Looking Back: A Case Study Of Career Interest And Experiential Learning In Law School
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming University of Louisville Law Review article by David Jaffe (American University Law), Katherine Bender (Bridgewater State University) and Jerome M. Organ (University of St. Thomas Law). The article shares data from the 2021 Survey of Law Student Well-Being and looks at how law student…
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of articles from an Ohio State Law Journal issue honoring the career of Ohio State Law professor Deborah Jones Merritt.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Utah Law Review essay by Danielle Conway (Dean, Penn State Dickinson Law) urging members of legal academy and the legal profession to address how the law is complicit in systemic inequality.
Read More about Conway: Antiracist Lawyering Begins With Teaching Antiracism In Law SchoolAn Empirical Analysis Of Racial Bias In The UBE: A Law School’s First-Time Bar Pass Rate Decreases As Its Percentage Of Students Of Color Increases
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform article by Scott Devito (Ave Maria University), Kelsey Hample (Furman University), and Erin Lain (Drake Law). The article analyzes how racial bias plays a part in bar exam pass rates for schools.
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TaxProf Blog — There are six Historically Black Colleges and Universities law schools in the U.S., established because Black students were denied access to law school, and each is struggling due to underfunding.
Read More about HBCU Law Schools Face Severe UnderfundingSupreme Court Refuses To Consider Race, Sex Bias Claims Against NYU Law Review
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a sex and race discrimination challenge to the way in which New York University’s law review selects articles. The justices denied review without comment in the petition, Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences v. New York University.
Read More about Supreme Court Refuses To Consider Race, Sex Bias Claims Against NYU Law Review‘I Couldn’t Imagine Leading And Not Being Openly Gay’: How LGBTQIA+ Pride Informs Law School Leadership
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — The decision to be open about one’s sexual orientation is deeply personal. But for many queer law deans, the decision’s potential impact on the people they lead is often a key part of the calculus. “I feel it is important for me to be openly gay as a dean because representation matters,” Anthony…
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Thus far, at least, there seems to be support for doing away with the standardized testing requirement for ABA-accredited law schools. The changes include making admission tests for law school, such as the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), optional instead of mandatory. “I encourage the ABA to support and press for…
Read More about So Far, Public Comments Largely Support ABA Proposal To Make Law School Admission Tests OptionalA Supreme Dilemma: Admissions v. Representation In Law School And Legal Profession
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Ahmuan Williams (University of Oklahoma Law) analyzing how US Supreme Court decisions have affected law school admissions and the legal profession in general.
Read More about A Supreme Dilemma: Admissions v. Representation In Law School And Legal ProfessionHow COVID-19 Made Me A Better Law Teacher
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a The Second Draft article by Amy Soled (Rutgers Law) in which she shares how teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted her teaching style.
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