Now Comes the Hard Part
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Bill MacDonald) — Professor MacDonald (University at Buffalo Law) analyzes how the changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic are affecting legal education.
Read More about Now Comes the Hard PartFaculty Workshops via Zoom
PrawfsBlawg (By Orly Lobel) — Professor Orly Lobel (San Diego Law) reflects on the virtual constitutional law workshop she attended via Zoom.
Read More about Faculty Workshops via ZoomReflections after three weeks of Zoom
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Josh Blackman) — Professor Blackman (South Texas Law) reflects on the last three weeks of teaching remotely via Zoom, and what it could mean for the future of online legal education.
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PrawfsBlawg (By Howard Wasserman) — Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) shares Professor Blackman’s (South Texas Law) blog post on teaching via Zoom and provides additional analysis on the future of online legal education.
Read More about Zoom as the new normal in the legal academy?Tentative Reflections on Online Teaching
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Ilya Somin) — Professor Somin (George Mason Law) reflects on the limitations of teaching large classes online.
Read More about Tentative Reflections on Online TeachingFour Law Professors walk into a Zoom Bar: Law and the Epidemic
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Eugene Volokh) — Professor Volokh (UCLA Law) shares his experiences during a virtual zoom happy hour with fellow professors Michael Abramowicz (GW Law), Will Baude (University of Chicago Law), and Orin Kerr (Berkeley Law).
Read More about Four Law Professors walk into a Zoom Bar: Law and the EpidemicNew “Emergency Relief Fund” for law students funded by Access Lex, administered by law schools
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Law) discusses AccessLex Institute’s $5 million emergency fund for law students at American law schools.
Read More about New “Emergency Relief Fund” for law students funded by Access Lex, administered by law schoolsIs Mandatory P/F An Opportunity to More Accurately Assesss Competency to Practice Law and For Bar Admission?
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Mary A. Lynch) — Professor Lynch (Albany Law) suggests that changing the law school grading system due to the COVID-19 outbreak will move law schools to more qualitative assessments rather than relying on more quantitative systems. She speculates that this could lead to a more accurate assessment of a graduate’s…
Read More about Is Mandatory P/F An Opportunity to More Accurately Assesss Competency to Practice Law and For Bar Admission?Crisis Grading Policy 2.0: Universality over Carve-outs
The Faculty Lounge (By Noah Zatz) — Professor Zatz (UCLA Law) argues the validity of schools allowing certain types of courses to be carved out from the mandatory pass/fail grading system.
Read More about Crisis Grading Policy 2.0: Universality over Carve-outsNotre Dame Law School adopts modified pass/no credit grading system
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Josh Blackman) — Professor Blackman (South Texas Law) shares Notre Dame Law’s decision to adopt a modified pass/no credit grading system.
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