Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Ed Scholarship
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Assessing Legal Writing Skills In The NextGen And AI World
Kimberly Y. W. Holst (Arizona State; Google Scholar), Assessing Legal Writing Skills in the NextGen and AI World 5 Proc.: Online J. Legal Writing Conf. Presentations 23 (2025): Given the convergence of rapidly developing generative artificial intelligence tools and the looming implementation of the NextGen Bar, it may be time to rethink whether the gold…
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How 303(b)(3) Can Help Law Schools Mitigate Their Perennial Devices, Prices, Vices, And Crises
Kelly M. Gamble (Willamette), Breaking up with the Anti-Hero: How 303(b)(3) Can Help Law Schools Mitigate Their Perennial Devices, Prices, Vices, and Crises, 77 Me. L. Rev. 69 (2025): The American Bar Association’s issuance of Standard 303(b)(3) represents a pivotal shift compelling law schools to adapt their approach to the evolving needs of law students,…
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The Legal Ethics Of Generative AI
Andrew M. Perlman (Dean, Suffolk; Google Scholar), The Legal Ethics of Generative AI, 57 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 345 (2024): The legal profession is notoriously conservative when it comes to change. From email to outsourcing, lawyers are often slow to embrace new methods of delivering legal services and quick to point out potential problems, especially ethics-related concerns.…
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Symposium: AI And Legal Education And Legal Profession
Symposium, AI and Legal Education and Legal Profession, 31 Int'l J. Legal Prof. 293-363 (2024): Amanda Head (Macquarie University) & Sonya Willis (Macquarie University; Google Scholar), Assessing Law Students in a GenAI World to Create Knowledgeable Future Lawyers, 31 Int'l J. Legal Prof. 293 (2024) Fife Ogunde (Government of Saskatchewan), Navigating the Legal Landscape: Large Language…
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Trends, Policies, And Considerations Of Artificial Intelligence Use In Law Review Authorship
Nachman N. Gutowski (UNLV; Google Scholar), Disclosing the Machine: Trends, Policies, and Considerations of Artificial Intelligence Use in Law Review Authorship, 2 Jacksonville U. L. Rev. __ (2025): The expanding role of artificial intelligence (AI) in legal research, writing, and scholarly creation pushes us to consider the need to challenge traditional notions of authorship and…
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Lawrence Reviews All The Campus Lawyers: Litigation, Regulation, And The New Era Of Higher Education
Frederick M. Lawrence (Georgetown; CEO, Phi Beta Kappa Society), Higher Education and the Law(yers), 49 J.C. & U.L. 113 (2024) (reviewing Louis H. Guard (Vice President & General Counsel, Hobart and William Smith Colleges) & Joyce P. Jacobsen (Former President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Google Scholar), All the Campus Lawyers: Litigation, Regulation, and the New Era of Higher…
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Law Professors Who Join Twitter/X Increase Their Citation Counts By 22% And Improve Their Article Placements By 10 Ranks
Julian Nyarko (Stanford; Google Scholar) & David Pozen (Columbia), Social Media Participation and Scholarly Success in Law: A growing body of research has explored the impact of social media activity on citation counts in the natural and social sciences. Using a novel dataset on Twitter activity by U.S. law professors as well as a novel…
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Resources For Authors Submitting Law Review Articles In The Fall 2025 Cycle
1. Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews: This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools (updated as of August 7, 2024). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking from 2018-2024, including changes in…
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The Comparative Law And Economics Of Term Limits For Academic Leadership
Jan M. Smits (Maastricht University; Google Scholar), The Comparative Law and Economics of Term Limits for Academic Leadership): This contribution discusses the arguments in favour and against strict term limits for full-time academic leaders (such as deans and rectors). It is argued that good reasons exist for limiting the time one can serve in such…
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Symposium: Teaching ADR, Mediation, Negotiation, And Client Counseling
Symposium, Teaching ADR, Mediation, Negotiation, and Client Counseling, 69 St. Louis U. L.J. 433-640 (2025): Debra Berman (South Texas) & Denise Peterson (South Texas), Pracademically Speaking: Incorporating Real-World Legal Practice into the Dispute Resolution Curriculum, 69 St. Louis U. L.J. 433 (2025) Christine Rollins (St. Louis), Integration of Mediation Skills as Required by the Nextgen Bar…
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The NextGen Bar Exam Meets The NextGen Law Student: A Revised Approach To Legal Analysis
Scott Caron (Widener), The NextGen Bar Exam Meets the next Generation Law Student: A Revised Approach to Legal Analysis, 50 U. Dayton L. Rev. 43 (2024): The bar exam is changing, and soon. The National Conference of Bar Examiners (“NCBE”), the entity that supplies the bar exam for a majority of U.S. jurisdictions, is in…
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State Law Tests And Apprenticeships With The New Uniform Bar Exam?
Jeffrey Parness (Northern Illinois; Google Scholar), State Law Tests and Apprenticeships with the New Uniform Bar Exam?, 58 Creighton L. Rev. 1 (2024): A new approach to the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), propounded by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), will be available in July 2026. The current approach to UBE testing will no longer be…
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Bar Examination: A Verb, Not A Noun
Marsha Griggs (St. Louis; Google Scholar), Bar Examination: A Verb, Not a Noun, 77 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 6 (2025): The legal profession, long steeped in tradition, is witnessing a transformative shift in the protocols for licensing new attorneys. Ironically, the proposed NextGen Bar exam has been a major catalyst in the transformation away…
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Diversity Messaging After Affirmative Action
Nancy Leong (Denver; Google Scholar), Diversity Messaging After Affirmative Action, 109 Minn. L. Rev. 1059 (2025): Many colleges and universities communicate publicly that they value racial diversity—a practice this Article will call diversity messaging. Yet growing hostility to race-consciousness by courts, legislators, and other public figures has made diversity messaging increasingly fraught. This Article examines…
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Many Authors Approve Of Harvard Law Review’s Use Of Race And Ideology In Article Selection
Following up on my previous post, Harvard Law Review Rejects 85% Of Submissions Using Race-Conscious Rubric: Harvard Crimson, A Mass Leak Showed the Harvard Law Review Assessed Articles for DEI Values. Some Authors Say That’s Not a Problem.: After a massive leak, the Harvard Law Review was accused of using a racially conscious and ideologically…
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2025-26 U.S. News Global Universities Rankings
U.S. News & World Report, 2025-26 Best Global Universities Rankings: These institutions from the U.S. and more than 100 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. Students can use these rankings to explore the higher education options that exist beyond their own…
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The Death And New Life Of Law And Religion
Marc O. DeGirolami (Catholic University; Google Scholar), The Death and New Life of Law and Religion, 13 Oxford J.L. & Relig. 16 (2024): The year 2023 was an end and a beginning. It saw the passing or retirement of many giants in the field of law and religion—scholars who brought their formidable erudition and insight to…
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Festschrift For Professor Larry Solan (Brooklyn) (1952 – 2024)
Symposium, Festschrift For Professor Larry Solan, 33 J.L. & Pol'y (Issue 1) 1-130 (2024) (obituary): James A. Macleod (Brooklyn; Google Scholar), A Festschrift For Professor Larry Solan, 33 J.L. & Pol'y 1 (2024) William N. Eskridge Jr. (Yale), The Pet Fish Canon, 33 J.L. & Pol'y 4 (2024) Abbe R. Gluck (Yale; Google Scholar) &…
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Improving The Signal Quality Of Grades
Adam Chilton (Chicago; Google Scholar), Peter A. Joy (Washington University; Google Scholar), Kyle Rozema (Northwestern; Google Scholar) & James Thomas (Federal Trade Commission; Google Scholar), Improving the Signal Quality of Grades, 40 J. L. Econ. & Org. 820 (2024): We investigate how improving the signal quality of grades could enhance the matching of students to…
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How Do Continuing Education Requirements Affect A Workforce? Evidence From The Legal Profession
Update: ABA Journal, Do CLE Requirements Affect Bar Size? New Working Paper Explores Kyle Rozema (Northwestern; Google Scholar), How Do Continuing Education Requirements Affect a Workforce? Evidence from the Legal Profession: I study how requiring lawyers to complete continuing education impacts the American legal profession. I find that continuing education requirements decrease the number of…
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Symposium: Texas And The Future Of Legal Education
Following up on my previous post, Texas Supreme Court May No Longer Require Graduation From ABA-Accredited Law School To Practice Law In The State: Symposium, Texas and the Future of Legal Education, University of Texas Civitas Institute (2025): The long-term position the American Bar Association has held, under the authority granted it by the Texas…
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Assessing Experiential Education In Law Schools: Toward A Modern Diploma Privilege
Catherine Martin Christopher (Texas Tech), Assessing Experiential Education in Law Schools: Toward a Modern Diploma Privilege, 93 Miss. L J. 1137 (2024): Experiential education is an essential part of legal education because it moves law students from theoretical to practical understanding of the law and its implications. Legal education experts recommend significant experiential education in order…
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The New Glass Ceiling
Andrea Kupfer Schneider (Cardozo), Abigail R. Bogli (Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee) & Hannah L. Chin (School District of Whitefish Bay), The New Glass Ceiling, 2024 Wis. L. Rev. 1687: Until the last decade, gender inequality in the legal profession was self-evident. Law school classrooms and law firm offices were overwhelmingly filled with men. In recent…
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Texas A&M Symposium: Artificial Intelligence In Legal Scholarship
Texas A&M Symposium, The ‘Why’ & How’ of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Scholarship, 11 Texas A&M J. Prop. L. 543-703 (2025): Spencer Nayar (J.D. 2025, Texas A&M) & Michael I. Cooper (J.D. 2025, Texas A&M), Foreword: The ‘Why’ & How’ of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Scholarship, 11 Texas A&M L. Rev. 543 (2025) Andrew W.…
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The Impact Of Post-Tenure Review On Faculty Productivity And Retention
Simon Quach (USC; Google Scholar) & Zhengyi Yu (USC; Google Scholar), Fight or Flight: The Impact of Post-Tenure Evaluations on Faculty Productivity and Selection: This paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections at public universities. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we compare faculty outcomes in Florida to…