UC Hastings Law professor Laurie Zimet honored by AALS for excellence in student academic support
UC HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — UC Hastings Law Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet has been honored by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for her career-long contributions to the development of law student academic support. Zimet was a founding member of the Academic Support section of AALS. She will accept the award Jan. 3,…
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ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW –The Association of American Law Schools has chosen Laurie Barron, director of the Feinstein Center for Pro Bono & Experiential Education at Roger Williams University School of Law, to receive a major national award for her work expanding the availability of legal services for the neediest by “forwarding the…
Read More about Roger Williams Law professor Laurie Barron receives award from AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service OpportunitiesUC Irvine Law professor Grace C. Tonner receives award from AALS legal writing section
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that Grace C. Tonner, Professor of Lawyering Skills, has been selected by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research (LWRR) as the recipient of its 2020 Section Award. The award will be…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Grace C. Tonner receives award from AALS legal writing sectionBrooklyn Law professor Susan Hazeldean honored by AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Susan Hazeldean, founder and director of the Brooklyn Law School LGBT Advocacy Clinic, will receive the inaugural LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Section. The award will be presented at the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in January. Hazeldean’s…
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor Susan Hazeldean honored by AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity IssuesBoston College Law dean Vincent D. Rougeau nominated as AALS President-elect
BC LAW MAGAZINE — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Nominating Committee has nominated Vincent D. Rougeau, dean of Boston College Law School, to become AALS President-elect. Rougeau is a nationally recognized leader in legal education who completed a three-year term on the AALS Executive Committee in 2018. Rougeau will join two other prior…
Read More about Boston College Law dean Vincent D. Rougeau nominated as AALS President-electFinding the Goldilocks Zone: Negotiating Your First Employment Contract in Legal Academia by Darby Dickerson
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Fruehwald) — Author links to an article by UIC John Marshall Law Dean and AALS President-Elect Darby Dickerson on negotiating a first employment contract with a law school upon a job offer.
Read More about Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Negotiating Your First Employment Contract in Legal Academia by Darby DickersonAALS Faculty Recruitment Conference: Law schools see increase in faculty hiring
LAW.COM — According to the Association of American Law Schools, meaning it’s something of a buyer’s market for would-be profs. 111 law schools have advertised open positions this cycle, the highest number in at least four years. Last year, 90 schools posted available jobs in advance of the hiring conference.
Read More about AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference: Law schools see increase in faculty hiringGeorgia State University Law professor Ted Afield named chair of AALS Section on Teaching Methods
Georgia State University — Ted Afield, associate clinical professor of law and director of the Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at Georgia State University’s College of Law, has been named chair of the Section on Teaching Methods for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), a position in which he will advise AALS…
Read More about Georgia State University Law professor Ted Afield named chair of AALS Section on Teaching MethodsNew AALS Website on Becoming a Law Teacher
(PrawfsBlawg) By Jessica Erickson Professor Erickson (University of Richmond Law), Chair of the AALS Committee on Becoming a Law Teacher, highlights new AALS resources and advice on seeking a career as a law professor.
Read More about New AALS Website on Becoming a Law TeacherAccessLex grant will support AALS research in support of law schools and deans
ACCESSLEX — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has been awarded a grant from AccessLex Institute for up to $375,000 to support research on legal education and professional development for law schools and deans.
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