UC Berkeley Law reflects on their biggest stories of 2022
UC BERKELEY LAW — Erwin Chemerinsky didn’t ease in slowly when his year-long term as the American Association of American Law Schools president began in January. The Berkeley Law dean’s opening address pointedly urged legal education to confront society’s increasingly vexing problems head-on. The theme for his presidency — how law schools can make a…
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On January 4, 2023, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined AALS President Erwin Chemerinsky in conversation about her life, career, and thoughts about how law schools can make a difference. Justice Sotomayor appeared via live video conference and took audience questions as selected and moderated by President Chemerinsky.
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — Over the weekend, Mark C. Alexander, The Arthur J. Kania Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, began his tenure as President of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
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THE COLUMNS — Melanie Wilson, Dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law, was chosen to serve as President-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) during the AALS annual meeting on January 7, 2023. She will succeed Mark Alexander, Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, who began his…
Read More about Washington and Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson named AALS President-electAALS survey: Law school class of 2022 contributed more than $80 million worth of pro bono services
THE INDIANA LAWYER — The law school Class of 2022 contributed more than $80 million worth of pro bono services as part of their legal education, new data show, including contributions from each of Indiana’s three law schools.
Read More about AALS survey: Law school class of 2022 contributed more than $80 million worth of pro bono servicesAmerican University Law professors present at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Washington College of Law professors made a strong showing as presenters for at least 10 sessions at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting.
Read More about American University Law professors present at the 2023 AALS Annual MeetingBrooklyn Law professor Alexis Hoag-Fordjour wins AALS Criminal Law Section’s Junior Scholars Paper Competition
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, co-director of the Center for Criminal Justice, was named a runner-up in the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Criminal Law Section’s Junior Scholars Paper Competition, for her article, forthcoming in the NYU Law Review, White is Right: The Racial Construction of Effective Assistance of Counsel.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Director of Legal Writing and Professor Heidi K. Brown, who recently released The Flourishing Lawyer, her third book dedicated to well-being for attorneys, received the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Well-Being in Legal Education from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) held its annual meeting, “How Law Schools Can Make a Difference,” in San Diego, California, from January 3 – 7. This year several members of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law’s (Catholic Law) faculty and administration participated.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The 2023 AALS Conference features 12 participants from Fordham Law speaking about a range of topics related to this year’s theme, “How Law Schools Can Make a Difference.”
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