Syllabus Summer 2016 (47:4)

Legal Education

Nominating Committee Announces 2016-2017 Council Slate

The Nominating Committee, chaired by the Honorable Solomon Oliver Jr., chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, presented the following slate to the Council. The election of Council officers and members will take place at the Section’s annual business meeting.

Legal Education

Proposed Changes to the Bar Pass Standard and to Foreign Site Visit Requirements

The Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has both accreditation functions and “section” functions. Although most of the attention the Council receives relates to its accreditation work, the “section side” has been quite active.

Legal Education

Third Party Comments Invited for Upcoming Site Visits

The law schools listed are scheduled for sabbatical, provisional, or full approval site evaluation visits in Fall 2016. Any additional visits scheduled after this notice will be posted on the Section’s website.

Legal Education

Report on the Status of the Accreditation Project

Barry Currier, Managing Director

This is a report to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar members on the status of the Council’s authority as the agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to accredit law school J.D. programs.

Legal Education

Section Programming Update

Erin Ruehrwein, Section Director

The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is committed to delivering programming that provides valuable and relevant content to its members and the legal education community. The Section presented its first substantive webinar on experiential learning in May, and delivered two of its much anticipated conferences, the Law School Development and Associate Deans Conferences, last month.

Legal Education

2016 ABA Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting details

Legal Education

Pauline Schneider is 2016 Kutak Award Recipient

Pauline Schneider, who served as the Section Council’s Chair from 2003 to 2004, is the 2016 recipient of the Robert J. Kutak Award. Ms. Schneider has been involved in numerous bar and law-related activities and organizations

Legal Education

New Deans

New Deans for Summer Quarter 2016