Harvard Law, AALS, and other organizations co-host gathering on access-to-justice and the rule of law

April 25, 2025

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — On April 3, the HLS Center on the Legal Profession hosted the conference, “Inequality, Access to Justice, and the Rule of Law,” where we explored the systemic and reinforcing relationship between societal inequality and access to justice. 

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AALS LENS: Legal Education News & Stories debuts

April 25, 2025

AALS LENS — Since I began my tenure at AALS last July, I have sought to find ways to better connect our members to AALS and to one another, and to amplify the many accomplishments of our member schools, faculty, administrators, staff, and deans. This redesigned newsletter, which we have named AALS LENS, is part

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UConn Law professor Anna VanCleave recognized for criminal law research project

April 25, 2025

UCONN TODAY — UConn Law Professor Anna VanCleave has been selected as a Bellow Scholar, a program run by the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Clinical Legal Education’s Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest.

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AALS Executive Committee cautions states on removing national law school accreditation

April 23, 2025

REUTERS — The Association of American Law Schools urged states to not abandon their requirements that attorneys must graduate from American Bar Association-accredited law schools in order to practice.

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CLEA and AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education leadership release joint statement on academic freedom

April 14, 2025

CLEA — In the weeks since Donald Trump took office for his second term, we have seen the considerable erosion of democracy and the rule of law in the United States. 

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AALS participates in National Convening on the Future of Legal Education and Admissions

April 7, 2025

NCSC — As it gears up to finalize recommendations, the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State. Court Administrators (CCJ/COSCA) Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform (CLEAR) held a National Convening on the Future of Legal Education and Admissions last week at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

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University of Nebraska Law Elsbeth Magilton presents to AALS Section on Leadership

March 27, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Elsbeth Magilton presented “Law Students Learning to Lead through Non-Profit Board Service,” to the Association of American Law Schools Section on Leadership. 

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USC Gould Law professor Amber Kennedy Madole recognized by AALS Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples

March 27, 2025

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORD — In addition to her role as an adjunct assistant professor of law at USC Gould School of Law, Amber Kennedy Madole is a librarian for Indigenous Research and Law. 

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Pepperdine Law professor Chris Goodman presents at 2025 AALS Annual Meeting

March 20, 2025

PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Chris Chambers Goodman gave presentations on teaching justice, developing courageous leaders, and legacy admissions at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2025 Annual Meeting.

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Why pro bono work is important for practicing attorneys

March 19, 2025

LAW 360 — For Fordham University School of Law’s Dora Galacatos, a legal clinic offering pro bono counsel is as close to “church” as she’ll get.

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