The American Bar Association Journal has produced a project over the last month that they call Legal Rebels: Remaking the Profession. The project includes short essays, video, online radio, webinars, live chats, and even a tour. It’s archived so you can see what you’ve missed or go back for a second look.

As the lawyer’s muse, Abundance of Caution, might observe, “Legal Rebels” is close to being an oxymoron. But, the reformers, innovators, and interesting minds featured in this project have a lot to say and a number of suggestions about how the legal profession can be improved. Several contributors are legal academics or comment on legal education. You can check it all out here, including my essay on online legal education, which goes live at 5 p.m. central time today (October 15).

There is no better way to return to this blog after an absence than to report that last Saturday I had the distinct privilege of not presiding at my law school’s summer graduation. I conferred the degrees, which is probably required and is certainly one of the joys of being the dean of the school. Otherwise, Concord Law School of Kaplan University’s thirteenth graduation was led by a group of its graduates. continue reading

Last weekend, Concord Law School students Marjorie Daily and Tom Fleming prevailed in the Regional Competition Rounds of the American Constitution Society’s (ACS) Constance Baker Motley Moot Court Competition, which took place at the University of Michigan Law School. This qualifies them for the National Finals, which will take place at the ACS’s national meeting this summer in Washington, D.C. It is a terrific achievement for two non-traditional, part-time law students who attend our unique and still evolving online law school program. continue reading

“Reverse engineering,” the process of taking something apart to see how it works with an eye toward building something similar or improved over the original, may help those of us who work in law schools rethink legal education and make it better. continue reading