) that analyzes how law school clinics can assist during emergency situations. 

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Teaching Fails: Celebration and Adaptation

December 9, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Brian Flaherty (Boston University Law) that highlights how learning from failures while teaching can help professors improve and build community within the classroom.  

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Some thoughts on the Ho-Thapar debate on federal judicial clerkship boycotts

December 9, 2024

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller — Professor Muller (Notre Dame Law) shares his thoughts on some federal judges boycotting hiring clerks from specific law schools. 

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Value-Centered Lawyering: Reshaping the Law School Curriculum to Promote Well-Being, Quality Client Representation, and a Thriving Legal Field

December 9, 2024

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares a University of Detroit Mercy Law Review article by Katya S. Cronin (George Washington Law) that examines how law professors can use value-centered education to improve their future careers. 

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Beyond “Hard” Skills: Teaching Outward-and Inward-Facing Character-Based Skills to 1Ls in Light of ABA Standard 303 (B)(3)’s Professional Identity

December 9, 2024

Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Scott Fruehwald) — The author shares a Brooklyn Law Review article by Marni Goldstein Caputo and Kathleen Luz (Boston University Law) that examines how law professors can teach professional identity to students. 

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