Law School Innovation
This blawg is a forum to discuss and discover law school innovation.
Author: Primary editors of Law School Innovation Blog: Douglas A. Berman, a law professor at The Ohio State University (who also authors Sentencing Law and Policy); Anupam Chander, a visiting professor at the University of Chicago who also authors Anupam Chander and contributes to The Faculty Blog; Gene Koo, a fellow at The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School and director of online training for Legal Aid University; and Mark W. Osler, a law professor at Baylor University.
Contributing editors: Jim Chen, dean and professor of law at University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law who also contributes to MoneyLaw, Ratio Juris, Jurisdynamics, The Cardinal Lawyer and BioLaw: Law and the Life Sciences; Elmer R. Masters, director of Internet development at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction; and Ellen S. Podgor, associate dean for faculty development & distance education, and a law professor at Stetson University College of Law. Podgor also contributes to White Collar Crime Prof Blog.
Guest blogger: Dale Oesterle, a law professor at Ohio State University who also edits Business Law Prof Blog.
Board of Advisers: Paul Caron, a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law who also authors TaxProf Blog, and Joe Hodnicki, associate director for library operations at the University of Cincinnati Law Library who also co-edits Law X.0 and Law Librarian Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Professors • Law Schools • Baylor University • Harvard University • The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law • Stetson University • University of Chicago • University of Cincinnati • University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law • Law Professor • Librarian
Recent Posts from Law School Innovation
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Does U.S. News lock us into using the LSAT for Admissions?
Brian Leiter recently (and properly) critiqued a new admissions program at Michigan Law as an attempt to game the U.S. News rankings. In short, the new program will admit students who are Michigan undergrads provided…
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A survey-based examinitation of "law school success"
I just noticed on SSRN this interesting-looking new paper by Leah Christensen, titled "Predicting Law School Success: A Study of Goal Orientations, Academic Achievement, and the Declining Self-Efficacy of Our Law Students." Here is the…
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Future of the Law School Coursebook wrapup
Coverage of the event in the local press and by John Palfrey. Also: Chronicle of Higher Education. My own takeaways: We need to distinguish strongly between electronic distribution of textbooks and new methods of creating/authoring…
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Liveblogging the Future of the Law School Casebook workshop part 4
This final segment of the workshop, excepting dinner, asks participants, "Where do we go from here?" Ron Collins now believes "the future is only across the street" -- it is not that far away, if…
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Liveblogging the Future of the Law School Casebook workshop part 3
Matt Bodie is moderating a discussion on "Competing Online Architectural Formats: advantages and disadvantages." One of the big elephants in the room regards intellectual property and what the role of the professor will (and won't)…
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Liveblogging the Future of the Law School Casebook workshop part 2
Part 2, moderated by David Skover, is "The Printed Casebook & Its Print/Electronic Alternatives: advantages & disadvantages in content & delivery systems." We broke into four groups loosely discussing these topics without any formal structure.…
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Liveblogging the Future of the Law School Casebook workshop part 1
I'm here at Seattle University School of Law with many esteemed law professors, publishers, and technology companies to discuss: where is the law school casebook headed in the near future? Dean Kellye Testy is moderating…
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Do lawyers now need to know all about web searching and wikis?
Perhaps the only thing I took away from the my law school legal research class a couple decades ago was that I should always remember to check the pocket part for new developments. Though I…
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Workshop on the Future of the Legal Course Book
This Saturday, Seattle University School of Law is hosting a workshop on the future of the legal course book. According to the official description, Among other questions, the workshop sessions will consider: (1) What fundamental…
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What if Westlaw merged with SSRN?
Legal scholarship truly is bizarre, in that the status of our work is largely determined not by our peers, but by students (the law review editors) at schools other than our own. We all know…