I pass along the following announcement:
For more than 75 years, the Journal of Legal Education (JLE) has played an essential role in chronicling the development of legal education in the United States. New York Law School (NYLS) is hosting a symposium on October 8, 2025 where scholars will present their views on some of the most important work that has appeared in the journal over the preceding decades. A series of panel discussions will address a wide range of articles from the JLE’s archives, and in some instances, the original authors will join in. The symposium complements the 2026 Annual Meeting, which will examine and reflect on the many contributions of legal education to our society and American life.
Panels will be accessible both in person and online via Zoom. Papers written for the symposium will be published in a forthcoming issue of the JLE, which is co-hosted by University of California, Irvine School of Law and NYLS. JLE editors also plan to make recordings of each discussion available through the AALS website. Presenters will reflect on articles on topics including: mental health challenges in law schools; pedagogical reform; the impact of the financial crisis on legal education, and; accommodations for students with disabilities. Register here to attend the symposium online or in person. The symposium agenda can be found here with additional information available on this flyer.
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The Journal of Legal Education made an additional and much appreciated announcement: "Along with honoring the history of the JLE with this symposium, the journal’s website is in the process of adding its entire back catalog online with 47 volumes available as of October 1, 2025. All volumes of the journal are expected to be added by the end of 2025." The Journal is especially proud top be able to bring to wider audiences the prior publications of famous and influential people. I appreciate as well the insights, sometimes profound, from the other members of the Academy who, though they might not be famous, contributed some extraordinary essays in the 47 years of the JLE's existence.
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the Association of American Law Schools, the Journal of Legal Education (JLE) website archive is being expanded to include the full catalog of past volumes. Established in 1948, the JLE is a quarterly publication that addresses central issues facing legal education and the profession, including teaching methods and scholarship; directions, movements, and reform in legal education; and the connections among legal education, licensure, and legal practice.
Volumes 1-33 of the JLE, originally published between 1948 and 1984, are now available online. Previously, these past issues were only available online via JSTOR and HeinOnline. The archive picks up again with volumes 59-73, which have been shared at their time of publishing since 2009. The remainder of the historical issues are scheduled to be added to the JLE website by the end of the year.
With the inclusion of previous volumes, readers can observe the progression of scholarship in legal education and examine the work of notable figures in the profession. The Journal features contributions from former US Supreme Court Justices, notable legal professors, and influential 20th century legal scholars.
Readers will have access to work from:
Hugo Lafayette Black (former US Supreme Court Justice):
Kenneth Culp Davis (former professor at the University of Chicago Law School, revered as the “father of administrative law”):
- “Behavioral Science and Administrative Law”
- “Discretionary Justice”
- “The Text-Problem Form of the Case Method as a Means of Mind Training for Advanced Law Students”
William O. Douglas (former US Supreme Court Justice):
Herma Hill Kay (past AALS President and former dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law):
- “Book Review of Conflicts of Laws: Cases – Comments – Questions”
- “Book Review of the Law of Multistate Problems: Cases and Materials on the Conflict of Laws”
Karl N. Llewellyn (past AALS President and former professor at Columbia Law School):
William L. Prosser (past AALS President and former dean and professor at University of California, Berkeley School of Law):
- “Advice to the Lovelorn”
- “A Questionnaire for Questioners”
- “English as She Is Wrote”
- “Needlemann on Mortgages”
- “Lighthouse No Good”
- “On Political Questions”
- “The Decline and Fall of Institut”
- “The Ten Year Curriculum”
To commemorate more than 75 years of the JLE, New York Law School will host a symposium on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Top scholars of today will present their views on some of the most influential works that have appeared in the publication over the decades. The panel will be accessible in-person and online, and the discussants’ papers will be published in a forthcoming JLE issue. The Journal is currently co-hosted by the University of California, Irvine School of Law and New York Law School.
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