By AALS President Kellye Y. Testy, Dean, University of Washington School of Law
“Throughout our membership, faculty and staff are working hard to deliver more to our students while also trying to hold down cost. One of the most promising developments I am seeing in this spirit is a number of creative collaborations between and among our schools.”
The committee is proud to recommend three individuals whose careers exemplify dedication to teaching, scholarship, and service to AALS and to legal education.
Dr. Allum provides an update on the Before the JD project, a national study of potential law students, conducted by AALS, to understand the factors contributing to their intention/decision to pursue a JD or not.
AALS officially welcomes the following three Sections, which were approved as permanent at the June 2016 meeting of the Executive Committee.
In this edition of “Spotlight on Sections” AALS spoke with Michele Pistone, chair of the new section focused on technology in the classroom and the legal profession.
The Section on Civil Procedure makes recommendations on matters concerning civil procedure, including pleading, practice, jurisdiction, judgments, and federal courts. AALS spoke with Section Leaders Simona Grossi and Ira Steven Nathenson about the section.
Hot topic programs at the AALS Annual Meeting highlight important and timely topics on some of society’s most pressing legal issues. These programs were selected by the Program Committee for the AALS 2017 Annual Meeting from proposals submitted by law school faculty.
The JLE released its Autumn issue this month. This issue includes research and analysis on “The Future of Legal Scholarship.”
AALS is pleased to announce that the Directory of Law Teachers now features an online search function. This password-protected tool is only available to deans and tenured, tenure-track, long-term contract, and emeritus faculty members.
AALS now has a feature where faculty, staff and the general public can subscribe to a weekly email digest to get those same stories sent directly to your email inbox, as well as a YouTube channel with hundreds of legal education videos on law school programs, clinics, teaching, lectures and advice for prospective students.
AALS remembers and honors the contributions of the late Dan Bernstine to legal education and the legal field.
