Call for Papers -
Section on Non-Profit and Philanthropy Law
Bridging the Gap between Non-Clinical and Clinical Teaching: Lessons from Nonprofit Law and Community Development Law
The AALS Section on Non-Profit and Philanthropy Law will hold a program during the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans on "Bridging the Gap Between Non-Clinical and Clinical Teaching: Lessons from Community Development and Nonprofit Law." We invite interested clinical and non-clinical law teachers to submit short proposals (a couple of paragraphs only) for presentations on the panel, by email, by Friday, August 28. Please send proposals to Professor Mark Sidel, mark-sidel@uiowa.edu, Section Chair, University of Iowa College of Law.
The teaching of nonprofit law is growing rapidly in the United States. A survey underway by the AALS Non-Profit and Philanthropy Law Section shows well over 150 law faculty in this area teaching clinical and non-clinical courses. While both clinical work on nonprofit and community development law and non-clinical courses are increasing, there is little effective communication -- even within schools -- among clinical and non-clinical faculty working in this area. We invite clinical and non-clinical faculty to speak on an AALS panel that will chart the development of teaching in nonprofit law and community development law and discuss the potential for exchange, cooperation and collaboration between non-clinical and clinical teachers in this area. We seek participants with experience or interesting ideas in "bridging the gap" between clinical and non-clinical teaching in this area and emphasize that participants need not be in the midst of law review articles or planning to publish in this area.
We particularly encourage faculty who are traditionally less well-represented on AALS programs and younger faculty to send brief proposals. Anyone with questions is welcome to contact Mark Sidel at mark-sidel@uiowa.edu or Tom Kelley at takelley@email.unc.edu. Please send brief proposals (a couple of paragraphs) by August 28.