CFP: Integrating Doctrine & Diversity: Inclusion and Equity Beyond the First Year

November 15, 2021

The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford)  — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a call for proposals for a new book where contributors will share techniques and advice for integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion topics into the upper-level JD curriculum. The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2021.

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The Second Letter from the Academic Freedom Alliance to the University of Florida

November 10, 2021

The Volokh Conspiracy (by Keith E. Whittington) — Professor Whittington (Princeton University) shares a letter from the Academic Freedom Alliance to the University of Florida stating the university’s policy on faculty expert testimony violates professors’ First Amendment rights. 

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“Power and Politics in the Founding Era of Clinical Legal Education” by Roy Stuckey

November 10, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (by Mary Lynch) — Professor Lynch (Albany Law) shares an article by Roy Stuckey (University of South Carolina Law) available from the National Archive of Clinical Legal Education housed at Georgetown Law. The article details the earliest clinical legal education efforts at US law schools. 

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Symposium: Leading Differently Across Difference

November 10, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a selection of papers from the Hofstra Law Review‘s “Leading Differently Across Difference” symposia issue.   

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Could a purpose deficit fill unmet legal need? (273)

November 10, 2021

 Legal Evolution (by Tom Sharbaugh) — Professor Sharbaugh (Penn State Law) discusses how retired lawyers could be a resource for law school clinics.

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Johnson & Shen: Teaching Law And Artificial Intelligence

November 10, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Minnesota Journal of Law, Science, & Technology article by Brendan Johnson and Francis X. Shen (University of Minnesota Law) that explores the increase of artificial intelligence related courses at law schools. 

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Third-Party Sexual Harassment: The Challenge Of Title IX Obligations For Law School Clinics

November 10, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Washington Law Review article by Ty Alper (Berkeley Law) that examines the Title IX responsibilities of law professors when students are victims of sexual harassment during work in law school clinics.  

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Where are law students learning about NewLaw? (274)

November 10, 2021

Legal Evolution (by Anusia Gillespie) — Lawyer and consultant Anusia Gillespie details how law professors can help students understand where the legal profession is heading to help prepare them for their careers post-graduation.  

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Women Law Deans, Gender Sidelining, And Presumptions Of Incompetence

November 4, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article from the Berkeley Journal of Gender Law & Justice by Laura M. Padilla (California Western Law) describing the challenges and discrimination women law deans face. 

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Admissions Data At 90% Of The U.S. News Top 50: Higher LSATs, UGPAs, And Enrollment

November 4, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares Spivey Consulting’s analysis of law school admissions data from fall 2021.   

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