Date Chartered: 5/31/1995
Purpose
The Section on Academic Support promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members and makes recommendations on matters of interest in the teaching and improvement on academic support.
Leadership Listserv & Member-Only Content
Newsletters
Academic Support Winter 2017 Newsletter (PDF)
Academic Support Summer 2017 Newsletter (PDF)
Annual Meeting Programs
2019
Joint Program
Plenary 1
Plenary 2
Business Meeting
Breakout Sessions
- The Elephant in the Room: Removing Stigma from Mandatory Academic Support Counseling and Courses
- Fostering Growth Mindset Through UW Resilience Lab
- Data Analysis, Bar Performance, and Individual Student Interventions
- Metacognition and Its Role In Learning
- Law School Coursework and Bar Exam Outcomes
- Identifying Risk and Plus Factors from Admission Through Bar Study
- Getting Started with Empirical Work on Academic Support & Bar Success
- Battling Biases: How Can Diverse Students Overcome Bias on Multistate Bar Exams
- Data Analysis, Bar Performance, and the Curriculum
- Professionalism Education and the Road to Bar Passage
- Resilience, Belonging, Learning, and Mindsets in Legal Education
Awards
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Academic Support Award | Linda Feldman | Brooklyn Law School |
| 2015 | Academic Support Award | Paula Lustbader | Seattle University School of Law |
| 2014 | Academic Support Award | Ruth Ann McKinney | University of North Carolina Law School |
| 2013 | Academic Support Award | Kent Lollis | University of Pennsylvania Law School |