The ABA Should Be Required To Disclose Law School Accreditation Information

May 16, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Loyola University Chicago Consumer Law Review article by Henry Webb (Palm Beach Atlantic University), Patrick Baker (University of Tennessee Law), and Kaleb Byars (student, University of Tennessee Law) arguing that the ABA should be required to disclose information related to the law school accreditation process.

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CFP: Gender & Law Emerging Scholar Award

May 16, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares eligibility and submission requirements for the 2022 Pace Law Gender and the Law Emerging Scholar Award. 

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Per student value of law school endowments

May 16, 2022

Best Practices for Legal Education (by Melanie Daily) — Professor Daily (University of Kansas Law) shares an article by Robert Kuehn (Washington University in St. Louis Law) analyzing data to establish the economic impact of law school clinics’ pro bono service on their communities. 

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Law Students Left Behind: Law School’s Role In Remedying The Devastating Effects Of Federal Education Policy

May 16, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Minnesota Law Review article by Sandra Simpson (Gonzaga Law) detailing how law schools can help build the critical thinking skills that students did not receive in K-12 education. 

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“Teaching” Professional Identity: A New Book for Administrators and Professors

May 9, 2022

(Legal Skills Prof Blog) — The author shares information on a recently released book by Neil W. Hamilton (St. Thomas University Law) and Louis D. Bilionis (University of Cincinnati Law) that helps legal educators comply with the new ABA standard that professional identity training be included in law school curriculum.

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Announcing the Recipients of the 2022 CLEA Awards

May 9, 2022

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares the winners of the 2022 Clinical Legal Education Association awards to be presented at the 2022 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education.

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Announcing First Annual Olivas Writing Institute

May 9, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Ediberto Roman) — Professor Roman (Florida International University Law) shares details and a schedule for an inaugural writing institute to honor the late University of Houston Law Center professor Michael A. Olivas.

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Symposium: Epoch — Going Beyond A Racial Reckoning

May 9, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares articles from an upcoming Seattle University Law Review symposium themed ‘Epoch – Going Beyond a Racial Reckoning’.

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O Captain! My Captain!

May 2, 2022

The Faculty Lounge (by Ediberto Roman) — Professor Roman (Florida International University Law) shares a tribute to former AALS President and University of Houston Law professor Michael Olivas. 

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