What Lawyers Need to Succeed
In 2014, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers launched Foundations for Practice, an ambitious national project to identify the foundations entry-level lawyers need for practice.
- 37: The number of states that participated in the survey
- 700,000+: The number of lawyers who received the survey
- 24,000+: The number of valid responses from lawyers across the country
We debuted survey results at the 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference.
This conference served as a convening of experts who will identify the highest use of this data and create a roadmap for recommendations and implementation of educational models.
Thursday, October 1
11:00 a.m. Registration Opens
12:00 p.m. Fellows’ Lunch
1:30 p.m. Welcome Remarks
Alli Gerkman, Director, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers
1:45 p.m. Ignite Presentations
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
6:00 p.m. Reception & Dinner / Overview & Update on IAALS
Rebecca Love Kourlis, Executive Director, IAALS, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
Friday, October 2
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Foundations for Practice: Introductory Remarks
Douglas G. Scrivner, Chair, University of Denver Board of Trustees and Retired General Counsel, Accenture
8:45 a.m. Foundations for Practice: What We Learned from the Profession
Alli Gerkman, Director, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers
Corina Gerety, Director of Research, IAALS, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Working Groups: Topic #1 Foundations as Outcomes
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Working Groups: Topic #2 Models of Legal Education
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Panel: “External Influencers” on Legal Education
Paula Littlewood, Executive Director, Washington State Bar Association
Kyle McEntee, Executive Director, Law School Transparency
Greg Murphy, Chair-Elect, ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Moderator: John Garvey, Director, Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program University of New Hampshire School of Law
3:45 p.m. Working Groups: Topic #3 External Influences
5:15 p.m. Reception
Saturday, October 3
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Working Groups: Topic #4 A Template for Moving Forward
9:30 a.m. Colorado’s Plan: A Template for Moving Forward
Loren Brown, President, Colorado Bar Association
James C. Coyle, Attorney Regulation Counsel, Colorado Supreme Court
Justice Richard Gabriel, Colorado Supreme Court
Martin Katz, Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Philip Weiser, Dean, University of Colorado Law School
Moderator: Mark Fogg, Past President, Colorado Bar Association
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Feedback on Data Visualization Tool
11:00 a.m. Working Groups: Topic #5 Next Steps, Challenges, and Opportunities
12:00pm Adjourn
A list of materials provided as suggested reading in advance of the conference:
Ahead of the Curve: Turning Law Students into Lawyers - A Study of the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program at the University of New Hampshire School of Law
Alli Gerkman, Director, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers
Elena Harman, Principal, Vantage Evaluation
New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program: Placing Law School Graduates Ahead of the Curve
Anne F. Zinkin, New Hampshire Supreme Court
John Burwell Garvey, University of New Hampshire School of Law
The Growing Disjunction Between Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Harry T. Edwards, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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We have reserved a block of rooms for the nights of Wednesday, September 30; Thursday, October 1; and Friday, October 2. The room rate is $169.00 per night; this rate is available for reservations made by Wednesday, September 9. Make your reservation here, or call (303) 571-0300/(800) 525-6651 and indicate that you are attending the 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference.
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Questions
For more information or assistance with the logistics of this conference (hotel, travel, special needs, etc.), please contact Amy Downing, IAALS Special Events Coordinator, amy.downing@du.edu or 303-871-6649.
For questions or information about the agenda or program of the conference please contact Caitlin Anderson, Legal Assistant, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, caitlin.anderson@du.edu or 303-871-6624.