Lower California bar exam cut score yields modest increases in pass rates and decline in repeaters, but increase in attorneys appears to slow

December 20, 2021

Excess of Democracy (by Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) shares how changes to the California bar exam pass score have affected law graduates and the legal profession.

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July 2021 California Bar Exam Results For Out-Of-State Law Schools

December 20, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the results of the July California Bar Exam for graduates of non-California law schools.

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AALS 2022 Around the Corner – and Academic Support is on it!

December 20, 2021

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) shares the AALS Section on Academic Support’s programming at the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting in January.

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“The First”

December 20, 2021

PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) looks at how many law article authors claim to be the first to explore a particular area and he criticizes how often the claim is used.

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The ‘Pink Ghettos’ of Public Interest Law: An Open Secret

December 20, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Buffalo Law Review article by Sandra Simkins (Rutgers Law) that describes the challenges women face while working in public interest law.

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Call for Nominations for 2022 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award

December 20, 2021

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) shares a call for nominations for an award for excellence for scholarship in dispute resolution.

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Call For Papers: Teaching Law Without Borders — Comparative Perspectives On Legal Pedagogy

December 13, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for an upcoming issue of the Journal of Legal Education featuring perspectives on law teaching outside the United States and what can be learned from the various approaches.   

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Associate Deans for Research at Law Schools

December 13, 2021

PrawfsBlawg (by Gerard Magliocca) — Professor Magliocca (Indiana University McKinney Law) asks for information from Associate Deans of Research for an upcoming report he’s writing. 

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Keep Distance Education for Law Schools: Online Education, the Pandemic, and Access to Justice

December 13, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Loyola University Chicago Law Journal article by Lael Daniel Weinberger (Harvard Law) urging schools to continue the use of online and hybrid programs following the pandemic to help improve access to legal education. 

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Law Teaching Strategies For A New Era: Beyond The Physical Classroom

December 13, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a description of a new book by Tessa L. Dysart (University of Arizona Law) and Tracy Norton (Touro Law) that explores teaching strategies for law professors in the digital age.  

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