ABA Law School Accreditation News

September 3, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares memos from the American Bar Association regarding academic credit for law student externships and revisions to its diversity and inclusion standards.

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Deans’ Leadership In Legal Education Symposium

September 3, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares articles from the annual Toledo Law Review Law Deans’ Leadership in Legal Education Symposium issue.

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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition)

September 3, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares his updated list of fellowships for aspiring law professors.

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AALS Election Law Section Distinguished Scholarship Award Nominations

September 3, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Professor Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for nominations for the AALS Section on Election Law’s Distinguished Scholarship Award that recognizes excellence in the field.

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Journal of Dispute Resolution Writing Competition – September 6 Deadline

September 3, 2024

Indisputably (by John Lande) — Professor Lande (Mizzou Law) shares a call for articles for a dispute resolution writing competition with the winners published in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Dispute Resolution.

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Gearing Up-A checklist for starting a new academic year….

September 3, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Liz Stillman) — Professor Stillman (Suffolk Law) shares a checklist to help law professors prepare for the new academic year.

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Passing the Torch

September 3, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City University Law) shares that he is passing editorial responsibilities for the Law School Academic Support Blog to Michigan State University Law professor Goldie Pritchard.

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Moving Day, After Nearly 20 Years

September 3, 2024

Madisonian (by Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (Pitt Law) shares that he will be closing down the Madisonian blog and will be moving content to a new newsletter on Substack.

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From Briefs To Bytes: How Generative AI Is Transforming Legal Writing And Practice

September 3, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Tulsa Law Review article by Joe Regalia (UNLV Law) that outlines how generative artificial intelligence has affected legal writing and practice.

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Professor Lawsky’s new “Law School Hiring Information” website

August 19, 2024

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares a new website by professor Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern Law) that provides collected data and information on law school hiring. 

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