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2021 AALS Annual Meeting moves to virtual format
LAW.COM — The Association of American Law Schools is lowering the cost to attend its annual meeting, now that the January event will be online.
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Survey: Law schools expect steady enrollment this fall despite the pandemic
REUTERS — A summer survey of U.S. law schools found them largely optimistic about the size of their incoming classes, despite the coronavirus pandemic threatening on-campus learning into 2021 and upending the job market for recent graduates.
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A look at law school clinics adapting to the pandemic
THE PRACTICE — As the start of the fall 2020 semester draws near, law schools are beginning to define their plans for holding classes during the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. As of this writing, three broad models of law school reopenings have emerged as law schools have presented their plans to the public: largely in-person instruction,….
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Excellence in Teaching Professional Responsibility Online — Texas A&M — University School of Law — August 4, 2020
- Are Your Students Learning? Online Formative Assessment is Vital! — AALS Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education — August 5, 2020
- Power, Privilege, and Transformation:Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education — University of Miami School of Law — August 5, 2020
- Bankruptcy Skills Workshop — University of Miami School of Law — August 7, 2020
- Adaptive Zoning: Climate, COVID, & Racial Justice — AALS Section on Property Law — August 10, 2020
- Wednesday Conversation Series #7 — New York Law School — August 12, 2020
- Ninth Annual Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop — Seattle University School of Law — August 13-14, 2020
- Faculty Recruitment Services Candidates Workshop — Association of American Law Schools — August 18, 2020
- Wednesday Conversation Series #8 — New York Law School — August 26, 2020
- Wednesday Conversation Series #9 — New York Law School — September 9, 2020