Bar Exam Taker With Negative Covid Test Removed From Room After Temperature Check 20 Minutes Into Exam
TaxProfBlog (by Paul Caron) — Alaina Arroyo was 20 minutes into the Nebraska State Bar Exam on Tuesday when a health inspector came over to take her temperature, which had not been done before she began the test. After registering readings of 101 degrees three times, she was told, “You’re done, you need to get out right now,”…
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Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log (by Rebecca Tushnet) — Professor Tushnet (Harvard Law) shares a call for papers for an upcoming forum focused on scholarship by junior faculty members.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Santa Clara Law Review article by Leah Teague (Baylor Law) that explores how leadership programs have motivated students to serve their communities.
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PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) requests that new law faculty hires contribute information to her 2022 Entry Level Hiring Report.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares a call for submissions for the upcoming edition of the AALS Section on Academic Support newsletter The Learning Curve.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Stanford Law Review article by University of Michigan Law professor W. Nicholson Price II and students Keerthana Nunna and Jonathan Tietz. The article explains how law article footnotes give insight into hierarchy, race, and gender in legal networks.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Amin R. Yacoub (University of Virginia Law) detailing how hiring processes have shaped the legal academy over the past few years.
Read More about The Devolution Of The Legal Academy And The Revolution In Law Prof Hiring StandardsAre law schools prepared for a multi-year cycle of substantial declines in 1L enrollment?
Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) makes some predictions about the size of future first-year law school classes based on current LSAC data.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the latest LSAC data showing a slight decrease in law school applicants for fall 2022 compared to the previous year at this point in the admissions cycle.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Akron Law Review article by Lori A. Roberts (Western State Law) and Monica M. Todd (Syracuse Law) detailing some strategies law schools can use to deter students from cheating.
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