The Truth About the Yale Law Protest That Prompted a Federal Judge to Threaten a Clerkship Blacklist
Slate (by Mark Joseph Stern) — Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern reports that political media coverage of Yale Law students’ protest of a speaker seems to contain several inaccuracies based on videos of the incident and follow-up interviews with attendees.
Read More about The Truth About the Yale Law Protest That Prompted a Federal Judge to Threaten a Clerkship Blacklist2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology
Spivey Consulting (by Mike Spivey) — Law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey shares his analysis of the changes to the U.S. News methodology for ranking law schools. The changes are projected to create volatility in the rankings when compared to the previous year.
Read More about 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings MethodologyLat: Is Free Speech In American Law Schools A Lost Cause?
TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) provides links to a few stories covering an incident at Yale Law where student protesters disrupted a speaker from the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of perspectives on an incident at Duke Law where student editors from the specialty journal Law and Contemporary Problems resigned following the publication of a controversial article on language and gender identity.
Read More about The Essay That Prompted An Editorial Revolt At Duke Law SchoolMaynard: Killing The Motivation Of The Minority Professor
TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Minnesota Law Review article by Goldburn Maynard Jr. (Indiana University – Kelley Business School) that argues early career minority professors are discouraged from writing innovative or radical ideas (at the expense of scholarly productivity) in order to fit in an academic environment.
Read More about Maynard: Killing The Motivation Of The Minority Professor‘Law School Is Usually A Good Bet: 93% Have Positive Returns, 24% Have ROI > $1 Million’
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares data from The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity showing how law school graduates tend to receive a substantial return on investment in relation to other graduate degrees.
Read More about ‘Law School Is Usually A Good Bet: 93% Have Positive Returns, 24% Have ROI > $1 Million’Why is Academic Support Confusing my Students?
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Louis Schulze) — Professor Schulze (Florida International University Law) discusses his role as Dean of Academic Support, detailing how some students seem reluctant to believe that they could benefit from academic support services.
Read More about Why is Academic Support Confusing my Students?Hamilton & Organ: Law School Learning Outcomes
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Neil W. Hamilton and Jerome M. Organ (University of St. Thomas Law) analyzing how competency-based education can positively impact students in their legal careers.
Read More about Hamilton & Organ: Law School Learning OutcomesBuilding and sustaining a diverse adjunct faculty (291)
Legal Evolution (by Terrance B. Stroud and Austen Parrish) — Adjunct Professor Stroud and Dean Parrish (Indiana University Maurer Law) share lessons from the school’s strategy of using alumni networks to build a diverse group of adjunct professors.
Read More about Building and sustaining a diverse adjunct faculty (291)“The Act of Silencing a Speaker Is Fundamentally Contrary to the Values of This School”
The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) provides analysis on an incident at UC Hastings law where guest speaker Ilya Shapiro was interrupted by protesters over his previous comments regarding President Biden’s commitment to appointing a Black woman to the US Supreme Court.
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