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.
2024
Academic Support (Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Student Services)
Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Law Libraries and Legal Information, and Student Services)
Part-Time Division Programs (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, and Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School)
Academic Support
2023
Academic Support (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
Part-Time Divisions (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Teaching Methods (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, and Minority Groups)
Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, Student Services, and Teaching Methods)
Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support and Community Economic Development)
Teaching Methods (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support and Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education and New Law Professors)
2022
Joint Program
Panel 1
Panel 2
Section on Part-Time Division Programs (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support and Student Services)
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Institutional Advancement, and Student Services)
2021
Academic Support and Real Estate Transactions Joint Program
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
For the Law School Dean (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support)
2020
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
Academic Support Award
This award recognizes Section members and any other individuals who have made significant or long-term contributions to the development of the field of law student academic support. All legal educators, regardless of the nature or longevity of their appointment or position, who have at some point in their careers worked part-time or full-time in academic support are eligible for the Award. The award will be granted to recognize those who have made such contributions through any combination of the following activities: assumption of leadership roles in the ASP community; support to and mentoring of colleagues; service to institutions, including but not limited to schools, the ASP Section, and to other organizations; expansion of legal opportunities to traditionally underserved segments of society; teaching and presenting; and scholarship, both traditional and creative.
Nominations and Eligibility: Law schools, institutions, or organizations cannot receive an award. Prior year or current year Section officers would be excluded from being selected as an award winner. Only Section members may make nominations. For a nomination to be considered, it must include a one to two paragraph explanation of why the nominee is deserving of the award.
Carry-over of Nominees: The Awards Committee may decide whether to carry over nominees from prior years and include those names with the current year’s nominees.
Impact Award
This award is given to a person who is inspiring students and peers in the academic support profession today and catapulting us forward to a stronger tomorrow. All legal educators, regardless of the nature or longevity of their appointment or position, who have at some point in their careers worked part-time or full-time in academic support are eligible for the award.
To be eligible for an award, the nominee should have made a significant impact in one or more of the following activities:
- support to and mentoring of students;
- promoting diversity in the profession and expanding access to the legal profession; or
- developing ideas or innovations.
Legacy in Leadership Award
This award is given to a person who is a senior member of our discipline and has made outstanding contributions to the academic support profession throughout their career, including building and evolving the discipline of academic support.
Nominations and Eligibility: The nominee should have made a significant impact in the ASP community in the following ways:
- service to the profession and to professional institutions-e.g., advocacy with the NCBE or assumption of leadership roles in the academic support community;
- promoting diversity in the profession and expanding access to the legal profession; and
- support to and mentoring of academic support colleagues.
To submit a nomination for either award:
Provide a 300 word (or less) description of the nominee and how the individual has fulfilled the goals of ASP and the award description above. Resumes may be provided if you feel it appropriate to the nomination. If selected, please be prepared to provide the the winner’s email address, faculty page, and headshot.
Note, law schools, institutions, or organizations cannot receive an award. Prior year or current year Section officers are excluded from being selected as an award winner.
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Impact Award | Jamie Kleppetsch | DePaul University College of Law |
| 2023 | Legacy in Leadership | Kris Franklin | New York Law School |
| 2022 | Trailblazer Award | Sarah Schendel | Suffolk University Law School |
| 2021 | Legacy in Leadership Award | Paula Manning | University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law |
| 2021 | Trailblazer Award | Marsha Griggs | Washburn University School of Law |
| 2020 | Academic Support Award | Laurie Zimet | UC Hastings College of Law |
| 2019 | Academic Support Award | David Nadvorney | City University of New York School of Law |
| 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 |
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Ensuring Equality in Legal Academia: Strategies to Dismantle Caste
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