Nominations for Legal Writing Institute Awards

September 14, 2021

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (University of Illinois Chicago Law) shares a call for nominations from the Legal Writing Institute for five awards for law school faculty related to teaching and scholarship. 

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LWI Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession

September 14, 2021

Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Mark Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (University of Illinois Chicago Law) shares news that Northwestern Law and the Legal Writing Institute will hold free, virtual two day-symposium on artificial intelligence and the Legal Profession on September 24 and 25.   

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Postponing the Externships 11 Conference

September 14, 2021

Clinical Law Prof Blog (by Jeff Baker) — The in-person Externships 11 Conference previously scheduled for February 18-20, 2022 has been postponed to Fall 2022 at a date to be announced. The conference is jointly hosted by Pepperdine Law and UCLA Law.   

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ABA Standards Committee Approves Anti-Racism, Bias Training As New Accreditation Standards For Law Schools

August 30, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — The Council of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently issued recommendations for changes to several standards for notice and comment, including the addition of a requirement for law schools to “provide education on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism.”

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Early Returns On The Law School Class Of 2024: Higher LSAT Scores, UGPAs, And Enrollment

August 30, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an analysis of the incoming class of law students from admissions consultant Mike Spivey.

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AccessLex Institute 2021 Legal Education Data Deck

August 30, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the 2021 Legal Education Data Deck created by AccessLex Institute. The resource contains trend data related to law student admissions, employment, enrollment, and graduation.

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Pandemic Leadership

August 30, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a University of Toledo Law Review article by Dean Brian Gallini (Willamette Law) where he details his experiences as a first-year dean along with the additional challenge of leading during a pandemic.

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Number of FAR Forms in First Distribution Over Time – 2021

August 30, 2021

PrawfsBlawg (by Sara Lawsky)  — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares a chart containing the number of law faculty candidates in the first distribution of the AALS Faculty Appointments Register (FAR) each year since 2009.

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Law School Entry-Level Hiring Posting Schedule 2021-2022

August 30, 2021

PrawfsBlawg (by Sara Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares her schedule for posting information related to entry-level law school faculty recruitment.

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The Laws Of Public Higher Education Retrenchment

August 30, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy article by Jeremy Pilaar (Yale Law) that explores the legal framework that leads to underinvestment in higher education by states.

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