Announcing the Winners of the William Pincus and M. Shanara Gilbert Awards
Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares an announcement of the winners of the 2022 AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education awards: professor Lisa Brodoff (Seattle University Law) and professor Bernice Grant (Fordham Law). The awards will be presented at the AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education in May.
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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares a request from professor Jeff Sovern (St. John’s University Law) for law professors to share information on teaching load expectations at their schools.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Minnesota Law Review article by Anahid Gharakhanian (Southwestern Law), Natalie Rodriguez (Southwestern Law), and Elizabeth Anderson that provides suggestions for how to assess a law school applicant’s potential for success during the admissions process.
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Indisputably (by Art Hinshaw) — Professor Hinshaw (Arizona State University Law) requests contributions from law professors for an upcoming study on the changes in law student negotiation behaviors over three years.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data from the ABA on two-year bar exam pass rates for law school graduates.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data showing a decrease in law school applicants compared to this point in the admissions cycle last year.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Detroit Mercy Law Reviewby Kris Franklin (New York Law) and Rory D. Bahadur (Washburn Law) detailing methods of advancing Socratic and case-method teaching.
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TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a UC Irvine Law Review article by Kathryne Young (University of Massachusetts) explaining how law school reforms can improve access to justice.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed by Paul Heald (University of Illinois Law) stating his issues with student-led law reviews and offering potential solutions.
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The Surly Subgroup (by Sam Brunson) — Professor Brunson (Loyola Law Chicago) shares a call for papers from the AALS Section on Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law for a panel at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.
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