Obviously there has been much more change-talk than action in improving the legal academy curriculum. Perhaps that is because the legal academy is a bit befuddled about where to start. Even if we accept the premise that law schools try…
Posts Tagged ‘teaching’
Advice on Advice Received from Top Law School Profs by Students Trying to Enter the Teaching Market
17
Sep
“A wildly disproportionate percentage of law school faculty graduate from a very few top law schools, especially Harvard and Yale. Not surprisingly, graduates of these schools turn to their mentors and references for advice on how to navigate the teaching…
Is the Teaching Law Firm a Way to Produce "Practice Ready" Law School Grads?
22
Aug
The teaching law firm is a proposal offered by Bradley T. Borden, (Brooklyn Law School) and Robert J. Rhee (Univ. of Maryland School of Law) in The Law School Firm [SSRN] 63 South Carolina Law Review (forthcoming 2011). The authors…
As Satisfied and Well Paid Tenured Profs Lounge, Adjuncts Carry the Teaching Load
11
Aug
In Hello, Adjunct, Meet Prof. Cozy: Instructors teaching six courses may earn less than $20,000 a year; they can only dream of tenure’s perks, Frank Gannon writes The reason that academic politics are so bitter, as the quip goes, is…
Opening: Reference Librarian, Ohio State Univ. Moritz Law Library
02
Jun
The principal responsibilities of this Reference Librarian position include providing,in a service-oriented environment, sophisticated research and reference assistance to faculty, students and other patrons of the Moritz Law Library, and teaching the first year Legal Analysis and Writing course, teaching…
