Law School As A Consumer Product
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Pace Law Review article by professor Debra Moss Vollweiler (Nova Southeastern Law) that looks at legal education from a customer satisfaction perspective.
Read More about Law School As A Consumer ProductThe Journal of Free Speech Law, a New Faculty-Edited (Peer-Reviewed) Law Journal
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) announces the launch of the Journal of Free Speech Law, a new faculty-edited law journal.
Read More about The Journal of Free Speech Law, a New Faculty-Edited (Peer-Reviewed) Law JournalOn Experiential Education
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Luz Herrera) — Professor Herrera (Texas A&M Law) discusses the article “Assessing the Experiential (R)evolution” by professors Laila Hlass (Tulane Law) and Allison Korn (UCLA Law) and examines the issue of status for clinical law professors.
Read More about On Experiential EducationWriting White And Teaching Legal Writing
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Patrick Barry (University of Michigan Law) on the lack of legal writing manuals authored by persons of color. He provides a lesson plan to help students understand this bias.
Read More about Writing White And Teaching Legal Writing60% Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applicants Are Up 21%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares recent law school applicant data from LSAC showing an increase over last year so far this cycle.
Read More about 60% Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applicants Are Up 21%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT BandsLawyers are Leading Higher Education as Advocates Call for More Formal Leadership Training in Legal Education
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Patricia E. Salkin) — Provost Salkin (Touro College) discusses the lack of leadership training law students receive during law school despite the number of lawyers that lead companies, universities, and government institutions.
Read More about Lawyers are Leading Higher Education as Advocates Call for More Formal Leadership Training in Legal EducationLaw School Faculties, Not University Presidents, Have The Ultimate Authority To Decide Methods Of Instructions Even (Especially) During A Pandemic
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by professor Richard K. Neumann (Hofstra Law) that looks at the authority of law school faculties to decide the mode of instruction for classes and how that conflicts with the decisions of university presidents to mandate in-person or hybrid teaching for the…
Read More about Law School Faculties, Not University Presidents, Have The Ultimate Authority To Decide Methods Of Instructions Even (Especially) During A PandemicAcademic Attrition And Transfers, Not Pedagogy, Drive A Law School’s Bar Exam Performance
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a New Mexico Law Review article by Dr. Kevin Ruth (Moreland University) and professors Rory D. Bahadur (Washburn Law) and Katie Tolliver Jones (Lincoln Memorial University) that disputes the impact of effective teaching as a primary driver of a school’s performance the bar exam.
Read More about Academic Attrition And Transfers, Not Pedagogy, Drive A Law School’s Bar Exam PerformanceRegistration is Open for the “Teaching Multicultural Lawyering” Conference!
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Kim O’Leary and Mable Martin-Scott) — Professors O’Leary and Martin-Scott (WMU-Cooley Law) share news that registration is now open for the online Teaching Multicultural Lawyering Conference at WMU-Cooley Law School.
Read More about Registration is Open for the “Teaching Multicultural Lawyering” Conference!Kerr: Line-Drawing And Legal Education
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron ) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a paper by Orin S. Kerr (UC Berkeley Law) detailing the classroom exercise of asking “Where do you draw the line?” when applying a legal precedent. He details how the exercise can help sharpen students’ analytical abilities.
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