The Fowler School of Law at Chapman University is a private law school preparing its 141 first-year JD students to meet the challenges of tomorrow while honoring traditions of professionalism, service, and connection to community for which the school is known. The Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law’s academic programs offer the best of both worlds: foundational, accredited legal instruction, coupled with a wide selection of certificate programs and joint degrees. Fowler School of Law's highly experienced professors provide supportive and personalized education in classes with consistently small faculty/student ratios.

AALS sections provide opportunities for law school faculty and staff to connect on issues of shared interest. Each section is focused on a different academic discipline, affinity group, or administrative area. For a full list of sections and information on how to join, please visit www.aals.org/sections.   As part of the ongoing “Spotlight on Sections” series, […]

AALS sections provide opportunities for law school faculty and staff to connect on issues of shared interest. Each section is focused on a different academic discipline, affinity group, or administrative area. For a full list of sections and information on how to join, please visit www.aals.org/sections.   As part of the ongoing “Spotlight on Sections” series, […]

In honor of the 125th anniversary of the Association of American Law Schools, the Journal of Legal Education (JLE) website archive is being expanded to include the full catalog of past volumes. Established in 1948, the JLE is a quarterly publication that addresses central issues facing legal education and the profession, including teaching methods and […]

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 Fowler School of Law at Chapman University is a private law school preparing its 141 first-year JD students to meet the challenges of tomorrow while honoring traditions of professionalism, service, and connection to community for which the school is known. The Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law’s academic programs offer the best of both worlds: foundational, accredited legal instruction, coupled with a wide selection of certificate programs and joint degrees. Fowler School of Law's highly experienced professors provide supportive and personalized education in classes with consistently small faculty/student ratios.

By Austen Parrish, AALS President and Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at University of California, Irvine School of Law What a year.  As we approach the 125th anniversary of the Association, and look back on our history, it’s unlikely that the  founding members of AALS, who met on August 28, 1900 in Saratoga Springs, […]

By Kellye Testy, AALS Executive Director and CEO Calls for new law graduates to be more “practice-ready” have resurfaced with urgency, most recently through the Conference of Chief Justices’ (CCJ) creation of the Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform (CLEAR) in 2023. CLEAR is charged with evaluating how well law schools prepare students for […]

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.

Michael Hunter Schwartz (Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law) has been a presenter at the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers for over ten years. A nationally respected educator and co-author of What the Best Law Teachers Do (2013), Professor Schwartz provides valuable guidance and advice to new law […]