39th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education

Clinics and Communities: Exploring Community Engagement through Clinical Education

April 30 – May 3, 2016 | Baltimore, MD

 
This conference focuses on the role of clinics in communities and the role of communities on clinics. The conference will feature a
variety of formats: plenaries, concurrent sessions, working groups, and workshops.
 
Highlights include:

• Half-day workshop for new law school clinical teachers prior to the start of the conference.
• Conference plenary sessions: Rebellious Lawyering and Clinical Legal Education; #BlackLivesMatter and Clinical Legal Education; and Innovative and Sustainable Clinical Engagement with Community Needs.
• The conference will also feature a Clinical Law Review Symposium, “Reflecting on Rebellious Lawyering at 25”, which commemorates the upcoming 25th anniversary of Gerald López’s book, Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano’s View of Progressive Law Practice. Gerald López will also give the opening keynote address.
• Four multi-session workshops, including:
  – Scholarship Support
  – (Re-)Designing a Clinic Using Backward Design
  – Making Educational Videos
  – Training Students in Private Practice Skills as Another Path to Justice

 
Visit www.aals.org/clinical2016 for program and registration information.
 

Image Credit: Ken Stanek