Law School Academic Support Blog – Take That Leap! (AccessLex Scholarship Grants)

April 4, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) shares application materials for AccessLex Institute scholarship grants.

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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports – Law Schools Unfairly Ranked by U.S. News 

April 4, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares his opinion that the methodologies for ranking law schools are flawed and keep some law schools from proper recognition.

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Indisputably – Zacharias Prize – Call for nominations

April 4, 2022

Indisputably (by Michael Moffitt) — Professor Moffitt (University of Oregon Law) shares a call for nominations for the Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility.

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TaxProf Blog – NCBE Seeks Public Comment On Proposed New Bar Exam

March 31, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — A new bar exam slated to debut in 2026, which will test more skills and fewer subjects than its current incarnation, is now ready for public comment from legal professionals. The National Conference of Bar Examiners has asked the legal community to weigh in on preliminary outlines of exam content that,

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Indisputably – Conference on Bar Exam Reform on April 22

March 28, 2022

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares information on a virtual conference on bar exam reform. 

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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports – USNews.com makes more arbitrary changes to the ranking formula…

March 28, 2022

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) discusses recent changes to the US News methodology for ranking law schools.  

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Law School Academic Support Blog – Exercises

March 28, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a set of free hypotheticals courtesy of the Colorado Supreme Court. 

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TaxProf Blog – Tax Papers At Today’s AALS Poverty Law Pop-Up Conference

March 28, 2022

TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of papers shared during a “pop-up” conference by the AALS Section on Poverty Law. 

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So Many AASE Reminders!

March 28, 2022

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) shares updates from the Association of Academic Support Educators on scholarships as well as calls for nominations for awards and executive board positions.   

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Federal judges have already begun to drift away from hiring Yale Law clerks

March 27, 2022

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) looks at the placement of federal law clerks by law school. 

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