Public Service and Public Interest
Making a Difference
Public service is a core value in legal education and the legal profession. AALS provides the latest public interest related news and information in American law schools.
Innovative and Outstanding Programs
and Faculty
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.
Current Issues in Legal Education
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.
Legal Education News
Subscribe to a weekly digest of legal education news
-
Law professors testify on impeachment for House Judiciary Committee
ABA JOURNAL — Three law professors told the House Judiciary Committee in opening statements Wednesday that President Donald Trump has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” meriting his impeachment. One of the three professors said Trump’s actions amounted to an attack on constitutional safeguards against establishing a king in the United States. A fourth professor, called….
Read More about Law professors testify on impeachment for House Judiciary Committee -
Report: Employment rate for law school graduates highest since 2008 recession
CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS — According to a new report by the National Association for Law Placement, the overall employment rate for the class of 2018 rose to 89.4%. That’s 0.8 percentage points greater than the class of 2017 and five full percentage points greater than the rate for the class of 2013, which bottomed out….
Read More about Report: Employment rate for law school graduates highest since 2008 recession -
Arizona and Utah proposals allow non-lawyers to practice some areas of law
ABA JOURNAL — “The vast majority of people in Arizona just can’t afford an attorney, no matter how great of a system we have,” said council member David K. Byers, who spoke on the panel. Byers is the administrative director of Arizona courts and a member of a state task force on legal services delivery. The….
Read More about Arizona and Utah proposals allow non-lawyers to practice some areas of law
Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Institute for Law and the Workplace Employment Law Conference - Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology - December 6, 2019
- Delaware Tax Institute: 2019 Tax Developments & Planning – Thinking Forward: Strategies & Opportunities - Widener University Delaware Law School - December 6, 2019
- 2nd Annual Conference on Food Law and Policy - Georgia State University College of Law - December 10, 2019
- Mizrahi Legal Studies Conference - Harvard Law School - December 10-11, 2019
- 14th Global Legal Skills Conference - Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law - December 12-14, 2019
- BLOCKCHAIN LAW AND BUSINESS BASICS WORKSHOP - Cleveland State University Law - December 13, 2019
- 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
- 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