Best Practices for Legal Education

June 7 – 9, 2009 - 3rd Annual Indian Law Clinics and Externship Programs:  Symposium and Workshop
Sponsored by UNM School of Law and University of Denver College of Law, the goal of this gathering is to allow Indian Law Clinics, and other clinicians working with minority populations to work in solidarity on Poverty Law and community lawyering issues, to discuss our shared mission and differing perspectives, and to support new ideas.     
Where:  Isleta Casino & Resort, Pueblo of Isleta (South of Albuquerque, NM)
Contacts:  Professor Chrsitine Zuni Cruz, UNM School of Law – zunich@law.unm.edu ; Professor Aliza Organick, Washburn University School of Law – aliza.organick@washburn.edu ; Professor Barbara Creel, UNM School of Law – creel@law.unm.edu .

June 23-24, 2009 – “Implementing Best Practices and Educating Lawyers: Teaching Skills and Professionalism Across the Curriculum”
Sponsored by the Institute of Law Teaching and Education of Gonzaga University School of Law. This conference will explore techniques for teaching skills and professionalism across the law school curriculum. Building on the energy generated by the publications of Carnegie’s Educating Lawyers and CLEA’s Best Practices for Legal Education, the Institute’s summer conference will provide a forum for dedicated teachers to share with colleagues innovative ideas and effective methods for modern legal education.

September 11-13, 2009 – “Assessment Demystified, Demonstrated, and Deployed:  Driving Curriculum Reform at your Law School”
The University of Denver, Sturm College of Law requests proposals to participate in a working conference on assessment in legal education.  This conference is intended to respond to the calls for better methods of assessment made in the Carnegie Report, and BEST PRACTICES.
For more information, and proposal requests, click here !