tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-535163 2013-09-03T22:42:33Z A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef019aff2c7fae970c 2013-09-03T18:42:33-04:00 2013-09-03T22:45:19Z

Though I have not blogged in this space for a very long time, my own long history here of discussing how I think technologies should be at the center of law school innovation prompted me to want to blog about...

Douglas A. Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef017d3cdc7454970c 2012-10-20T20:54:20-04:00 2012-10-21T00:54:20Z

Legal education is under strain: Fewer people are applying to law school, and those who apply are less qualified. One result of this dynamic is that law schools are admitting fewer students, in order to keep qualifications up, but that...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef017744d8a7ae970d 2012-09-19T10:03:59-04:00 2012-09-19T14:03:59Z

One of the things we do well here at St. Thomas is establish mentor relationships for our students with lawyers in the community-- every student has a mentor. Neil Hamilton and Verna Monson have done some significant and important work...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef017617440959970c 2012-08-16T10:56:31-04:00 2012-08-16T14:56:31Z

It appears that there are about 30-some dean searches going on this year, which strikes me as a high number. I suspect that every single candidate for every one of those searches (a group that I am, thankfully, not a...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0176170646a5970c 2012-08-05T04:29:54-04:00 2012-08-05T08:35:19Z

The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new web-series from Jerry Seinfeld which is titled "Comedians in Cars getting Coffe." While I am certain that watching law professors walk to a coffee shop will be...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef017616b0cee0970c 2012-07-25T06:44:23-04:00 2012-07-25T10:44:23Z

Via e-mail, I received word of this new annoucement from The National Jurist: Law schools are pushing the boundaries of the traditional law school model and experimenting at a level that legal education has not seen for several years, a...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef01761663055a970c 2012-07-12T06:22:56-04:00 2012-07-12T10:22:56Z

The title of this post is the headline of this new article in The National Law Journal reporting on the (innovative?) new approach to be tried by Yale Law School to train the next generation of law professors. Here are...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef01774325c85b970d 2012-07-08T12:34:24-04:00 2012-07-08T16:36:03Z

The title of this post is the headline of this new article from The National Law Journal. Here is how it starts: The dismal job market for newly minted lawyers has influenced how most law school administrators approach their course...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0163062b2a27970d 2012-06-06T10:23:05-04:00 2012-06-06T14:26:50Z

One of my friends on Facebook, a relatively new lawyer (and not a St. Thomas grad), recently posted a striking warning on his wall in connection with this link (which describes a Boston law firm offering new hires $10,000/year): If...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef016766925d4d970b 2012-05-17T19:58:42-04:00 2012-05-17T23:58:42Z

The question in the title of this post is prompted by this article in the National Law Journal, which is headlined "The next solo incubator will be in San Diego." Here are excerpts: Recent graduates of Thomas Jefferson School of...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef016766593f76970b 2012-05-09T09:23:26-04:00 2012-05-09T13:23:26Z

I am intrigued to see this new article from the New York Times concerning showing the details of a real law school innovation coming from the Show Me State. The article it headlined "Law School Plans to Offer Web Courses...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0163044bda54970d 2012-04-19T09:30:00-04:00 2012-04-19T13:30:00Z

Law schools across the country seem to share a common belief: That if their faculty publish more academic scholarship, and place it in better journals, then the U.S. News ranking of the school will improve. Schools have expended great time...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0163041cd721970d 2012-04-13T16:21:18-04:00 2012-04-13T20:21:18Z

It's about time! I got a message recently from Tina Tanhehco, who is a law student at UNC. She and a hardy band of fellow students at a variety of schools have started a new and vibrant blog called Law...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e90033a3970c 2012-03-19T17:29:26-04:00 2012-03-19T21:32:34Z

I am not sure what prompted this new post at Brian Leiter's Law School Reports, titled "Four Changes to the Status Quo in Legal Education That Might Be Worth Something," but I think it is a post that is surely...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e8be94bc970c 2012-03-13T09:32:55-04:00 2012-03-13T13:38:21Z

Today is the day that the US News Law School Rankings are released. This is not a reason for celebration even where (as here) a school jumped up in the rankings. As I have written recently, these rankings create bad...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e7481543970c 2012-02-13T12:01:30-05:00 2012-02-13T17:01:30Z

May 2-4, Touro Law School will be hosting the 2012 RALS conference, which is open to all (including those who teach at non-religious institutions). You can get all the details here. This wil be the first time such a conference...

Douglas Berman tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8ccf53ef0168e65cb50b970c 2012-01-30T11:36:40-05:00 2012-01-30T16:36:40Z

I'm coming to the realization that in many parts of my work, I am dealing with the same demon: False proxies. In short, a false proxy is a quantitative, seemingly objective measure that inaccurately or incompletely reflects the truth and...

Douglas Berman 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'...

Douglas Berman 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...

Douglas Berman