Legal education as a key stakeholder in legal services reform (276)

November 22, 2021

Legal Evolution (by Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) explains how law schools and other institutions can assist efforts to reform legal services. 

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Reducing Debt and Increasing Access to the Profession: An Empirical Study of Graduate Debt at U.S. Law Schools

November 22, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Scott F. Norberg and Stephanie J. Garcia (Florida International University Law) that examines how law school debt affects new graduates as they start their careers.  

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Clinics in the Age of Covid and Beyond

November 22, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Dean Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a message from assistant dean Jeffrey Baker (Pepperdine Law) that addresses how the pandemic has impacted the school’s clinics and how they are adapting to changes. 

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The Makings of a Culturally Savvy Lawyer: Novel Approaches for Teaching and Assessing Cross-Cultural Skills in Law School

November 22, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Law & Education article by Shahrokh Falati  (New York Law School) that details how law professors can teach cultural competency skills to their students. 

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Common Mistakes at the End of the Semester

November 22, 2021

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares advice for law students as they reach the end of the fall semester.  

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So you failed the bar……..

November 22, 2021

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Melissa Hale) — Professor Hale (Loyola Law Chicago) gives advice to law graduates who did not pass the bar exam on the first attempt. 

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Experiential Learning During COVID A Perspective And A Proposal

November 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Katherene Connor (Elon Law) that reflects on the virtual experiential opportunities law schools provided during the pandemic and provides suggestions for future offering

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Special Post: LSAC acquisition of IFLP explained (275)

November 15, 2021

Legal Evolution (by Kellye Testy & Bill Henderson) — Kellye Testy, president of the Law School Admission Council and professor Bill Henderson (Indiana Maurer Law) explain how LSAC’s acquisition of the Institute for the Future of Law Practice came about and what

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Call For Papers: 8th Annual Michigan Junior Scholars’ Conference

November 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for the upcoming Junior Scholars’ Conference at University of Michigan Law in April 2022.  

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Ok Boomer — The Approaching DiZruption Of Legal Education By Generation Z

November 15, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Quinnipiac Law Review article by Robert Minarcin (University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law) that outlines how Generation Z will change the landscape of legal education in the coming years.  

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