SSRN features Professor Titichia Mitchell Jackson’s insights on NextGen Bar Exam

Her paper examines the 2026 NextGen Bar Exam and its shift from memorization to practical legal skills

Titichia Jackson
Titichia Jackson

CARLISLE, Pa.—SSRN recently featured Professor Titichia Mitchell Jackson’s July 2025 paper “Reimagining Legal Education: Aligning Curriculum and Pedagogy with the NextGen Bar Exam” on its LinkedIn page.

The post read: “Titichia Jackson's paper explains how the 2026 NextGen #BarExam shifts from memorization to practical #legal skills, prompting #lawschools to redesign curricula to emphasize skill-building & experiential learning.”

You can read Jackson’s referenced paper by clicking here.


Professor Titichia Mitchell Jackson brings both legal practice experience and the practice of applying cognitive psychology in the classroom to her teaching. She collaborates with faculty to incorporate the learning concept of spaced repetition throughout Penn State Dickinson Law’s curriculum while training law students for the rigors of law school, the bar exam, and the practice of law. Professor Jackson teaches the Fundamental Skills for the Bar Exam course and Penn State Dickinson Law’s summer supplemental bar preparation program. Professor Jackson provides individual academic success counseling to students. Prior to joining Penn State Dickinson Law, Professor Jackson taught courses and served as the director of bar preparation and support for North Carolina Central University School of Law and served as director of legal education for BARBRI, Inc.