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Incubator Program Prepares Law Graduates for Successful Solo Practice
The Law Entrepreneurs for Access Program (LEAP) at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is a year-long incubator program that provides advanced legal and business training to JD students who want to run successful solo practices.
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The Demand for Legal Education: The Long View
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland, Research Fellow at the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, examines available data on the total number of law school applicants, including long-term economic and demographic trends in the demand for legal education.
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Law.com newsletter: Recap of the AALS Annual Meeting
LAW.COM — At the largest annual gathering of legal academics in the nation, the atmosphere was sunnier than it has been in years, women took center stage, and the academy honored a rock star law professor.
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AALS Survey: Law class of 2018 contributed nearly $86 million in pro bono services
PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST — Students at law schools across the country contributed pro bono legal services valued at nearly $86 million in 2018, a survey by the Association of American Law Schools in Washington, D.C., finds.
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University of Illinois Law Dean Vikram Amar discusses highlights from the AALS Annual Meeting
ABOVE THE LAW — Early each January, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), a national organization that promotes interaction and shared values among law schools, especially with regard to faculty scholarship, hiring, and governance.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Demystifying Cryptocurrency and Blockchain for Lawyers - University of San Francisco School of Law - January 25, 2019
- International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group Works-in-Progress - John Marshall Law School - January 25, 2019
- Fifth Annual Symposium: ADR and Diversity - New York Law School - January 31, 2019
- Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop - University of Illinois College of Law - January 31- February 2, 2019
- A Workshop on the Clash of Values: Paternalism vs Liberalism - Emory University School of Law - February 1-2, 2019
- Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium - University of Houston Law Center - February 8-9, 2019
- The Opioid Crisis and the Practice of Law - University of South Carolina School of Law - February 9, 2019
- 13th Annual Planning, Law, and Property Rights Conference - Texas A&M University - February 18-22, 2019
- Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law: Regulating the Unregulatable - Vanderbilt University Law School - February 20, 2019
- Consumer Law Scholars Conference - UC Berkeley School of Law - February 21-22, 2019