Implementation of the ABA’s New Experiential Training Requirement: More Whimper Than Bang
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Robert Kuehn) — Professor Kuehn (University of Washington Law) analyzes the impact of the ABA’s six-credit experiential training requirement for law schools, implemented in 2014.
Read More about Implementation of the ABA’s New Experiential Training Requirement: More Whimper Than Bang2020 Employment Figures Show Big Swings at Some Law Schools
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) offers an assessment of the employment outcomes for the law class of 2020 and provides data on bar passage rates for schools with the biggest changes over the previous year.
Read More about 2020 Employment Figures Show Big Swings at Some Law SchoolsOverall legal employment for the Class of 2020 declines slightly, with large law firm and public interest placement growing
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) analyzes the recently released employment data for 2020 law graduates.
Read More about Overall legal employment for the Class of 2020 declines slightly, with large law firm and public interest placement growingDiploma privilege, July bar exam administration, and law school employment outcomes
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) looks at the effect of online bar exams and diploma privilege on 2020 law graduate employment.
Read More about Diploma privilege, July bar exam administration, and law school employment outcomesThe best metaphor for today’s legal market is the auto industry circa 1905 (231)
Legal Evolution (By Bill Henderson) — Professor Henderson (Indiana University Maurer Law) analyzes the changes in the legal profession discussed in Richard Susskind’s book Tomorrow’s Lawyers. Professor Henderson draws parallels between the future of the legal profession and the auto industry in the early 20th century.
Read More about The best metaphor for today’s legal market is the auto industry circa 1905 (231)Law and Technology Courses
What Great Law Schools Do (By Michael Hunter Schwartz) — Dean Schwartz (Pacific McGeorge Law) highlights several law school courses on law and technology in four categories.
Read More about Law and Technology CoursesExplicit Instruction in Legal Education: Boon or Spoon?
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an excerpt from “Explicit Instruction in Legal Education: Boon or Spoon?,” a University of Memphis Law Review article by Beth Brennan (University of Montana Law).
Read More about Explicit Instruction in Legal Education: Boon or Spoon?What Should Go in the Conclusion of a Law Review Article?
The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares history professor Ellen Muehleberger’s (University of Michigan) tips on how to write a conclusion for a scholarly paper. Professor Crawford explains how these tips also apply to law review articles.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) – Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an excerpt from Njeri Mathis Rutledge’s (South Texas College of Law Houston) Campbell Law Review article, “Walking the Tightrope: Reflections of a Black Female Law Professor.”
Read More about Walking The Tightrope: Reflections of a Black Female Law ProfessorAALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — Professor Finger (Loyola New Orleans Law) provides details on an interactive AALS Clinical Conference session on “presentation principles” moderated by Ann Shalleck (American University Washington College of Law) and Conrad Johnson (Columbia Law).
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