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Foundations For Practice

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To See Clearly: The Mission of Defining Lawyer Competence and Revitalizing the Legal Profession
To See Clearly: The Mission of Defining Lawyer Competence and Revitalizing the Legal Profession
Lawyer development is a single continuum that starts even before the first day of law school, and continues past the point when a lawyer has become an independent, confident, and proficient professional. Until we recognize this fact, we will continue to struggle to develop lawyers properly.
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The IAALS Effect on Hiring at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
The IAALS Effect on Hiring at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
At Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, we’ve been fortunate to have a front-row seat to the outcomes and transformation that IAALS has achieved through Foundations for Practice. We collaborated with IAALS to survey our partners on the characteristics that they viewed as most essential for new associates to be successful at WTO, and the outcomes for retention and diversity have been exciting and encouraging.
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Putting Students at the Center of Modern Legal Education
Putting Students at the Center of Modern Legal Education
As I’ve learned from many years practicing and advocating for innovative design changes in legal education, teaching online does not and should not involve doing what professors have always done—lecturing, leading discussions, and delivering exams—just through internet-enabled platforms. Instead, law professors should implement design principles to their courses for delivery in any modality: classroom, online, or blended.
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Foundations for Practice
Foundations for Practice
Through empirical research, Foundations has compiled the competencies, skills, and characteristics new lawyers need to succeed. Now we are creating different pathways to improve professional development, legal education, and legal hiring, working directly with law firms and law schools to implement best practices.
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IAALS Releases New Tools to Cut through Bias in Legal Hiring and Improve Legal Education Outcomes
IAALS Releases New Tools to Cut through Bias in Legal Hiring and Improve Legal Education Outcomes
IAALS has released two new guides that detail innovative ways for legal educators and legal employers to implement data-driven, outcomes-based standards to train and hire better lawyers. The guides are the first in IAALS' new suite of Foundations tools to create alignment between law schools and legal employers, and to address structural problems within the legal profession.
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The Legal Profession's Leaky Pipeline Is Leaving Black Americans Behind
The Legal Profession's Leaky Pipeline Is Leaving Black Americans Behind
The legal profession is fraught with systemic barriers to entry that form ripple effects on the road to becoming a lawyer. The pathway is much like narrow pipeline—entry is limited and every segment is springing leaks, disproportionately affecting people of color along the way—creating a profession that is among the least diverse in the country.
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IAALS' Zack DeMeola Talks Foundations for Practice and the Future of Law on Law 2030 Podcast
IAALS' Zack DeMeola Talks Foundations for Practice and the Future of Law on Law 2030 Podcast
In February, IAALS Manager Zack DeMeola joined the Law 2030 podcast of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative to talk about learning outcomes in law schools, predictions for the legal profession’s future, and how it all ties together with IAALS’ landmark Foundations for Practice project.
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Law School Clinics Still Serving the Public and Training Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
Law School Clinics Still Serving the Public and Training Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges to lawyers and law students alike. For many students enrolled in live-client clinics, the challenges of meeting their clients' needs in a transitional environment are particularly demanding. Yet these law students in clinical programs have a unique opportunity to rise to the occasion.
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Penn Law's Future of the Profession Initiative Has an Eye Toward Change
Penn Law's Future of the Profession Initiative Has an Eye Toward Change
Last month, the University of Pennsylvania Law School announced the launch of their Future of the Profession Initiative. The initiative aims to “Teach, Lead, and Transform” by looking at ways law schools can “adopt a holistic vision” for the formation of lawyers, both during law school and on through their careers. 
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2019 IAALS Rebuilding Justice Award Honors Hewlett Foundation and Foundations for Practice Partner Schools
2019 IAALS Rebuilding Justice Award Honors Hewlett Foundation and Foundations for Practice Partner Schools
On Thursday, April 25, IAALS will present the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and our four Foundations for Practice partner schools with the 2019 Rebuilding Justice Annual Award at our 12th Annual Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner for their efforts in bringing the Foundations project to life.
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