Council Meetings

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May 11, 2018
Washington, DC

Open Session Agenda

A. Greetings and Introductions

B. February 2018 Open Session Minutes

C. Report of Standards Review Committee

1. Standards 205, 206, 501,503 
2. Standards 303, 304, 306, 307, and 601
3. Revisions to Rules of Procedure
4. Global Review of the Standards and Transparency
4a.Memo – Global Review of Standards and Transparency
4b. Appendix- Special Committee on Transparency
5. Comments Received and Hearing Transcript
6. Reorganization Rules
7. Reorganization Standards
8. Reorganization Bylaws
9. Reorganization IOP's

E. Annual Questionnaire and Self-Study Forms Review and Approval

1. Overview of 2018 AQ Changes
2. Part I School Information
3. Part II Admissions and Enrollment
4. Part III Non-J.D.
5. Part IV Financial Aid
6. Part V Faculty and Courses
7. Part VI Fiscal
8. Part VII Foreign Study

F. Data Collection and Dissemination Discussion

1. Syllabus Article: Transparency and its Limits
2. Data Collection and Reporting Memo

G. Reports

1. Affiliate Organization Written Reports

a.  Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
b.  Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
c.  Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA)
d.  Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
e.  National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
f.   National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)

2.  Member and Staff Reports
a.  Section Director

H.  Other Information
1. NCBE Testing Task Force Announcement
2. GAO Report on Graduate PLUS Borrowers
3. LSAC Report-Top 240 Feeder Schools for ABA Applicants
4. AccessLex Report on Top Feeder Schools
5. Nominating Committee Announces 2018-2019 Council Slate

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February 9, 2018
San Antonio, TX

Open Session Agenda

A. Call to Order (no written materials)

B. November 2017 Open Session Minutes

C. Standards Review Committee Report
1. SRC Memo re Standard 306
2. SRC Memo re Standard 307
3. SRC Memo re Rule 53
4. Memo re Proposed Change to Rule 53
5. Overview of Revised Self Study
6. 2018-2019 Self Study Questionnaire

D. Reports on Bar Pass and Employment Outcomes Questionnaires (no written materials)

E. Affiliate Organizations Oral Reports (see written reports below)

F1. Standards Review Committee Report on Employment Outcomes Reporting Form
a. SRC Memo re Employment Outcomes Form
b. 2016 Employment Summary Form
c. 2017 Employment Summary Form

F2. Recent Communications on the Employment Outcomes Reporting Form
a. Letter from NALP
b. Letter from Interested Deans/Career Services Professionals
c. Letter from Yale Law Students
d. Letter from Faculty
e. Email from Dean Alan Michaels
f. Letter from the Judiciary
g. Letter from Public Interest Organizations
h. Letter from Dean William Treanor
i. Letter from the Student Bar Association
j. Letter from the Law Student Division Council

G. Restructuring of Council and Work (no written materials)

H. Section Director’s Report

I. Reports

1. Affiliate Organization Written Reports
a. American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
b. Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
c. Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
d. National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
e. National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)

2. Member and Staff Reports 
a. Law Student Division Report
b. Young Lawyer’s Division
c. Board of Governor’s Liaison
d. House of Delegates Representative
e. Managing Director
f.  Chair

J. Information Items
1. Raymond Pierce at Southern Education Foundation
2. AccessLex Gallup Study
3. ACE Outline of PROSPER Act
4. Bar Examiner Training for Tomorrow
5. IHE Article on PROSPER
6. The Changing Lawyer
7. US House of Representatives PROSPER Act Bill Summary

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November 2-4, 2017
Boston, MA

Open Session Agenda

A. Greetings and Introductions (no written materials)

B. August 2017 Open Session Minutes

C. Employment Outcomes Reporting Form
1. Cover Memo with Form

D. ABA Young Lawyers Division Request

E.  Internal Operating Practices 14 & 15

F. Affiliate Organizations Oral Reports (See written reports below)

G. Standards
1. Standards Previously Posted for Notice and Comment 
a. Standards 106, 403 and 503
Comments Received on Proposals out for Notice and Comment
b. Standard 316
i.  Standard 316 Memo to Council
ii. 2017 HOD Report on Std 316
iii. Bar Outcomes Survey
iv. Law Schools Participating in Summer/Fall 2017 Bar Outcomes Survey 
v. Supreme Court Letter re California Bar Exam

2. Memo from SRC on Proposed Changes to the Standards

3. Memo from SRC on Proposed Changes to Rules of Procedure

H. Council Restructuring
1. Restructuring Project Memo
2. Revised Standards for Reorganization
3. Revised Rules of Procedure for Reorganization

I. Section Director's Report

J. Reports
1. Affiliate Written Reports
a. AccessLex
b. American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
c. Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
d. Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
e. National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
f. National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)
g. Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)

K. Information Items
1. Report of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being
2. Civility Matters - ABOTA Foundation
3. ABA - IU McKinney Law Diversity Pipeline Initiative

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August 11, 2017
New York, NY

Open Session Agenda

A. June 2017 Open Session Minutes

B. Standards Review Matters
1. Proposed changes to 106(b)(1)
2. Report on recent public hearings and roundtables
3a. Committee agenda for 2017-2018 year
3b. Comments on agenda for 2017-2018 year

C. Employment outcomes reporting form matter
1. Murphy Memo on Employment Reporting Form
2. Currier Memo: Implementation of Council actions on Employment Questionnaire and reports

3. Comments
a. Norberg (Florida International University)
b. Pietruszkiewicz (Stetson University)
c. Diller (Fordham University)
d. Rodriguez (Northwestern University)
e. Gerken (Yale Law School)
f. University of California Deans
g. Fourteen Deans
h. Guzman (University of Southern California)
i. Peters (University of Akron)
j. Reynolds (Wake Forest University)
k. Amar (University of Illinois)
l. Leiter (University of Chicago)
m. Merritt (Law School Cafe)
n. Gerkman (IAALS ETL)
o. McEntee (Law School Transparency)
p. Organ (University of St. Thomas)
q. Organ Petition Endorsers
r. NALP
s. Miles (University of Chicago)
t. Muller (Pepperdine University)
u. Levi (Duke University)
v. Goluboff (University of Virginia)
w. Newton (Notre Dame)
x. Carpenter (University of New Hampshire)

4. Report Forms
  Employment Questionnaire Data Entry Questions
  Employment Questionnaire Definitions and  Instructions



D. Comments from Director of Law Society of Eng/Wales and Solicitors Regulatory Authority

F. Report on Changes to IOP 4 & 5

G. Update on Bar Pass Outcomes Survey

H. Restructuring Proposal

I. General Business and Reports
1. Section Director's Report

J. Affiliate Written Reports
1. AALL
2. AALS
3. CLEA
4. LSAC
5. NALP
6. NCBE

K. Additional Information
1. California Rules of Court
California News Item on Bar Exam
California Bar Standard Setting Report
California Bar July Agenda Memo

2. Public Service Loan Forgiveness Articles
3. Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law
4. HLC Partners for Transformation Project
5. CHEA Op-Eds on the Future of Accreditation
6. NCBE, UBE Overview

Section Business Meeting Materials
1. Agenda
2. Minutes
3. Report of the Managing Director
4. 2017-2018 Council Slate