Weekly Legal Education Roundup

• Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Season Opens With A Bang: Applicants Are Up Over 35%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
• Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Selina Farrell And Bob Pushaw Win Pepperdine University Teaching Award
• Jonathan Curry (Tax Analysts), Academic Spotlight: Andy Grewal — The Lucky Law Professor
• Inside Higher Ed, Should Innovation And Entrepreneurship Be Added To Teaching, Research And Service RPT Trinity?
• Legal Tech News, Bridging the ‘AI Skills Gap’ in the Legal Industry

• James Levy, Call for proposals: "Transnational Conference on the Future of Legal Education, the Practice of Law, and the Judiciary"
• MacArthur Fellows Program, Texas A&M Law Prof Thomas Mitchell Receives $625,000 Genius Grant
• Miami Law, A Look Back One Year After Becoming Dean, Tony Varona Navigates Miami Law Onward and Upward
• New York Times, Notre Dame’s President Faces An Angry Campus After Getting The Coronavirus
• Victor D. Quintanilla (Indiana) & Sam Erman (USC), An Empirical Study of Bar Exam Cut Scores and Their Impact on Disparities and Diversity in the Legal Profession
• George J. Siedel (Michigan), Courses on Leadership for Lawyers: Two Models for Teaching Leadership Responsibilities
• Karen Sloan (Law.com), First Day of National Online Bar Exam Goes Off—With Some Hitches
• Karen Sloan (Law.com), States Say the Online Bar Exam Was a Success. The Test Taker Who Peed in His Seat Disagrees
• Toronto Star, 'Beleaguered' Dean Refuses To Address Toronto Law School's Hiring 'Fiasco'
• WTXL, Markel Family Pleads For Murder Suspect to Remain Behind Bars