BigLaw’s Campus Reach

October 21, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Lincoln Memorial University Law Review article by Raj Ashar (Harvard Law) that documents how large law firms establish relationships on law school campuses and suggests ways that the relationship between law firms and law schools can be regulated.

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Law Students Aren’t Alright

October 21, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Amy Levin (Loyola Law Los Angeles) that outlines what professors can do to address law student mental health.

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A Blueprint To Reclaim Legal Education From External Rankers

October 21, 2024

 TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Seattle University Law Review article by Scot Rempell (South Texas College of Law Houston) that examines how law school ranking systems harm law schools and suggests law schools could provide better data to aspiring applicants.

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Opposition to ABA’s proposal to revamp its “diversity and inclusion” standards in the wake of SCOTUS decision in SFFA

October 15, 2024

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares a letter from 44 law school deans opposing the ABA’s proposal to change its diversity and inclusion standards following the US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action.

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1L of a Blog Series: Preparing for Midterms

October 15, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Dayna Smith) — Professor Smith (Vermont Law and Graduate School) offers advice on how to help first-year law students prepare for midterm exams. 

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NYU Dean: Medical School Accreditation Is Outdated (What About Law School Accreditation?)

October 15, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Wall Street Journal op-ed that critiques medical school accreditation standards and shares similar articles that explore how law school accreditation could be improved.  

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Today is Law Student Mental Health Day!

October 15, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) commemorates October 10 as Law Student Mental Health Day and shares resources professors can share with students to support their mental health. 

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From PACER to SCALES: Access to Federal Court Data

October 15, 2024

Empirical Legal Studies (by Michael Heise) — Professor Heise (Cornell Law) examines how the new online platform SCALES could help lawyers and other legal professionals access federal court data more easily. 

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AALS Statements Of Good Practices For Faculty Recruitment, Hiring, Retention, And Resignation

October 7, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares AALS Statements of Good Practices on faculty recruitment, hiring, retention, and resignation, along with their amended dates. 

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Anxiety Before Autumn: Considering Why Law Students are Seemingly Stressed Much Earlier in the Semester

October 7, 2024

Law School Academic Support Blog (by Erica Sylvia) — Professor Sylvia (UMass Law) shares reasons why law students may be stressed earlier in the semester and some ways law professors can help them. 

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