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Legal Theory Lexicon: The Prisoners’ Dilemma
June 28, 2019
One of the most useful tools in analyzing legal rules and the policy problems to which they apply is game theory. The basic...
June 28, 2019
One of the most useful tools in analyzing legal rules and the policy problems to which they apply is game theory. The basic...
Are Lawyers Citing the Best Cases to Courts?
June 17, 2019
Here is a question I've never thought about before: Are lawyers citing the best cases to courts? In other words, do the courts use the cases cited in the briefs, and how often do the courts use cases not mentioned in any brief? The answer may surprise you! Kevin Bennardo & Alexa Chew (UNC), Citation Stickiness. "This Article is an empirical study of what we call citation stickiness. A citation is sticky if it appears in one of the parties’ briefs and then again in the court’s...
June 17, 2019
Here is a question I've never thought about before: Are lawyers citing the best cases to courts? In other words, do the courts use the cases cited in the briefs, and how often do the courts use cases not mentioned in any brief? The answer may surprise you! Kevin Bennardo & Alexa Chew (UNC), Citation Stickiness. "This Article is an empirical study of what we call citation stickiness. A citation is sticky if it appears in one of the parties’ briefs and then again in the court’s...
Pepperdine Hosts International Conference For Dispute Resolution Teachers, Scholars, And Leaders
June 9, 2019
The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Law School, ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report for 13 of the past 15th years, will host a landmark conference on June 18-19, 2019: Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging theFuture: An International Conference for Dispute Resolution Teachers, Scholars, and Leaders. Participants will compare perspectives on four decades of change in managing and resolving conflict. The Co-Chairs of the Conference are: Tom...
June 9, 2019
The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Law School, ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report for 13 of the past 15th years, will host a landmark conference on June 18-19, 2019: Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging theFuture: An International Conference for Dispute Resolution Teachers, Scholars, and Leaders. Participants will compare perspectives on four decades of change in managing and resolving conflict. The Co-Chairs of the Conference are: Tom...
The use of iPads by U.S. Fifth Circuit judges and law clerks
June 8, 2019
When the presentation allowed for questions from the audience, I asked the judges whether they prefer to read briefs in paper, on the computer, or on an iPad, and whether that led them to have any preferences on how the brief is written, such as whether they prefer to see cites in the text or in the footnotes. All four judges said that they were big fans of the impressive use of technology at the Fifth Circuit. For example, after a lawyer e-files a brief, the court adds hyperlinks to the PDF version...
June 8, 2019
When the presentation allowed for questions from the audience, I asked the judges whether they prefer to read briefs in paper, on the computer, or on an iPad, and whether that led them to have any preferences on how the brief is written, such as whether they prefer to see cites in the text or in the footnotes. All four judges said that they were big fans of the impressive use of technology at the Fifth Circuit. For example, after a lawyer e-files a brief, the court adds hyperlinks to the PDF version...
FutureLaw 2019: Rearranging the Bits of the LegalTech Revolution
June 1, 2019
The annual FutureLaw conference — produced by CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, with the sponsorship...
June 1, 2019
The annual FutureLaw conference — produced by CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, with the sponsorship...
2020 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings
April 15, 2019
The new 2020 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 92 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: RankScoreSchool14.5Ohio State24.4Pepperdine34.3Harvard34.3Missouri (Columbia)54.1Mitchell Hamline This year for the first time, law school faculty members who teach in each specialty area rated the other law schools in that specialty area on a 5-point scale.
April 15, 2019
The new 2020 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 92 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: RankScoreSchool14.5Ohio State24.4Pepperdine34.3Harvard34.3Missouri (Columbia)54.1Mitchell Hamline This year for the first time, law school faculty members who teach in each specialty area rated the other law schools in that specialty area on a 5-point scale.
America’s Disappearing Private Colleges
April 14, 2019
Wall Street Journal op-ed: America’s Disappearing Private Colleges, by Allen C. Guelzo (Gettysburg College): Over the past decade, the idea that the higher-education bubble is about to burst has been waved away as headline pessimism or conservative sour grapes over the leftward drift of college faculties. Yet the biggest threat to higher education comes not from rising tuition or political bias but demographics. The Great Recession not only played havoc with financial markets and subprime...
April 14, 2019
Wall Street Journal op-ed: America’s Disappearing Private Colleges, by Allen C. Guelzo (Gettysburg College): Over the past decade, the idea that the higher-education bubble is about to burst has been waved away as headline pessimism or conservative sour grapes over the leftward drift of college faculties. Yet the biggest threat to higher education comes not from rising tuition or political bias but demographics. The Great Recession not only played havoc with financial markets and subprime...
Pepperdine’s 32nd Annual Summer Professional Skills Program in Dispute Resolution in Malibu
April 1, 2019
Featuring a panel of nationally recognized experts in dispute resolution, this comprehensive program provides two and a half days of unique educational opportunities for practicing professionals. Participants will network with nationally prominent faculty, as well as participants from the other specialties at plenary sessions, lunches, and receptions. Early enrollment is recommended since many of the sessions fully subscribe. Contact Lori Rushford at 310.506.6342 or e-mail Lori.Rushford@pepperdine.edu to...
April 1, 2019
Featuring a panel of nationally recognized experts in dispute resolution, this comprehensive program provides two and a half days of unique educational opportunities for practicing professionals. Participants will network with nationally prominent faculty, as well as participants from the other specialties at plenary sessions, lunches, and receptions. Early enrollment is recommended since many of the sessions fully subscribe. Contact Lori Rushford at 310.506.6342 or e-mail Lori.Rushford@pepperdine.edu to...
Pepperdine’s Place In The 2020 U.S. News Law School Rankings
March 31, 2019
By now many of you have seen the news that Pepperdine Law has risen to #51 in the 2020 U.S. News Law School Rankings. Pepperdine Law also was recognized by U.S. News for excellence in several specialty programs in rankings voted on by faculty in those fields, including rankings of #2 in dispute resolution, #32 in tax law, and #33 in clinical training.
March 31, 2019
By now many of you have seen the news that Pepperdine Law has risen to #51 in the 2020 U.S. News Law School Rankings. Pepperdine Law also was recognized by U.S. News for excellence in several specialty programs in rankings voted on by faculty in those fields, including rankings of #2 in dispute resolution, #32 in tax law, and #33 in clinical training.
5 Habits to Develop Mental Toughness
March 9, 2019
Let’s talk mental toughness. Three questions: 1. Is it an essential quality of an effective lawyer? A recent series of books...
March 9, 2019
Let’s talk mental toughness. Three questions: 1. Is it an essential quality of an effective lawyer? A recent series of books...
