To keep law school faculty and staff up to date with the latest legal education news, we collect articles on new programs, collaborations with other schools, faculty accomplishments, awards, clinical activities, and special events. You can share news and updates with the editors of the weekly digest here. With the launch of our online platform LENS, we will be sharing a weekly roundup of legal education news, highlighting the most important stories.

Location: Tallahassee, FloridaFounded: 1966Joined AALS: 1969Dean: Erin O’Hara O’Connor Founded in 1966, Florida State University College of Law is a nationally recognized public institution approaching 60 years of excellence in legal education. FSU Law combines academic rigor with exceptional value, which is alluring to its 153 first-year JD students. At the heart of FSU Law’s […]

To keep law school faculty and staff up to date with the latest legal education news, we collect articles on new programs, collaborations with other schools, faculty accomplishments, awards, clinical activities, and special events. You can share news and updates with the editors of the weekly digest here. With the launch of our online platform LENS, we will be sharing a weekly roundup of legal education news, highlighting the most important stories.

The Journal of Legal Education is hosting an AALS Annual Meeting session on Wednesday, January 7 (1 pm – 2:15 pm). Editors will provide a brief update on Journal activities followed by a panel of experts selected from a call for papers. Call for Papers – The Access Imperative: A Special Issue of the Journal […]

To keep law school faculty and staff up to date with the latest legal education news, we collect articles on new programs, collaborations with other schools, faculty accomplishments, awards, clinical activities, and special events. You can share news and updates with the editors of the weekly digest here. With the launch of our online platform LENS, we will be sharing a weekly roundup of legal education news, highlighting the most important stories.

By Austen Parrish, AALS President and Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at University of California, Irvine School of Law Dear friends, It’s been quite a year for legal education. New federal student loan legislation will make it more difficult for students from lower-income families to afford law school, international students are finding it increasingly […]

To keep law school faculty and staff up to date with the latest legal education news, we collect articles on new programs, collaborations with other schools, faculty accomplishments, awards, clinical activities, and special events. You can share news and updates with the editors of the weekly digest here. With the launch of our online platform LENS, we will be sharing a weekly roundup of legal education news, highlighting the most important stories.

The Michael A. Olivas and Deborah L. Rhode awards celebrate the legacies of two educators, giants in their respective fields, whose influence persists among the legal academy today. The selection committees for both awards are accepting nominations through October 17 for faculty members whose work embodies these legacies.  Both awards will be presented at the […]

To keep law school faculty and staff up to date with the latest legal education news, we collect articles on new programs, collaborations with other schools, faculty accomplishments, awards, clinical activities, and special events. You can share news and updates with the editors of the weekly digest here. With the launch of our online platform LENS, we will be sharing a weekly roundup of legal education news, highlighting the most important stories.

New York Law School is hosting a symposium on October 8, 2025 where scholars will present their views on some of the most important work that has appeared in the Journal of Legal Education over the preceding decades.