Date: Wednesday, July 26th, 2 – 2:45 pm EST Discussion Description: Students earning the NCCU Law & Technology Certificate (LTC) must, in addition to completing legal tech coursework, complete 25 legal tech-related pro bono hours. NCCU Technology Law & Policy Center works with the NCCU Law Pro Bono program to provide opportunities for LTC…
Read More about Technology Law Summer Webinar Series: Integrating Technology to Better Serve Pro Bono and Law School Clinic ClientsDate: Wednesday, June 14th, 2 – 2:45 pm EST Discussion Description: Coding for Lawyers is a Python programming class that teaches students to build legal apps for their final projects. Along the way, they learn much what they would in an undergrad Computer Science class. In this presentation, the presenters will explain the rationale…
Read More about Technology Law Summer Webinar Series: Teaching Computer Programming to LawyersDate: Wednesday, May 24th from 2:00 – 2:45 pm EST Discussion Description: As part of an assignment for a team-taught upper-level course on critical legal information literacy, students were asked to critique ChatGPT’s response to a legal research question by evaluating it in light of their own legal research results. The speakers will discuss…
Read More about Technology Law Summer Webinar Series: Critically Evaluating Legal Information with ChatGPTBy Zaena Ballon As part of the ongoing “Spotlight on Sections” series, AALS sat down with the leadership of the Section on Communications, Media, and Information Law for a Q&A. The section promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members and makes recommendations on matters of interest in the teaching and improvement of…
Read More about Spotlight on Sections: Communications, Media & Information LawLocation: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Founded: 1907 Joined AALS: 2003 Dean: David Holt Established in 1907, Oklahoma City University School of Law is located in the vibrant heart of downtown Oklahoma City, OK. Their campus is surrounded by culture, entertainment, and unparalleled opportunity. Flanked by courthouses, government agencies, and hundreds of law offices – externships, licensed…
Read More about Member School Highlight – Oklahoma City University School of LawMark C. Alexander Mark C. Alexander, JD is the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. As the School’s chief administrator and chairperson of the faculty, Alexander is responsible for all facets of the Law School, including its long-term strategic and academic planning, curricular initiatives,…
Read More about SpeakersLocation: St Paul, MN Founded: 2015 Joined AALS: 1982 Dean: Anthony Niedwiecki Formed in 2015, when William Mitchell College of Law, founded in 1956, and Hamline University School of Law, founded in 1972, combined into Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Mitchell Hamline is a forward-thinking private law school with over 100 years of continuously shaping…
Read More about Member School Highlight – Mitchell Hamline School of LawDate: Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Discussion Description: What are your students dominant learning styles? Auditory, kinesthetic, visual text, or visual graphic? Does it matter? More importantly, should it change the way we teach? Since the 1970s, educators have been discussing learning styles and whether educators should recognize them and “teach to”…
Read More about Myth-Busting: Learning Styles as a Pedagogical ToolLocation: Memphis, Tennessee Founded: 1962 Joined AALS: 2001 Dean: Katharine Schaffzin The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys, School of Law, founded in 1962 and an AALS Member School since 2001, is located in the heart of downtown Memphis, TN. Its location provides its students with a perfect home and foundation for their legal education…
Read More about Member School Highlight – The University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of LawLocation: Boston, Massachusetts Founded: 1898 Joined AALS: 1945 Dean: James Hackney Founded in 1898 and an AALS member school since 1945, Northeastern University School of Law is a private law school with 234 first-year JD students enrolled at their institution. Northeastern Law is known for its leadership in legal experiential education. All full-time JD students…
Read More about Member School Highlight – Northeastern University School of Law