Weekly Legal Education Roundup

• Vikram D. Amar (Dean, Illinois) & Jennifer K. Robbennolt (Illinois; Google Scholar), The Role of Lawyers and Law Schools in Fostering Civil Public Debate
• Gail Baker (Provost, San Diego), San Diego Provost Rejects Student Demand That Tenured Law Professor Be Fired Over Blog Post
• Scott Fruehwald (Legal Skills Prof Blog), Cognitive Biases, Implicit Biases, and Student Feedback
• Scott Fruehwald (Legal Skills Prof Blog), Very Troubling Report on ABA Experiential Requirement
• Brandon L. Garrett (Duke), Glinda Cooper (Yeshiva) & Quinn Beckham (Duke), Forensic Science in Legal Education
• George Mason & Cardozo Law Schools, Free Virtual Conference For Aspiring And New Law School Deans

• Indiana Lawyer, Notre Dame Law Dean Embraces Admission Practice Others Call ‘Unnecessary, Callous’
• Randall Kennedy (Harvard) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA), The New Taboo: Quoting Epithets in the Classroom and Beyond
• Adam Lamparello (Georgia College and State University),  Ten Tips to Create a Legal Writing Course That Prepares Students for The Real World
• Law.com, Graduating Law School in the Time of COVID? Be Patient and Persistent.
• Letter From 48 Cardozo Law Professors To Yeshiva University President
• Goodwin Liu (California Supreme Court), Miranda Li (J.D. 2019, Yale) & Phillip Yao (J.D. 2019, Yale), Who's Going to Law School? Trends in Law School Enrollment Since the Great Recession
• Lynee McDuffie, Recognizing Another Black Barrier: The LSAT Contributes to the Diversity Gap in the Legal Profession
• New York Times, Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur
• Karen Sloan (Law.com), ABA Mulls Racism, Bias Training Accreditation Requirement for Law Schools
• Catherine Smith (Denver), There Are Now 27 Black Women Law School Deans
• Mike Spivey (Spivey Consulting), Brief Application Volume/LSAT Update and a Glimpse at Next Cycle
• Symposium, Tribute to Valparaiso University Law School (1879-2019)