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*An asterisk indicates direct connection to or authorship by individuals at law schools listed inThe E-Guide. About Law Schools 2006-07 NALP Directory of Law Schools Although this directory is targeted at legal employer recruitment professionals, it also features information about American Bar Association-approved law school’s enrollment demographics, courses of study, special programs, honors, grading systems and more. Clinical Law Review Jointly sponsored by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), the Clinical Legal Education Association and the New York University School of Law, the Clinical Law Review is a semi-annual peer-edited journal devoted to issues of lawyering theory and clinical legal education. It can be found in most law libraries. The subscription rate is $20 per volume; $14 per issue for U.S. subscribers. Submissions of manuscripts and all other communications should be director to: Clinical Law Review, New York University School of Law, 245 Sullivan Street, Office 626 New York, NY 10012-1301. Phone: (212) 998-6434, Fax: (212) 995-4031, E-mail: randy.hertz@nyu.edu *Journal of Legal Education The Journal of Legal Education is a quarterly publication that addresses numerous issues confronting legal educators, including curriculum development and legal scholarship. It also serves as an outlet for emerging areas of scholarship and teaching. The subscription rate is $38 per volume for U.S. subscribers and $42 for foreign subscribers. Single issues are $15 per copy, except for double issues which are $17.50. For subscription inquires, editorial communications, back issues or requests for permission, contact: Journal of Legal Education, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001-2075, E-mail: journal.legaled@law.georgetown.edu Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools The Law School Admissions Council and the American Bar Association (ABA) together produce the Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, making it easy to search for law schools based on criteria such as employment rates after graduation, bar passage rate, size of faculty, student body breakdown, admissions statistics, etc. Also available in this publication are narrative descriptions and admissions profiles for all ABA-approved law schools and short narrative essays on a range of topics including "Getting In (How and what you need to get into law school)"; "Financing a Legal Education (Financial Aid for Law School: A Preliminary Guide);" and "Steps in the Admission Process." A hardcopy version of this publication can be purchased at: nalp.org/gocart/pdetail.php?id=15 Law Schools and Public ServiceA Handbook on Law School Pro Bono Programs This handbook is the product of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Pro Bono Project, which helps law schools improve and expand pro bono opportunities in law schools. The handbook documents law school pro bono programs (at the time of the publication) and provides the “nuts and bolts” of operating different pro bono program models. ABA Directory of Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs The ABA Directory of Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs is intended to help individual law schools meet the expectations of the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools and develop strong pro bono and public interest programs. It is also designed to assist prospective law students who are looking for public interest and pro bono programs, find the law school that is the best fit for them. Learning to Serve The Association of American Law Schools created the Commission on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities, which prepared the Learning to Serve report addressing the role of pro bono and public service in legal education. The commission's central factual findings indicate that most students do not participate in law related pro bono projects. These findings led to the commission’s central conclusion that law schools "should do more." *Pursuing Equal Justice: Law Schools and the Provision of Legal Services, March 2002 Under the leadership of American University Professor and then Association of American Law Schools President Elliott Milstein, the AALS Equal Justice Project prepared this report on the roles that legal education can play in addressing the lack of legal resources for people and communities faced with immediate legal issues. Storming the Court Simon & Schuster, the book’s publisher, summarizes the book this way: “A tale more riveting than fiction, Storming the Court is the true story of idealistic law students who challenged the United States government in a battle for freedom and human rights that went all the way to the Supreme Court – and resonates today more than ever.” *Wildman,
Stephanie M. "Instilling purpose:
courses in justice need to be
a part of every law student's
legal education", 114
The Los Angeles Daily Journal
18 (Feb. 5, 2001) Op-ed on the need to expose all students to social justice issues. *Wildman,
Stephanie M. Democracy and Social
Justice: Founding Centers for
Social Justice in Law Schools,
Journal
of Legal Education, Vol.
55, p. 252, 2005 Santa Clara University Professor Wildman issues this challenge in her article: “Legal educators must begin to think about how to institutionalize consciousness about social justice as part of the canon of legal education and to promote the idea that a professional is one dedicated to public service and the provision of justice. The creation of centers and institutes in social justice law can help accomplish this goal.” Pro Bono and Access to Justice*Mahoney, Calmore and
Wildman Cases and Materials
on Social Justice: Professionals,
Communities and Law. Thomson/West
(2003) University of Miami’s Martha Mahoney, University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill’s John O. Calmore and Santa Clara University’s Stephanie Wildman teamed up to co-author this textbook. The publisher’s description says: “This Cases & Materials on Social Justice: Professionals, Communities & Law casebook provides materials enabling the study of law and lawyering for social justice. It will help students gain a richer view of the profession than they gain in most law school courses and stimulate them to think broadly about the role of lawyers in working with contemporary movements for social change. It also reviews the strategies and activities of social justice lawyers in collaboration with community activists. These issues are explored systematically, allowing emphasis on different themes and substantive areas depending on the interests and focus of a particular course.” *Public Interest Law Reporter The Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Public Interest Law Reporter is an innovative legal publication in news magazine format, directed to students, educators and practitioners. The magazine is edited and produced by Loyola University students and is housed within the university’s Center for Public Service Law. Founded in 1995, PILR offers feature articles and news of legal developments in the areas of human rights, economic justice, criminal justice, the environment and governance. In addition to an editorial staff selected through a write-on process, student volunteers help with research, writing, graphics, production and business management. Rhode,
Access to Justice (Oxford
University Press, 2004) Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode chronicles the wide gap between America’s aspirations to provide justice for all and the realities of our justice system. Rhode,
Pro Bono in Principle and
in Practice (Stanford University
Press, 2005) According to the publisher, Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode explores in her book: “…the aspirational principles and actual practices concerning lawyers’ pro bono service. It begins from the premise that both the profession and the public have much to gain from reducing the gap between ideals and institutions. To that end, the book provides the first broad-scale study of the factors that influence American lawyers’ pro bono work, including an original empirical survey of over 3,000 lawyers. Attention is focused on the workplace factors and law school experiences that encourage charitable public interest activities. The book also includes the first comparative study of public service by looking at volunteer work by other professionals and by lawyers in other countries.” *So Goes a Nation: Lawyers & Communities Produced by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Fordham University School of Law, this 30-minute video and “mini-textbook” explore three approaches to community lawyering. So Goes a Nation illustrates the fact that a wide range of legal skills beyond traditional “public interest” skills can be used to benefit low-income communities and clients. On Rankings and Law SchoolsDeans Speak Out Letter In a letter addressed to all applicants, the majority of law school deans critique rankings and urge future law students to consider a range of factors ignored by these commercial publications. *Indiana
University School of Law 2005
Symposium, The Next Generation
of Law School Rankings,
Indiana Law Journal,
Vol. 81, 2006 In April 2005, Indiana University School of Law produced a symposium called “The Next Generation of Law School Rankings,” assembling an impressive collection of scholars to deepen our understanding of rankings and their effects on legal education. The papers will be published in Volume 81 of the Indiana Law Journal. At papers.ssrn.com you can download the papers presented at the symposium. Sauder,
Michael and Espeland, Wendy,
"Strength in Numbers? The Advantages
of Multiple Rankings.” Indiana
Law Journal, Vol. 81, 2006. Available at SSRN:
The abstract says: "In this article we have suggested that the existence of a single dominant ranker of law schools exacerbates some of the problems created by the rankings and that the development of competing rankings could alleviate these problems." The Validity of the U.S. News and World Report Ranking of ABA Law Schools The Association of American Law Schools commissioned these social scientists to analyze the rankings methodology used by U.S. News and World Report. Financing Law SchoolFinancial Aid for Law School: A Preliminary Guide This Law School Admission Council Guide gives an excellent overview of the application process, the different financial aid options, how to apply for federal loans and repayment strategies. Lifting the Burden: Law Student Debt as a Barrier to Public Service, the Final Report of the ABA Commission on Loan Repayment and Forgiveness The American Bar Association's Commission on Loan Repayment and Forgiveness produced this comprehensive report, which provides important information about the realities of educational loan debt and the implications it has for lawyers' professional career choices. The Job HuntDoing Well at Doing Good - Your Guide to a Successful Internship Experience Doing Well at Doing Guide targets students pursuing a public or private sector career. This PSLawnet guide describes the “how-to” of securing an internship and outlines the benefits for all students. *Finding and Funding International Public Service Opportunities Thanks to the Career Development Offices at the College of William and Mary, University of Georgia and University of Arizona, this helpful brochure is available at the PSLawnet website. Filled with tips for job hunting, preparing specialized résumés and how to find opportunities, this brochure provides a useful overview for international public service job seekers. Firm Sponsored Split Public Interest Summers This brochure prepared by the Career Development Office at Yale Law School and generously made available on the PSLawnet website, compiles an annotated list of law firms that have instituted programs enabling law students to work part of the summer with the firm and part of the summer with a public interest organization, with the firm paying the students’ salaries for the entire summer. These generous plans allow law students to explore two types of legal practice and demonstrate the firms’ strong commitment to pro bono work. *The Great Firm Escape Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising prepared this book for law firm lawyers who, after three months or 30 years, yearn to infuse their professional lives with more meaning. Both practical and inspirational, it focuses on helping attorneys leave private practice to pursue challenging, personally rewarding careers in government and public interest law. Public Sector and Public Interest Attorney Salary Report — 2004 This first ever public sector salary report provides information on salaries by years of experience for attorneys at 5 types of organizations: civil legal services organizations, public defenders' offices, local prosecuting attorneys' offices, offices of attorneys general and other public interest organizations. Public Service Careers Courtesy of the Career Development Office at Yale Law School, the introduction explains that “this guide is intended for all students: those who know they want to pursue public service as a career, those for whom public service is one of multiple career options and those who are attempting to integrate public service into their work in the private sector.” *Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide Vol. I (USA) 15th ed. Thanks to Harvard Law School for making their valuable publication available to the public, the Job Search Guide is a comprehensive resource for both law schools and colleges in the public service advising field. The book provides first-rate guidance and detailed current job information for law school students, practitioners and undergraduates interested in pursuing public interest or government work. *Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide Vol. II (International) 5th ed. Harvard Law School’s international public interest law guide is available for purchase. It includes details about how to look for jobs and to work in different areas of public international law. The book includes an extensive listing of over 400 potential employers; fellowship, summer funding and bibliography information; and information on international work on Capitol Hill, international litigation, development work and opportunities for international positions in state or local government. *Specialty Guides Although formerly only available to Harvard Law School students, the Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising developed materials to help educate and advise law school students on specialized areas of public interest practice are shared with anyone interested. Topics include: Careers in Foundations for Lawyers; Careers in Health Law; Children's Rights Guide; Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Guide; Guide to Conservative Public Interest Law; How to Make the Most of Your Summer Job; LGBT Rights Law: A Career Guide; Legal Services Guide; Outstanding Lawyers in Action: A Day in the Life of Wasserstein Fellows; Private Public Interest Law Firms; Pro Bono Guide; Public Defender Programs; Sizing up the Prosecution; The Fast Track to a United States Attorney's Office; Trail Guide to Environmental Legal Careers; Women's Rights Guide. A World of Opportunities - How to Find the Right International Public Interest Internship for You and How to Make the Most of Your Experience This brochure describes the “how’to” of securing an internship and offers helpful advice on maximizing the benefits of the experience. |
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