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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS board member Judge Kevin Burke of Hennepin County District Court is interviewed in this article about judicial election reform action in Minnesota. Click here to read the article. Wed, 09/14/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS board member Karen J. Mathis was among five women to receive the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. The Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, established in 1991, honors outstanding women lawyers who …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director John Moye was recently named Chair of the Alumni Visiting Committee for his alma mater, Cornell Law School. Click here to read the article. Wed, 09/14/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Chairman Emeritus of Duane Morris recently asked how, if tables were turned, students might grade their law schools. He ends with five suggestions for schools to improve, including a two-year plan, a three-year plan …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This opinion piece by ALM's editor-in-chief argues that change in legal education won't be driven by universities, professors, students or employers, but rather by the client community and the organized bar …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Some law schools, including City University of New York (CUNY) , are offering "solo incubators" to support recent graduates who are launching solo practices. CUNY's program offers office space and access to experienced …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Professor David Thomson, whose Course Portfolio for a discovery class is available here , wrote a guest post for CBA-CLE Legal Connection, discussing the Carnegie Report, his own experience as a young lawyer, and why he …

Robert J. Rhee Recently, Brad Borden and I wrote a paper titled “The Law School Firm” (forthcoming South Carolina Law Review). The article idea is simple: Law schools should own and operate affiliated law firms where graduating students go to get trained …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis responds to questions from the ABA Journal about Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers: "Traditional law classes featuring a professor at a podium directing questions at students may …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The New York Times laments the growing justice gap and looks to bridge it through increased funding for the Legal Services Corporation, required pro bono, and reformed legal education that allows students to gain …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which gave rise to Educating Lawyers and its findings and recommendations for legal education reform, recognized the launch of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers. Click …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Colorado Public Radio's Ryan Warner watches a clip from The Paper Chase with Dean Martin Katz, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and takes a look at the changing landscape of legal education. Dean Katz …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver today launches a unique, national initiative to change the way law schools educate students. “Educating Tomorrow’s …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Denver Post covered the launch of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers , highlighting the innovative approach taken by University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Sturm College of Law is one of our Consortium schools and its …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The National Law Journal previewed Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, which is set to officially launch on August 22, 2011: "A consortium of reformers hopes to turn the tide with a $250,000 initiative aimed at helping law …

Bill Sullivan Senior Scholar, Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College Law school once set the pattern for modern professional education. In his study of Christopher Columbus Langdell, originator of the case method of teaching law, historian …

Bill Sullivan Senior Scholar, Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College The legal academy is giving increased attention to the question of the education needed to appropriately equip today’s students to serve the needs of clients, employers, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article, which we discovered here , looks at the opportunities in teaching a real estate class "from the dirt" and discusses a class in which students interact with a parcel of land from the perspective of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director "Delegates approved a series of resolutions pertaining to the financing and curriculum of legal education, although the ABA's legislative body lacks the power to compel law schools to make changes or control over how …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director "The ABA House of Delegates voted Tuesday to adopt a resolution to urge law schools to more adequately prepare law students for the real-life experience of practicing law and bolster CLE training to better bridge the …