By Vicki C. Jackson, AALS President and Thurgood Marshall Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School We as legal educators are part of a broad infrastructure of “knowledge institutions” — universities, a free press, scientific offices (public and private), even libraries — that help provide the epistemic foundation for a successful democracy. Law schools play…
Read More about Legal Scholarship and Knowledge Institutions in Constitutional DemocracyThe Association of American Law Schools shares examples of innovative and outstanding programs to foster ideas and showcase the diverse approaches to legal education at AALS Member Schools. The programs below were previously featured on the AALS homepage. A list of recent programs can be found at the main Innovative and Outstanding Programs page. American…
Read More about Innovative and Outstanding Programs ArchiveHacked! An Examination of Cyber-Threats and Techniques to Thwart Them Date: 6/26/19 This presentation will provide an overview of some of the most common attacks cyber-criminals employ to steal your data, your identity and your money. We will also look at some of the evils lurking in the dark web and how the dark web…
Read More about Summer Webinar Series: Hacked! An Examination of Cyber-Threats and Techniques to Thwart ThemReport of the AALS Executive Director to the House of Representatives January 3, 2019 By Judith Areen This year marked the culmination of a project AALS first undertook in 2016 to understand what college students think about law school, and what sources of advice and information they rely on in deciding whether and where to…
Read More about Executive Director’s Report on 2018Press Release Contact: Jim Greif [email protected] (202) 296-1593 Vicki C. Jackson, Harvard Law Professor, to Serve as President of AALS in 2019 Darby Dickerson, Dean, John Marshall Law School to serve as President-Elect; D. Benjamin Barros, Dean, University of Toledo College of Law, and L. Song Richardson, Dean, University of California, Irvine School of…
Read More about AALS Announces 2019 LeadershipHot topic programs at the AALS Annual Meeting highlight important and timely topics on some of society and law’s most pressing issues. These programs were selected by the Program Committee for the AALS 2019 Annual Meeting from proposals submitted by law school faculty. Thursday, January 3 Narratives about Sexual Harassment & Sexual Violence: #MeToo, the…
Read More about Hot Topics at AALS 2019College Students’ Reasons for Attending Law School Focus on Public Service and Opportunity to Make a Difference Report Also Found Few First-Generation College Students Are Considering Law School Public-spirited factors lead the list of reasons for considering law school among undergraduates in the United States, according to Before the JD: Undergraduate Views on Law School, a…
Read More about AALS Research: Before the JD and Beyond the Bachelor’sResearch at AALS: A Q&A with Wendy Perdue Wendy Collins Perdue, AALS President and Dean, University of Richmond School of Law, interviewed by Emily Cherry Communications Director, University of Richmond School of Law What prompted AALS to undertake the Before the JD study? It was a couple of things. We are all well aware that…
Read More about President’s MessagePresident’s Message: Research at AALS A Q&A with AALS President Wendy Collins Perdue, Dean, University of Richmond School of Law AALS President and University of Richmond Law Dean Wendy Perdue discusses key findings from Before the JD. Read more Nominations for President-Elect and New Executive Committee Members The following individuals have been nominated: Darby Dickerson,…
Read More about AALS News – Fall 2018Press Release Contact: Jim Greif [email protected] (202) 296-1593 AALS/LSAC/Gallup Survey: Parental Education a Key Factor in Considering Grad School College students are more likely to consider graduate or professional school if at least one parent has an advanced degree Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2018) – Undergraduates considering graduate or professional school are…
Read More about AALS/LSAC/Gallup Survey: Parental Education a Key Factor in Considering Grad School