Event Title
Opening Panel: Making the Case for the Role of Legal Education in the Legal Profession
Location
FIU College of Law, Grand Courtroom
Start Date
12-4-2018 9:15 AM
End Date
12-4-2018 11:00 AM
Chair and Moderator
Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Description
The heads of legal education’s six key organizations have unique vantage points on the value of legal education and the challenges facing it. The leaders of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), and AccessLex Institute will appear together for a panel discussion of what changes in the profession mean for the future of legal education. What is the value proposition of legal education in the legal profession? What are the core values to which we all ascribe? What are the major challenges facing legal education? How will those challenges be met? What are the roles of legal education’s major organizations in meeting the challenges?
Opening Panel: Making the Case for the Role of Legal Education in the Legal Profession
FIU College of Law, Grand Courtroom
The heads of legal education’s six key organizations have unique vantage points on the value of legal education and the challenges facing it. The leaders of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), and AccessLex Institute will appear together for a panel discussion of what changes in the profession mean for the future of legal education. What is the value proposition of legal education in the legal profession? What are the core values to which we all ascribe? What are the major challenges facing legal education? How will those challenges be met? What are the roles of legal education’s major organizations in meeting the challenges?