tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-535163 2012-01-26T19:25:17Z A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network TypePad LawSchoolInnovationhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e6220bdf970c 2012-01-26T14:25:17-05:00 2012-01-26T19:25:17Z

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is once again pushing the envelope in legal education by offering law faculty, law students, and lawyers an opportunity to participate in a Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled Topics in Digital Law...

LawSchool Innovation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e5b96cf9970c 2012-01-18T00:39:58-05:00 2012-01-18T05:39:58Z

No blackout, but a teach-in in lieu thereof: Some thoughtful comments on SOPA: Mark Lemley, David Levine & David Post--Stanford Law Review Online--Don't Break the Internet. EFF, Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation Mozilla et al Letter on SOPA Law Professors'...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0162ffb1107a970d 2012-01-16T18:34:13-05:00 2012-01-16T23:34:13Z

The title of this post is the sub-heading of this new piece in The National Law Journal, which carries the main headline "What is law school for, anyway?". The piece is a must-read for all would-be law school innovators, and...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0162ff4a22f8970d 2012-01-11T12:13:00-05:00 2012-01-11T17:13:00Z

While in Washington last week for the AALS convention, I was able to hear two law school leaders say these two things: (1) The U.S. News ratings are a false proxy for quality, they stifle innovation and degrade our service...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e53e094f970c 2012-01-09T09:37:07-05:00 2012-01-09T14:37:07Z

The Wall Street Journal reports that law firms and many Fortune 500 companies have an executive who is responsible for promoting diversity within the firm: "About 60% of Fortune 500 companies currently have a CDO or executive role designated for...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e4f7bfa6970c 2012-01-04T10:53:33-05:00 2012-01-04T15:53:33Z

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new piece from The National Law Journal. It begins this way: Which new law students will perform the best academically during their first semester and be the most satisfied...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef01675efdffb2970b 2011-12-19T11:00:49-05:00 2011-12-19T16:03:27Z

Right up our alley is a new online journal based at William Mitchell Law School called "The Renaissance Report: A Journal of Legal Education in Transition." You can check out their web site here. They don't seem to have much...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0162fd189218970d 2011-11-29T18:28:19-05:00 2011-11-29T23:28:19Z

The Financial Times has just published a new set of stories on law school education around the world. (I should note that the report on LLM programs misses the fabulous intimate and friendly program we have at UC Davis.) The...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0162fcb20587970d 2011-11-21T11:32:52-05:00 2011-11-21T16:43:09Z

Yesterday, several people forwarded to me this fascinating article from the New York Times. The critique of law schools presented there cuts to several truths: That too much of our scholarship has no impact on anything (and goes largely unread),...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0162fc8463dc970d 2011-11-17T09:49:08-05:00 2011-11-17T14:49:08Z

The title of this post is the headline of this new piece appearing in The National Law Journal. Here are excerpts: It's that time of year when law school faculties are inundated with so-called "law school porn" — slick mailings...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef015436ed05ec970c 2011-11-15T15:02:33-05:00 2011-11-15T20:04:04Z

A fascinating study, summarized here by National Jurist. Faculty diversity impacts law review membership, study finds Law schools with a diverse faculty are more likely to have law review members and leaders who are minorities or women, a new study...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef015436d8a0ef970c 2011-11-13T09:15:45-05:00 2011-11-13T14:15:45Z

I am at a great session (on a Sunday morning!) of the Appellate Judges Education Institute concerning modern brief writing and reading in our digital age. The biggest take-away is that the iPad has become a "game-changer" in part because...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef015392ce31eb970b 2011-11-04T11:32:24-04:00 2011-11-04T15:32:24Z

Last week I gave a paper at Baylor for a conference on "Educating for Wisdom." It's an intriguing and challenging idea, and one I wrestled with for a while. We certainly hope for wisdom in the products of our schools--...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0162fbefc327970d 2011-10-26T15:54:06-04:00 2011-10-26T20:20:00Z

Long-time readers may recall this post from four years ago, in which I asked "Would it be unethical (or even illegal) to put my US News vote up for sale?" Here is the back-story which prompted my (sincere? tongue-in-cheek?) inquiry...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef015436614c2b970c 2011-10-24T15:10:31-04:00 2011-10-24T19:12:08Z

The title of this post starts with the headline of this interesting commentary published in yesterday's New York Times. Though not saying one word about legal education or law schools, I thought many parts of piece (and especially the passages...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef015436434da0970c 2011-10-19T16:20:17-04:00 2011-10-19T20:20:17Z

I am pleased and excited to see this interesting new report, headlined "Under Plan, Lawyers Who Counsel Poor Would Get Loan Help," in the New York Law Journal. Here are excerpts: New attorneys who volunteer to represent low-income New Yorkers...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef015436431265970c 2011-10-19T15:41:29-04:00 2011-10-19T19:41:29Z

While doing a little background work on lawyer happiness, I stumbled across a fascinating article by David T. Zaring and William D. Henderson entitled "Young Associates in Trouble." (The SSRN link is here). Zaring and Henderson are writing to review...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef01539247c032970b 2011-10-13T18:18:42-04:00 2011-10-13T22:18:42Z

The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper available on SSRN and authored by Professor Mark Osbeck. Here is the abstract: Law schools face increasing pressure to improve instruction in practice-oriented skills. One of the...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0153921faa43970b 2011-10-06T21:17:32-04:00 2011-10-07T14:56:01Z

The visionary who made the computer more personal (in President Obama's elegant words) contributed to educational innovation by making technology seem less the realm of computer scientists, and more the realm of a broader community of creative persons. I received...

LS Innovation Editor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0153921cbc2a970b 2011-10-06T11:10:57-04:00 2011-10-06T15:10:57Z

The title of this post is the headline of this new piece from The National Law Journal, which begins this way: The attorneys behind class actions against New York Law School and Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced plans on...

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