Eight questions I have about the summer/fall 2020 bar exam
(Excess of Democracy) by Derek T. Muller – Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) asks several questions about how the summer and fall bar exams will be administered amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about Eight questions I have about the summer/fall 2020 bar examBar Exam Updates: Michagan, Minnesota, Nevada
(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron – Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares bar exam updates from select states. The Michigan Supreme Court revised the July 2020 Michigan Bar Exam format from a two-day in-person exam to a one-day online exam scheduled for July 28, 2020. The Minnesota Board of Law Examiners will proceed with the July 2020…
Read More about Bar Exam Updates: Michagan, Minnesota, NevadaWhy it is unconstitutional for state bars, when doling out bar exam seats, to favor in-state law schools
(Verdict Justia) by Vikram David Amar – Professor Amar (University of Illinois Law) examines the legal implications of state bar organizations giving preferential treatment to in-state law school graduates sitting for the bar exam over graduates from out-of-state law schools.
Read More about Why it is unconstitutional for state bars, when doling out bar exam seats, to favor in-state law schoolsLegal occupations prove resilient during COVID shutdowns
(Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports) by Michael Simkovic – Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) analyses the resiliency of the legal profession, with new unemployment figures during the pandemic.
Read More about Legal occupations prove resilient during COVID shutdownsLaw teaching during the pandemic: what professors want their deans (and other administrators) to know
(The Faculty Lounge) by Bridget Crawford – Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares final reflections from law faculty on online instruction during the pandemic.
Read More about Law teaching during the pandemic: what professors want their deans (and other administrators) to know80.5% of law professors prefer in-person instruction
(The Faculty Lounge) by Bridget Crawford – Professor Crawford (Pace Law) analyzes data from a national student survey and her own anecdotal survey of law faculty.
Read More about 80.5% of law professors prefer in-person instructionOnline education on trial
(PrawfsBlawg) by Howard Wasserman – Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) shares an op-ed on a lawsuit filed by the parent of a George Washington Law student who alleges breach of contract over the decision of the school to move all classes to remote instruction during the pandemic without refunds to students.
Read More about Online education on trialWhen the middle might be worse than the extreme
(PrawsfsBlawg) by Howard Wasserman – Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) discusses the pitfalls of hybrid in-person and online classes.
Read More about When the middle might be worse than the extremeA skeptical comment on the Wisconsin diploma privilege
(PrawfsBlawg) by Paul Horowitz – Professor Horowitz (University of Alabama Law) shares reflections from Professor Jason Yackee (University of Wisconsin Law) on diploma privilege in Wisconsin, allowing the state’s law school graduates to be admitted to practice without taking the bar exam.
Read More about A skeptical comment on the Wisconsin diploma privilegeU.S. Department of Education extends online education flexibility through Fall 2020 semester
(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron – Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares updated guidance from the Department of Education providing additional flexibility for colleges to provide classes online.
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