Derek T. Muller
@derektmuller.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School. 2024 Election Contributor for CNN. Election law, federal courts, & legal education. Rhymes with duller.
"ABA Council on Legal Education ignores critics, offers no substantive responses, and says 'full speed ahead' with disrupting legal education at most of the nation's law schools"
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August 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"ABA Council on Legal Education ignores critics, offers no substantive responses, and says 'full speed ahead' with disrupting legal education at most of the nation's law schools"
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Law faculty are now "required" "to participate every three years in educational activities that promote effective teaching."
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Law faculty are now "required" "to participate every three years in educational activities that promote effective teaching."
Full-time faculty "absent extraordinary circumstances" "shall teach at least 80 percent" of the credit hours (it was previously "substantially all").
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Full-time faculty "absent extraordinary circumstances" "shall teach at least 80 percent" of the credit hours (it was previously "substantially all").
Schools must now review "learning outcomes at least every five years."
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Schools must now review "learning outcomes at least every five years."
"All courses" in the first year "shall include at least one formative assessment" that includes "feedback" along with "academic support" for students who "fail to attain a satisfactory level of achievement.
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"All courses" in the first year "shall include at least one formative assessment" that includes "feedback" along with "academic support" for students who "fail to attain a satisfactory level of achievement.
Sections of a course must now have "the same minimum learning outcomes."
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sections of a course must now have "the same minimum learning outcomes."
In 2014, the ABA "Task Force on the Future of Legal Education" suggested lessening programmatic requirements on law schools in an effort to lower costs and improve innovation.
April 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In 2014, the ABA "Task Force on the Future of Legal Education" suggested lessening programmatic requirements on law schools in an effort to lower costs and improve innovation.
How it started, how it's going.
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How it started, how it's going.
We're now at the point where we are observing the 10-year anniversary of incredibly bad takes.
March 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We're now at the point where we are observing the 10-year anniversary of incredibly bad takes.
I wonder why Vox changed the lede of this piece. www.vox.com/politics/403...
March 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I wonder why Vox changed the lede of this piece. www.vox.com/politics/403...
Google's NotebookLM is impressive. I uploaded the opinion in Glossip v. Oklahoma, and in minutes it had a 10-minute podcast with very realistic hosts discussing the case. First minute (sorry, Bluesky has strict limits) here:
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Google's NotebookLM is impressive. I uploaded the opinion in Glossip v. Oklahoma, and in minutes it had a 10-minute podcast with very realistic hosts discussing the case. First minute (sorry, Bluesky has strict limits) here:
Hard to think of a weaker yellow flag than this.
March 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hard to think of a weaker yellow flag than this.
And we're off!
February 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
And we're off!
Full house here at Notre Dame Law for this faculty workshop to hear @williambaude.bsky.social present his great work in progress, "Fear of Balancing."
February 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Full house here at Notre Dame Law for this faculty workshop to hear @williambaude.bsky.social present his great work in progress, "Fear of Balancing."
Professor Tara Leigh Grove kicks off the Notre Dame Law Review, Volume 100 Federal Courts symposium on the Judiciary Act of 1925.
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Tara Leigh Grove kicks off the Notre Dame Law Review, Volume 100 Federal Courts symposium on the Judiciary Act of 1925.
Great turnout & lively Q&A when @hoffprof.bsky.social came to Notre Dame today to present "Contracts for Everyone."
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great turnout & lively Q&A when @hoffprof.bsky.social came to Notre Dame today to present "Contracts for Everyone."
SCOTUS denies cert in Legislature Thereof Clause case challenging MT SCt ruling on voter laws; Steve King loss over copyright violation in campaign meme; NAACP appeal re undated ballots under the Civil Rights Act.
January 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
SCOTUS denies cert in Legislature Thereof Clause case challenging MT SCt ruling on voter laws; Steve King loss over copyright violation in campaign meme; NAACP appeal re undated ballots under the Civil Rights Act.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court in divided 4-3 per curiam opinion exercises extraordinary jurisdiction, instructs local election boards "SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court." (Dissent focused on extraordinary nature of jurisdiction, didn't touch merits.) www.pacourts.us/news-and-sta...
November 18, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court in divided 4-3 per curiam opinion exercises extraordinary jurisdiction, instructs local election boards "SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court." (Dissent focused on extraordinary nature of jurisdiction, didn't touch merits.) www.pacourts.us/news-and-sta...