U.S. News Law School Rankings Panel At Today’s AALS Institutional Advancement Conference

June 19, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that he will be moderating a panel about US News law school rankings during the AALS Institutional Advancement Conference.  The conference took place on June 14 and 15.

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Admitting Law Grads By Bar Exam Versus By A Diploma Privilege: A Comparison Of Consumer Protection

June 19, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of the Legal Profession article by William Wesley Patton (USC Gould Law) that explains how alternative licensure methods compare to the bar exam with regard to consumer protection.

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The Flaws of Implicit Bias — And The Need For Empirical Research In Legal Scholarship And Legal Education

June 19, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of the Legal Profession article by Adam Lamparello (Georgia College & State University) that argues the importance of using statistics and empirical research methods in scholarship and teaching related to implicit bias.

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Teaching Leadership In Law Schools

June 19, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of the Legal Profession article by Doris Del Tosto Brogan (Villanova Law) that details how law schools can improve leadership education.

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Law School Entry-Level Faculty Hiring Is Flat; FAR Applicants Are Down 17% (68% From 2011)

May 31, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data and graphics from Sarah Lawsky’s (Northwestern Law) hiring report for entry level law school faculty. 

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Law school faculty have aggressively and successfully lobbied to diminish the importance of law school faculty in the USNWR rankings

May 31, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) provides additional analysis on the latest edition of the US News law school rankings. 

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Empirical Legal Studies: CELS 2023 — Call for Papers

May 31, 2023

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) shares a call for papers for the 2023 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies to take place at University of Chicago Law in October.  

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What Law Schools Must Change To Train Transactional Lawyers

May 31, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by Stephanie Hunter McMahon (University of Cincinnati Law) that outlines different methods law schools can use teach transactional law concepts to students.  

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GPT-4’s Law School Grades: Con Law C, Crim C-, Law & Econ C, Partnership Tax B, Property B-, Tax B

May 31, 2023

(TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by several University of Maryland Carey Law professors that looks at how generative artificial intelligence platform GPT-4 performed on several law school final exams. 

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