Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Education
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Henderson: An Election Post-Mortem In Four Charts
Bill Henderson (Indiana), A Post-Mortem in Four Charts: Before drawing firm conclusions on the 2024 election and what to do next, take a clear-eyed view at what actually happened. November 5 culminated several decades of economic, political, and social change. These changes gradually increased the electorate’s feelings of alienation and insecurity. When these feelings became
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Legal Ed News Roundup
ABA Journal, Legal Ed Council Adds Diversity and Inclusion Language Back Into Law School Standard Proposal ABA Journal, Utah Considers Allowing Law Grads to Choose Apprenticeship Rather Than Bar Exam Nicholas Allard (Jacksonville), Innovation Is Imperative in Legal Education Vikram Amar (UC-Davis), Why Most Public-University Policy Revisions Prompted by Pro-Palestinian Protests Will Be Considered to
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Legal Ed News Roundup
ABA Journal, Legal Ed Council Adds Diversity and Inclusion Language Back Into Law School Standard Proposal ABA Journal, Utah Considers Allowing Law Grads to Choose Apprenticeship Rather Than Bar Exam Nicholas Allard (Jacksonville), Innovation Is Imperative in Legal Education Vikram Amar (UC-Davis), Why Most Public-University Policy Revisions Prompted by Pro-Palestinian Protests Will Be Considered to
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California Bar Exam Pass Rate Rises To 53.8%, Joining Upward National Trend
The California Bar has released the results of the July 2024 bar exam. The overall pass rate was 53.8%, up 2.3 percentage point from last year’s exam. For California ABA-accredited law schools, the pass rate for first time test-takers was 81%, up 5 percentage points from 2023. School Type First-Timers Repeaters California ABA 81.0% 34.2%
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California Bar Exam Pass Rate Rises To 53.8%, Joining Upward National Trend
The California Bar has released the results of the July 2024 bar exam. The overall pass rate was 53.8%, up 2.3 percentage point from last year’s exam. For California ABA-accredited law schools, the pass rate for first time test-takers was 81%, up 5 percentage points from 2023. School Type First-Timers Repeaters California ABA 81.0% 34.2%
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What Professors Actually Earn
Chronicle of Higher Education, What Professors Actually Earn: The Chronicle analyzed how the cost of living affects faculty pay. Can Professors Afford the American Dream?: Many faculty members feel the squeeze. We looked at the data. The Chronicle wondered: Is the American dream still alive for faculty members? We embarked on a project examining faculty members’
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What Professors Actually Earn
Chronicle of Higher Education, What Professors Actually Earn: The Chronicle analyzed how the cost of living affects faculty pay. Can Professors Afford the American Dream?: Many faculty members feel the squeeze. We looked at the data. The Chronicle wondered: Is the American dream still alive for faculty members? We embarked on a project examining faculty members’
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TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday: This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts NY Times: Professors Are Uniquely Powerful. That May Be Is Changing. Limitations On Interest Deductibility And Corporate Financial Policy Sunday: NY Times Op-Ed: You Might Consider Praying What Is Needed After The Election? Humility, Grace, And Prayer. A Conservative Perspective On The Synod On Synodality Walter
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TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday: This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts NY Times: Professors Are Uniquely Powerful. That May Be Is Changing. Limitations On Interest Deductibility And Corporate Financial Policy Sunday: NY Times Op-Ed: You Might Consider Praying What Is Needed After The Election? Humility, Grace, And Prayer. A Conservative Perspective On The Synod On Synodality Walter
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NY Times Op-Ed: You Might Consider Praying
New York Times Op-Ed: You Might Consider Praying, by Sara Sherbill (Author, There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption (2024)): This year keeps breaking our hearts. A partial list: a divisive presidential election seeding anger and anxiety and resentment by the day; violence in Gaza and Israel; devastating floods
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NY Times Op-Ed: You Might Consider Praying
New York Times Op-Ed: You Might Consider Praying, by Sara Sherbill (Author, There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption (2024)): This year keeps breaking our hearts. A partial list: a divisive presidential election seeding anger and anxiety and resentment by the day; violence in Gaza and Israel; devastating floods
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What Is Needed After The Election? Humility, Grace, And Prayer.
Christianity Today: What To Do After The Election, by Bonnie Kristian (Christianity Today; Author, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (2022)): I want to speak to fellow Christians from my spot outside each camp but friendly with people in both. I keep returning to two passages from Scripture as I
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What Is Needed After The Election? Humility, Grace, And Prayer.
Christianity Today: What To Do After The Election, by Bonnie Kristian (Christianity Today; Author, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (2022)): I want to speak to fellow Christians from my spot outside each camp but friendly with people in both. I keep returning to two passages from Scripture as I
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A Conservative Perspective On The Synod On Synodality
Dispatch Faith: A Conservative Perspective on the Synod on Synodality, by Fr. Robert Sirico (Co-Founder, Acton Institute): Since 2023, the Catholic Church has been engaged in a significant process called the Synod on Synodality. This multi-year series of meetings, which concluded this week, aims to reshape how the church functions by embracing a “synodal” model—one
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A Conservative Perspective On The Synod On Synodality
Dispatch Faith: A Conservative Perspective on the Synod on Synodality, by Fr. Robert Sirico (Co-Founder, Acton Institute): Since 2023, the Catholic Church has been engaged in a significant process called the Synod on Synodality. This multi-year series of meetings, which concluded this week, aims to reshape how the church functions by embracing a “synodal” model—one
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Walter Dellinger: The Lawyer As Consummate Teacher
Michael J. Gerhardt (North Carolina), Walter Dellinger: The Lawyer as Consummate Teacher, 102 N.C. L. Rev. 1403 (2024): In this short Essay, Professor Michael Gerhardt shares the ways in which Walter Dellinger was an exemplary teacher. As Professor Gerhardt explains through several interactions, Walter Dellinger’s humility, intellectual curiosity, and insights were inspiring and contagious. ConclusionA
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Walter Dellinger: The Lawyer As Consummate Teacher
Michael J. Gerhardt (North Carolina), Walter Dellinger: The Lawyer as Consummate Teacher, 102 N.C. L. Rev. 1403 (2024): In this short Essay, Professor Michael Gerhardt shares the ways in which Walter Dellinger was an exemplary teacher. As Professor Gerhardt explains through several interactions, Walter Dellinger’s humility, intellectual curiosity, and insights were inspiring and contagious. ConclusionA
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Vanity Fair, What JD And Usha Vance Learned From Their ‘Tiger Mom’ At Yale Law School Andrele Brutus St. Val (Pittsburgh), Distance Learning: New Tech, Old Problems The Atlantic, What Law Schools Can Learn From Medical Schools: Tuition-Free: No. Two-Year JD: Yes. Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Alex Morey), Defending Academic Freedom Means
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Vanity Fair, What JD And Usha Vance Learned From Their ‘Tiger Mom’ At Yale Law School Andrele Brutus St. Val (Pittsburgh), Distance Learning: New Tech, Old Problems The Atlantic, What Law Schools Can Learn From Medical Schools: Tuition-Free: No. Two-Year JD: Yes. Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Alex Morey), Defending Academic Freedom Means
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NY Times: Professors Are Uniquely Powerful. That May Be Is Changing.
New York Times, Professors Are Uniquely Powerful. That May Be Changing.: For more than a century, professors have regularly had vast influence over instruction, personnel and other hallmarks of campus life, sharing sway with presidents and trustees in decisions shaping many parts of campus life — an authority that is unfathomable in many workplaces. But
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NY Times: Professors Are Uniquely Powerful. That May Be Is Changing.
New York Times, Professors Are Uniquely Powerful. That May Be Changing.: For more than a century, professors have regularly had vast influence over instruction, personnel and other hallmarks of campus life, sharing sway with presidents and trustees in decisions shaping many parts of campus life — an authority that is unfathomable in many workplaces. But
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Weekly Legal Education Roundup
The Atlantic, What Law Schools Can Learn From Medical Schools: Tuition-Free: No. Two-Year JD: Yes. Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Alex Morey), Defending Academic Freedom Means Defending Amy Wax Law360, Law Firm Accuses Ex-Paralegal Of 'Sabotage' In Bears Case Ellie Margolis (Temple) & Leonore Carpenter (Rutgers), What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About
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Weekly Legal Education Roundup
The Atlantic, What Law Schools Can Learn From Medical Schools: Tuition-Free: No. Two-Year JD: Yes. Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Alex Morey), Defending Academic Freedom Means Defending Amy Wax Law360, Law Firm Accuses Ex-Paralegal Of 'Sabotage' In Bears Case Ellie Margolis (Temple) & Leonore Carpenter (Rutgers), What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About
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What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State Constitutions
Ellie Margolis (Temple; Google Scholar) & Leonore Carpenter (Rutgers; Google Scholar), What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State Constitutions, 55 N.M. L. Rev. ___ (2025): State constitutional law has always been an essential component of federalism and a key to understanding the fabric of American law. It is even more important today.
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What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State Constitutions
Ellie Margolis (Temple; Google Scholar) & Leonore Carpenter (Rutgers; Google Scholar), What Law Schools Teach When They Don’t Teach About State Constitutions, 55 N.M. L. Rev. ___ (2025): State constitutional law has always been an essential component of federalism and a key to understanding the fabric of American law. It is even more important today.