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Cult of Pedagogy: PD is Getting So Much Better!!
Jennifer Gonzalez (Cult of Pedagogy), PD is Getting So Much Better!! (March 4, 2018). With the rapid change to the NextGen Bar Exam (even California s…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 195 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, dete…
Read MoreNYT: Are Democrats Becoming a Party of Tax Cuts?
Writing for The New York Times in a piece titled “Are Democrats Becoming a Party of Tax Cuts?“, Andrew Duehren reports the following: Typi…
Read MoreJumping at the Chance to Work in Clinics
A nice article on the ABA Law Student Division’s webpage on why students should “jump at the chance” to work in law school clinics a…
Read MoreHemel & Kern: Separation of Bases and the Fiscal Constitution
Daniel Hemel (NYU) and Adam Kern (San Diego) have a new paper just posted on SSRN and forthcoming in the Texas Law Review, “Separation of Bases …
Read MoreSummer Global Legal Education
Terrific discussion from the ABA Section on International Law on “Models of Summer Global Legal Education Programs.” You can find the vide…
Read MoreWall Street’s Tax Alpha Craze
In their piece for the Financial Times, titled “The Tax-Focused Hedge Fund Craze Taking over Wall Street,” Amelia Pollard and Joshua Frank…
Read MoreAALS Webinar – Part 5 (Professional Independence and the Legal Profession)
Looking forward to today’s Webinar hosted by Indiana University Bloomington’s Maurer School of Law and the Stewart Center on the Global Le…
Read MoreLaw Schools That Boycotted The U.S. News Rankings
2023-2024 (Rank) 2024-2025 (Rank) 2025-2026 (Rank) 2026-2027 (Rank) Stanford (1) Stanford (1) Stanford (1) Stanford (1) Yale (1) Yale (1) Yale (1) Yal…
Read MoreFrom the Bookshelves: Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students from the Syllabus to the Final Exam
Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students from the Syllabus to the Final Exam Third Edition by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Sophie M. Sparrow,&n…
Read More“Dean’s List”: a Novel
Michael Orey (NYU Law Public Affairs Director and Adjunct Professor) has published a novel about legal academia, titled “Dean’s List.̶…
Read MoreIEEPA Tariff Refund Process Begins
Amanda Athanasiou, “U.S. Customs Begins IEEPA Tariff Refund Process” (Tax Notes, April 21, 2026): U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
Read MoreCutler and Glaeser: How Have Universities Survived for Nearly a Millenium?
David M. Cutler (Harvard) and Edward L. Glaeser (Harvard) have a new NBER working paper, “How Have Universities Survived for Nearly a Millenium.…
Read More“Another One?”
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where I am a faculty member, has announced the launch of a new student-edited law journal: the “Univ…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Trial Advocacy Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Trial Advocacy Rankings include the trial advocacy programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate).…
Read MoreHome Distilling Limits in Tax Code Struck Down by Appeals Court
Laura D. Francis (Bloomberg Law): Home Distilling Limits in Tax Code Struck Down by Appeals Court The US Tax Code’s Reconstruction-era ban on home dis…
Read MoreAU Washington College of Law Appoints Dean
Michael Barry has been named dean of American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL). Barry is the former President and Dean of South Texas Coll…
Read MorePodcasts: Bearer-Friend & Polcz on Taxing AI
Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington) and Sarah Polcz (UC Davis) recently discussed their forthcoming article, Sharing the Algorithm: The Tax Solut…
Read MoreBelmont Announces New Dean
Belmont University announced the appointment of Deborah Farringer as the new dean of Belmont Law, effective August 1, 2026. She currently serves as th…
Read MoreThorndike: Who Gets the Tariff Refund? A Lesson From 1936
Joseph J. Thorndike, Who Gets the Tariff Refund? A Lesson From 1936, 191 Tax Notes Federal 175 (Apr. 13, 2026): Shortly after the Supreme Court invali…
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