Spotlight Story

July26

Congratulations! You've found the very first Spotlight story on this new website sponsored by ALI-ABA and ACLEA (the Association of Continuing Legal Education)!

The site is one of the action platforms growing out of the 2009 Summit Conference on Equipping Our Lawyers and seeking implementation of the Recommendations of the Conference.

Covering recommendations for law school education, bar admissions, transition education, in-practice CLE and mandatory CLE programs and even in-house training for lawyers, the Recommendations cover the whole continuum. And so will this website and its companion enewsletter.

Key features of the site are...

Spotlight This feature article will cover key developments related to lawyers' education with a new Spotlight posted every 10-14 days and previous Spotlights kept in the site's archives. Note that registered readers will be invited to post comments on all Spotlight and News stories, and their comments will also be archived.
Latest News This website section - below - will offer shorter news items on the Recommendations and legal education developments related to them. We invite your comments for News items as well.
Take Action This section, below, gives you an evolving list of ways YOU can actively support implementation of the Recommendations. We hope you'll join in!
Organizational Links & Resources This section gives you direct access to a world of websites sites, blogs, reports and other items for quick research on what's happening and what leaders are thinking related to all aspects of legal education today. It is an evolving list, and we invite your suggestions for additional resources to list.
Discuss Want to join in a current discussion on an aspect of legal education that particularly interests you? Discuss is your ticket! See the section on the upper right side of this page. Join in a discussion - after you register - or start your own discussion. You're sure to find others with similar interests.
Summit Recommendations Of course the 16 Recommendations themselves are right at hand in the section below along with the Reporter's comments for quick reference.
Upcoming Spotlights Upcoming Spotlights will feature an update on the Georgia Transition to Practice mentoring program by director Doug Ashworth, the St. Thomas Law School Mentor Externship program by its director Dave Bateson, and much more.

Latest News

ABA Legal Education Section Continues Working on Updated Law School Approval Criteria

This special committee of the ABA Section met most recently July 23-24 in New York City to further develop its new draft approval criteria. Read More...

New Jersey Launches Mandatory CLE Amid Distance Learning Issues

New Jersey's new mandatory CLE rule goes into effect with a unique limit on accreditation of distance learning programs. Read More...

New York Law School and Harvard Law School Host Year-Long Contest of Ideas About Legal Education.

According to Summit participant Sari Fried-Fiori, the goal is to come up with operational alternatives to the traditional law school business model and to identify concrete steps for the implementation of new designs. Read More...

New York State Bar Association Task Force to Examine Legal Profession, Recommend Changes to Improve Legal Education and the Practice of Law.

Incoming New York State Bar President Stephen P. Younger has appointed a 30-member task force consisting of law firm partners, law school professors, and in-house attorneys, to weigh changes in the profession brought on by the society and culture, recession and advances in technology. Read More...