Lawsky Entry Level Hiring Report 2025 – Call for Information
PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a call for information regarding recent law school hires in tenure-track, clinical, or legal writing full-time positions.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a list of articles from a recent Baylor Law symposium on promoting free speech and fostering civil discourse.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by multiple authors that demonstrates how generative artificial intelligence programs often answer questions incorrectly and should therefore not be used as an alternative to asking law professors questions directly.
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The Faculty Lounge (by Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares an announcement from the American Tax Policy Institute seeking law faculty interested in creating a tax and financial literacy program to be taught by law students.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) shares advice for students in their last year of law school who are applying to take the bar exam.
Read More about Applying to take the Bar Exam?Alternate Headline: Law Scholars Launch Actual, Normal, Non-Silly, Scholarly Journal
PrawfsBlawg (by Paul Horwitz) — Professor Horwitz (University of Alabama Law) shares news that law faculty are working to create a new journal called the Independent Law Journal and offers suggestions as the editors move forward.
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The Volokh Conspiracy (by Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (Hoover Institution at Stanford University) discusses the formation of the Independent Law Journal and offers information for how to contact the creators of the journal for law faculty that are interested in getting involved.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares LSAC data from the Fall 2025 law school admissions season showing a significant increase in applicants from the previous year.
Read More about 80% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 20% (Black Applicants Are Up 30%)Summer Associate Hiring Hit All-Time Low In 2024; 78% Of 2025 Summer Associate Offers Were Made Before August 1
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a collection of articles discussing the decrease in law firm summer associate hiring offers to law students in 2024.
Read More about Summer Associate Hiring Hit All-Time Low In 2024; 78% Of 2025 Summer Associate Offers Were Made Before August 1Law Profs’ Generative AI Sandbox
TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares news that three law professors created the Generative AI Sandbox to help law faculty learn about artificial intelligence.
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