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Baylor Law Legal Mapmaker Program
Baylor University Law School has developed a new collaborative program, Legal Mapmaker, that addresses the access-to-justice problem for low- and middle-income Americans who have basic legal needs, but cannot afford the services of an attorney.
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Fifty Ways to Promote Teaching and Learning
Gerald Hess, Professor Emeritus at Gonzaga University School of Law, Michael Hunter Schwartz, Dean of University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and Nancy Levit, Professor of Law at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, focus on the efforts law schools and professors can make to improve instruction and student learning in the classroom.
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Boston College Law dean Vincent Rougeau to serve as AALS President-elect
BOSTON COLLEGE NEWS — Boston College Law School Dean Vincent D. Rougeau is poised to become president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools. Rougeau, a nationally recognized leader in legal education who completed a three-year term on the AALS Executive Committee in 2018, will join two other prior BC Law Deans who served as AALS….
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University of Alabama Law professor Meghan Boone wins 2020 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW — The Association of American Law Schools has chosen Assistant Professor Meghan M. Boone as one of two recipients of the 2020 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for law school faculty members in the field for five years or fewer.
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AALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal services
LEGALNEWS.COM — For the fourth consecutive year, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) measured how much law schools contribute to the delivery of much-needed legal services through clinics, other experiential courses, and pro bono activities of graduating law students.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Picturing ‘Truth’: Visual Images and the Law - Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law - January 11, 2020
- Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference - Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law - January 17, 2020
- Historic and Green – A New Climate Agenda - University of Connecticut School of Law - January 24, 2020
- Emerging Issues in Bioethics | The 2020 AJLM Symposium - Boston University School of Law - January 24, 2020
- Developing & Managing CityCounty Operated Airports - University of La Verne College of Law - January 24, 2020
- Annual Chapman Law Review Symposium – 1920-2020: The Effects of Women’s Suffrage 100 Years After Ratification of the 19th Amendment - Chapman University Fowler School of Law - January 24, 2020
- Sixth Annual ADR and Diversity Symposium - New York Law School - January 28, 2020
- SB 35: Another Battleground for State v. Local Control - University of California, Hastings College of the Law - January 30, 2020
- 2020 Gilvary Symposium - University of Dayton School of Law - January 31, 2020
- USF Law Review Symposium: Access to Justice in the Contemporary Workplace - University of San Francisco School of Law - January 31, 2020