ABA ‘Urges’ Law Schools To Permit Paid Externships And Encourage Pay Transparency In OCI

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that the American Bar Association has approved two resolutions on paid externships and on-campus recruiting.  

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AccessLex Institute 2024 Legal Education Data Deck

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — The latest edition of annual AccessLex Institute Legal Education Data Deck contains recent law school data on applications, enrollment, and outcomes. 

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CFP: Supporting the Mid-Career and Senior Scholar Panel

August 19, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers from the AALS Section on Scholarship for a panel focused on supporting mid-career and senior legal scholars.  

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CFP ASAP: AALS Scholarship Section Incubator Roundtable

August 19, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for the AALS Section on Scholarship Incubator Roundtable. 

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CFP: New Voices in Property Law: Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Panel

August 19, 2024

The Faculty Lounge (by Dan Filler) — Dean Filler (Drexel Law) shares a call for papers for the AALS Section on Property Law’s Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Panel to be held at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. 

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Survey of Law Fellowships and VAPs

August 19, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Nikita Aggarwal) — Professor Aggarwal (University of Miami Law) is asking individuals who have served as a fellow or visiting assistant professor (VAPs) to participate in a new survey and share their experiences and outcomes.  

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Changes to Criminal Law course (advice welcome!)

August 19, 2024

PrawfsBlawg (by Rick Garnett) — Professor Garnett (Notre Dame Law) requests advice on teaching a first-year criminal law course. 

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Peer Review In Advanced Legal Writing Course

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Saint Louis University Law Journal article by Patricia Montana (St. John’s University Law) that shares the benefits of incorporating peer review in advanced legal writing courses.  

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Effective Law Professor Feedback For Today’s Students

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Saint Louis University Law Journal article by Randall Ryder (University of Minnesota Law) that explains how professors can offer students feedback to help them in their future classes and careers.  

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Questioning The Inevitability Of The NextGen Bar Exam

August 19, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by multiple authors that examines the jurisdictions that have already decided to implement the NextGen Bar Exam and how many are likely to adopt it in the future.  

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