Northeastern Law professor Leo Beletsky receives AALS Section on Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Leo Beletsky received the Association of American Law Schools’ Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award at the organization’s annual meeting in January. Beletsky’s community engagement spans local, state, national and international service. He directs the Health in Justice Action Lab, which advises the Boston City Council, local community organizations and the office…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Animal Law Clinic Director and Animal Law Professor, Kathy Hessler, received the Association of American Law School’s (AALS) Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship, Teaching, and Service Award for 2020. The purpose of the award is to recognize the contributions of law teachers in teaching, scholarship, advocacy, and service on behalf of…
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law faculty gathered with fellow law school faculty members, deans, and scholars at the 2020 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2020 Annual Meeting that took place on January 2-5 in Washington, DC. Dean Paul Caron and Pepperdine Caruso Law faculty members participated in panels and presentations over…
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ABA JOURNAL — Regardless of where one stands on its effectiveness, in recent years, there has been a significant amount of ongoing research looking at whether the bar exam as we know it is a good tool to assess if someone is ready to practice law. Between 2018 and 2019 three legal organizations funded separate studies…
Read More about Experts discuss bar exam reformAALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal services
LEGALNEWS.COM — For the fourth consecutive year, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) measured how much law schools contribute to the delivery of much-needed legal services through clinics, other experiential courses, and pro bono activities of graduating law students. In November, 105 law schools reported that 19,885 law students in the class of 2019 contributed…
Read More about AALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal servicesAmerican Law Institute elects 45 new members
THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — The American Law Institute has elected 45 new members who will bring their expertise to ALI’s work of clarifying the law through Restatements, Principles, and Model Codes. Election of these new members raises ALI’s total number of elected members to 2,816. Visit the Newly Elected Members Page to view biographical sketches of the new members.
Read More about American Law Institute elects 45 new membersFirst-year enrollment in Indiana law schools rose 3.2 percent in 2019
THE INDIANA LAWYER — First-year enrollment in J.D. programs in Indiana law schools rose 3.2% in 2019 over 2018 while the overall J.D. enrollment across the US slipped 0.27%, according data released by the American Bar Association. Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and Notre Dame Law School collectively…
Read More about First-year enrollment in Indiana law schools rose 3.2 percent in 2019Podcast: Northwestern Law professor Dan Rodriguez discusses the future of legal innovation and legal education
LEGAL TALK NETWORK — They discuss Dan Rodriguez’s work within the legal education sphere, including his drive towards innovation and his efforts to facilitate connections between legal education and the broader legal community before turning the conversation more broadly to the future of legal innovation, the need for regulatory changes, improving access to justice, the…
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FUTURE LAW PODCAST — Dan Hunter chats with University of Manchester students, Cian Heeley, Mandeep Hayer and Wunmi Akanji who were lucky enough to spend two weeks working with the geniuses at DWF on a legal design/innovation project with a very well-known sporting club in Manchester. Inspiring insights into the way that this sort of program changes…
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JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re talking about formulating a new action plan for the second semester if things didn’t go your way in the first semester.
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