Adding Professional Identity to The Law School Curriculum
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Fruehwald) — The author discusses the comments the ABA legal education section received as part of a proposed change to Standard 303. The updated standard would require law schools to provide substantial opportunities for “the development of professional identity.”
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the announcement of Herma Hill Kay’s (UC Berkeley Law) posthumous book, Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors. Santa Clara Law professor Patricia Cain edited the book to completion.
Read More about Paving The Way: The First American Women Law ProfessorsAALS Call for Nominations for Best Article of 2020
Indisputably (By John Lande) — The AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution is seeking nominations for the award for best dispute resolution article published in 2020.
Read More about AALS Call for Nominations for Best Article of 2020Hierarchies Of Elitism And Gender: The Bluebook And The ALWD Guide
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by Professor Steven K. Homer (University of New Mexico Law) that explores the role of elitism and gender bias behind the selection of citation guides.
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The Faculty Lounge (By Kim Krawiec) — Professor Krawiec (Duke Law) shares information regarding the Association for Law, Property & Society’s virtual 2021 Annual Meeting and associated call for papers.
Read More about CFP: Association for Law, Property & SocietyCall for Proposals for the Third Annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum
The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares an announcement regarding a call for proposals for the upcoming Equality Law Scholars’ Forum this fall.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Elizabeth Bodamer and Debra Langer (LSAC) that details the results of a survey of law schools admission policies related to individuals impacted by the justice system.
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The Volokh Conspiracy (By Michael Abramowicz) — Professor Abramowicz (George Washington Law) analyzes an article that explores the quality of grading by law professors and the opportunities that are denied to students when first-year grades are lower than final overall GPAs.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a chart from National Jurist listing the ten smallest towns with law schools in the US.
Read More about The Ten Smallest Towns With Law SchoolsHelp Your Provost Help You During Promotion And Tenure Decisions
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by professor Nancy B. Rapoport (University of Nevada Boyd Law) that explores how law faculty can help make the case for their tenure and promotion when it comes to university-level review.
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