Brooklyn Law professor Lawrence Solan to chair AALS Section on Global Engagement

February 5, 2020

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Lawrence Solan, Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Education, has been named 2020 co-chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) Section on Global Engagement. The newly created administrative section is a merger of the sections on Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers and International Legal Exchange. Desiree Jaeger-Fine,

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University of Georgia Law professor Sonja R. West elected chair of the AALS Section on Communication, Media, and Information Law

February 3, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West has been elected as chair of the Association of American Law Schools Communication, Media and Information Law Section for 2020.

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University of Georgia Law professor Kent Barnett elected chair of the AALS Section on Administrative Law

February 3, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett has been elected chair of the Association of American Law Schools Administrative Law Section. His term will last until January 2021.

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University of Miami Law faculty elected to section leadership roles at AALS

February 3, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Association of American Law Schools elected Miami Law’s Kele Stewart, Osamudia James and Elizabeth Iglesias to leadership roles at their recent annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Stewart, the associate dean for experiential learning, professor of law, and co-director of the Children & Youth Law Clinic, will serve on the executive committee of the Section on

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AALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal services

January 21, 2020

LEGALNEWS.COM — For the fourth consecutive year, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) measured how much law schools contribute to the delivery of much-needed legal services through clinics, other experiential courses, and pro bono activities of graduating law students. In November, 105 law schools reported that 19,885 law students in the class of 2019 contributed

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Boston College Law dean Vincent Rougeau to serve as AALS President-elect

January 17, 2020

BOSTON COLLEGE NEWS — Boston College Law School Dean Vincent D. Rougeau is poised to become president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools. Rougeau, a nationally recognized leader in legal education who completed a three-year term on the AALS Executive Committee in 2018, will join two other prior BC Law Deans who served as AALS

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University of Alabama Law professor Meghan Boone wins 2020 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition

January 17, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW — The Association of American Law Schools has chosen Assistant Professor Meghan M. Boone as one of two recipients of the 2020 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for law school faculty members in the field for five years or fewer.

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AALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal services

January 17, 2020

LEGALNEWS.COM — For the fourth consecutive year, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) measured how much law schools contribute to the delivery of much-needed legal services through clinics, other experiential courses, and pro bono activities of graduating law students.

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AALS survey: Law school clinics and pro bono projects help underserved communities across the country

December 27, 2019

THE NATIONAL JURIST — For the fourth consecutive year, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) measured how much law schools contribute to the delivery of legal services through clinics, other experiential courses and pro bono activities of graduating law students. Independent Sector, a nonprofit organization coalition, estimates the value of volunteer time to be $25.43 an

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Brooklyn Law professor Cynthia Godsoe featured in AALS News ‘Spotlight in Sections’

December 27, 2019

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — The American Association of Law Schools (AALS) featured Professor Cynthia Godsoe in “Spotlight on Sections: Section on Family and Juvenile Law” in its Fall 2019 Newsletter. Godsoe is currently chair of the AALS Section on Family and Juvenile Law, which promotes the development and exchange of information related to teaching and research in

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