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 […]

Located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Law School is a private institution that attracts law students and faculty seeking a top-tier academic institution with an excellent quality of life. With a faculty that stands among the top in scholarly impact, a strong career services program with a reputation for nationwide placement, and an intentionally small student body, Vanderbilt Law prepares its students for a lifetime of success.

AALS welcomed more than 100 attendees to the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers from June 5-7 in Washington, DC.

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.

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.