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
-
How the stimulus bill in Congress affects higher education
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Congress is poised to give colleges and students whose semesters were upended by the coronavirus pandemic more than $14 billion in emergency relief, according to the text of a spending deal struck on Tuesday night by the White House and the U.S. Senate.
Read More about How the stimulus bill in Congress affects higher education -
Federal student loan payments suspended through September
BUZZFEED — Americans will get a six-month reprieve from federal student loan payments as the coronavirus pandemic leads to job losses and economic turmoil nationwide.
Read More about Federal student loan payments suspended through September -
How to help students struggling with online learning
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — As instructors across the country move to remote teaching, many are worried about students who are already at a disadvantage. How can professors support them during this challenging time?
Read More about How to help students struggling with online learning
Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- 28th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber Conference: Women's Enfranchisement: Beyond the 19th Amendment (online) - University of Colorado Law School - April 3, 2020
- Elon Law Review Symposium: “Access to the Ballot on the Eve of the 2020 Election: What Barriers Still Exist?” - Elon University School of Law - September 20, 2020
- Browning Symposium: Consumer Law in the 21st Century” - Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana - September 24, 2020
- Designing the Law Student Experience in Blended Learning - Mitchell Hamline School of Law - September 24-26, 2020
- 11th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship - Vermont Law School - September 25, 2020
- 2020 SALT Teaching Conference: Social Justice in Action - Loyola University Chicago School of Law - September 25-26, 2020
- Lawyering Skills in the Doctrinal Classroom - University of North Dakota School of Law - October 2-3, 2020
- 2020 Privacy Law Forum - University of California, Berkeley School of Law - October 9, 2020
- Federal Government Oversight and Accountability Conference - American University, Washington College of Law - November 6, 2020
- Third International and Comparative Insolvency Law Symposium - Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law - November 12-13, 2020