Fostering Healthy Lawyers: Implementing Well-Being as a Learning Outcome for Ourselves and Our Students

May 3, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author provides details on a AALS Clinical Conference session presented by professors Kendall Kerew (Georgia State Law), Brittany Stringfellow Otey (Pepperdine Law), Gail Silverstein (UC Hastings Law), and Kelly Terry (University of Arkansas Law) that provides advice on promoting and implementing best well-being practices for

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Conference on Clinical Legal Education: “Taking Experiential Learning on the Road: The Benefits of Service-Learning Projects”

May 3, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author provides details on a AALS Clinical Conference session presented by professors Kristina Campbell (UDC Law), Michelle Ewert (Washburn Law), Katy Ramsey (University of Memphis Law), and Emily Torstveit Ngara (Georgia State Law) on service-learning projects their clinics provide to the community.

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Fostering Wholehearted Lawyers through Clinical Legal Education

May 3, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Susan L. Brooks) — Professor Brooks (Drexel Law) shares how clinical law professors can encourage ‘wholeheartedness’ through their teaching and discusses her session on the topic at the 2021 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education.

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Planning for Resilience

May 3, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author draws attention to a session at the 2021 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education where Elizabeth Keyes (University of Baltimore Law) and Anita Sinha (American University Washington College of Law) discuss how clinical law professors can maintain resilience throughout their career.

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May 6-7: AALS Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of Law

April 26, 2021

Election Law Blog (By Rick Hasen) — Professor Hasen (UC Irvine Law) shares information on the upcoming AALS Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of Law, May 6-7.

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AccessLex/LSSSE: Predicting Law School And Bar Success

April 26, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a report from AccessLex on the factors that may help law schools predict academic success and bar exam outcomes for students.

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CLEA 2021 Awards for Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers and Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project

April 26, 2021

Clinical Law Prof Blog (By Jeff Baker) — Professor Baker (Pepperdine Law) shares an announcement from the Clinical Legal Education Association naming the recipients of their awards for Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teacher (Bob Kuehn, Washington University in St. Louis Law) and Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project (Irwin County Detention Center Project).

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Institute for Law Teaching and Learning – Reflecting Back and Moving Forward: Effective Instruction in Online, Hybrid, and In-Person Learning Environments

April 26, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author shares registration information for the virtual 2021 Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference taking place June 10-11.

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Kentucky Law Journal Call For Papers: The Racial Wealth Gap

April 26, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a call for papers for the Kentucky Law Journal Symposium on race and wealth disparity in the US.

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COVID-19 Has Accelerated College Closings

April 26, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article published in the BYU Education & Law Journal that looks at the role of the pandemic on the financial strains many universities are facing.

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