Weekly Legal Education Roundup

• ABA Journal, What comes next for ABA-accredited law schools with two-year pass rates below 75%?
• ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Council Decision, Law School Compliance Update: Standards 301(a) and 309(b) (Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law)
• ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Council Decision, Notice of Law School Demonstrating Compliance With Standard 202(a), (c), and (d) (University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)
• AccessLex, Future in Law? A Profile of Graduating College Seniors Interested in Legal Education and Careers
• John Campbell (Denver), Ex Machina: Technological Disruption and the Future of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Writing

• Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Highlights Of ABA TechShow2020
• Emory Wheel, Law Professor Paul Zwier to Return to Tenured Position by End of Semester
• Scott Fruehwald (Legal Skills Prof Blog), The Dangers of Casetext's Compose
• Chris Guthrie (Vanderbilt), Toward A Mission-Based Ranking?
• Iantha M. Haight (BYU), Digital Natives, Techno-Transplants: Framing Minimum Technology Standards for Law School Graduates
• Jacksonville Daily Record, Florida Coastal School of Law Found in Compliance With ABA Financial Standard; ABA Ends Three-Year Investigation
• New York Law School, Important Coronavirus Updates
• Press Release, ABA Elevates William Adams to Top Job at Legal Education Section
• Symposium on Law School Teaching Methods, 63 St. Louis U. L.J. 373-504 (2019)

Comment: Four of the above articles concern teaching law and technology, a subject which is becoming very important in legal education.  Two points.  First, law schools should encourage potential applicants to get a good technology background in college, so that law schools don't have to waste time teaching the basics.  Second, as I show in my post, while teaching technology is important for law schools, they should be critical concerning the tools they teach.