Women Deans And Faculty Have Better Representation And Pay In Universities With Female Presidents And Provosts

February 7, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a research report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources that finds women deans and faculty receive better representation and higher salaries when their institution is lead by a female president or provost.    

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Ryan & Muller: Law Schools That Overperform On The Bar Exam

February 7, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a research report by Christopher J. Ryan (University of Louisville Law) and Derek T. Muller (University of Iowa Law) examining how some law schools surpassed their predicted bar exam passage rates. 

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The Effect Of COVID-19 On Law Libraries

February 7, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Washburn Law Journal article by Thomas Sneed (Washburn Law) examining how law libraries are responding to the challenges brought on by COVID-19.    

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Actively Achieving Greater Racial Equity In The Law School Classroom

February 7, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a forthcoming Cleveland State Law Review article by Rory D. Bahadur (Washburn Law) and Catherine Bramble (BYU Law) that outlines strategies to achieve racial equity in law school classes. 

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Law Schools Need To Get Serious About The Work Of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

February 7, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report by Belinda Dantley (St. Louis University Law) and Lisa Sonia Taylor (American University Washington College of Law) detailing how law schools can implement better diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The report is informed by a survey of law school diversity professionals. 

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St. Louis Symposium: Teaching Law Online

January 31, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares articles from a recent Saint Louis University Law Journal symposium issue exploring online law teaching methods.    

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Managing Law Students As Consumers In A COVID World

January 31, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by Debra Moss Vollweiler (Nova Southeastern University Law) exploring how law students’ roles as consumers has changed since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.   

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Legal Writing Professors, Salary Disparities, And The Impossibility Of ‘Improved Status’

January 31, 2022

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Writing article by Amy Soled (Rutgers Law) outlining the wage disparity for legal writing professors and how it can negatively impact legal scholarship. 

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Eight updated graphics on the US legal services market (285)

January 31, 2022

Legal Evolution (by Bill Henderson) — Professor Henderson (Indiana University Maurer Law) shares updated data on the legal services market. 

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ABA Midyear Meeting Goes Virtual

January 26, 2022

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojcik)  — Professor Wojcik (UIC Law) shares the announcement that the 2022 ABA Midyear Meeting next month will be completely virtual.    

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