Former AALS President and Houston Law professor Michael Olivas tapped as Interim President of University of Houston
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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TOURO UNIVERSITY – Several Touro Law faculty members have been named to key leadership roles in the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), a nonprofit whose mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.
Read More about Touro Law faculty members named to leadership roles in AALSLewis & Clark Law professor receives award from the AALS Section on Animal Law
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL – The Animal Law Section of the AALS awarded Pamela D. Frasch, Assistant Dean, Animal Law Program and Executive Director, Center for Animal Law Studies in collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund at Lewis & Clark Law School, the inaugural AALS Animal Law Section Award for Excellence in Animal…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor receives award from the AALS Section on Animal Law2015 AALS President Blake D. Morant leads panel discussion on the changing landscape of legal education during AALS annual meeting
BLOOMBERG BNA – At a panel titled “Preparing Professionals: Higher Education’s Responses to the Demands of a Global Marketplace,” panelists, most of whom had discussed the future of the law school model, the need — and best ways — to innovate, and whether schools should be business-oriented in the first place.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – “[A]t the American Association of Law Schools’ annual meeting in New York, the AALS’s Section for the Law School Dean hosted a panel on law school rankings.”
Read More about Law school ranking system challenged at AALS Annual MeetingJustice Breyer addresses law faculty during AALS Annual Meeting
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Speaking to a crowd of law professors at a conference in Manhattan of the Association of American Law Schools, Justice Breyer said he believes the purpose and consequence of a decision are just as valid as considering the history, tradition and precedent underlying a case.
Read More about Justice Breyer addresses law faculty during AALS Annual MeetingWilliam & Mary Law Professor Paul Marcus to serve as President-Elect of AALS
UNIVERSITY OF WILLIAM & MARY – William & Mary Law School Professor Paul Marcus was selected as president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) on Jan. 9 during the association’s annual meeting in New York.
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UW TODAY – Kellye Y. Testy, dean of the University of Washington’s law school, will give her inaugural address as president of the Association of American Law Schools tomorrow night in Washington, D.C.
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ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL – University of California-Irvine School of Law was admitted to the American Association of Law Schools. Membership in the 116-year-old group requires screening and a vote by the association.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Minority Groups has announced Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Sahar Aziz as the 2016 recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Award.
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