Villanova Law professor discusses AALS video series on best practices in law school teaching

August 15, 2016

SCHOLASTICA – Seeing a need among the law professor community, the Association of American Law Schools and LegalED decided to partner to create a video series on law school teaching best practices.

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Devon Carbado, UCLA Law professor and AALS Executive Committee member, named associate vice chancellor of BruinX

August 8, 2016

DAILY BRUIN – Devon Carbado will lead the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’s BruinX team, according to an announcement from Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang.

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AALS Executive Director Judith Areen discusses the rise of accelerated bachelor’s/JD combination programs

August 3, 2016

CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS – Judith Areen, executive director of the Association of American Law Schools in D.C., said there’s been a lot of thought given to the rising cost of college and graduate school.

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Podcast: Former AALS President and Stanford Law professor Deborah Rhode discusses the need for innovation in legal education

July 25, 2016

ABA JOURNAL – “Stanford Law School professor Deborah Rhode is the enemy of complacency. This Legal Rebels Trailblazer is one of the most cited scholars in legal ethics, though she wears many more hats.”

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Minnesota Law School professor wins 2016 Emerging Clinician Award from AALS Section

June 13, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL – Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Clinical Legal Education has selected Professor Perry Moriearty as the recipient of its 2016 Shanara Gilbert Award.

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New Mexico Law professor appointed Chair of AALS Clinical Conference Planning Committee

April 25, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Carol Suzuki has been appointed the Chair of the Planning Committee for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2017 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, which will be held in Denver, CO.

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Mississippi College Law Dean Wendy B. Scott to serve on the AALS Planning Committee for 2017

March 28, 2016

CLARION LEDGER – Wendy B. Scott, dean, has been invited by president of the Association of American Law Schools to serve on the five-member Planning Committee for the 2017 day-long program for deans at the 2017 annual meeting in San Francisco.

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UC Berkeley Law honors Herma Hill Kay’s AALS lifetime service award

March 7, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – Herma Hill Kay, former dean of Berkeley Law and professor for more than 50 years, has received the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2015 Triennial Award for Lifetime Service to Legal Education and the Law.

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Podcast: Event communications at the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting

February 16, 2016

FIR PODCAST NETWORK – James Greif, Director of Communications at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS), discusses the AALS communication efforts during the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting.

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Former AALS President and Houston Law professor Michael Olivas tapped as Interim President of University of Houston

February 8, 2016

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE – Michael Olivas, a UH law professor who also heads the school’s Institute of Higher Education Law and Governance, will temporarily take the top spot at the downtown campus, the university announced.

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