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2015 AALS News 1 (2015)

handle is hein.aals/aalsnews2015 and id is 1 raw text is: aals Presidential Address Benefits from Challenge: The Continual Evolution of American Legal Education, at the Second Meeting of the AALS House of Representatives, 2015 Annual Meeting Blake D. Morant, AALS President January 4, 2015 C olleagues and friends, it is with humility and honor that I accept the presidency of the Association of American Law Schools for 2015. I commence my address with a salute to Dean Dan Rodriguez for his magnificent work as president this past year. His outstanding leadership has raised the profile of legal education during one of the most challenging chapters in our history. I indeed have very large shoes to fill. I also salute Executive Director Judith Areen, AALS's stellar roster of past presidents, and the extraordinarily dedicated colleagues on the Executive Committee for their energy and leadership. Collectively you have contributed mightily to the association and I consider it a privilege to work with you to continue the progress made in the last year. I would be remiss not to express my gratitude to my colleagues at the George continued on page 2 Highlights from the 2015 Annual Meeting M ore than 2,500 law school faculty, deans, and staff attended the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) from January 2-5, 2015. Programs focused on fresh perspectives and new ideas on the state of American legal education in keeping with the meeting's theme of Legal Education at the Crossroads.' Attendees had their choice of more than 300 sessions. The 2015 AALS Annual Meeting was a great success thanks to the hard work and thoughtful planning of our many volunteers in the legal academy,' said Judith Areen, Executive Director of AALS. We look forward to building on the success of this meeting to provide additional professional development opportunities for the 2016 meeting in New York City. The President's Program, Implementing Innovation in Law Schools' considered ways to spur new ideas at law schools and effectively implement needed changes. The Section on Law School Administration continued on page 12 inside 3 Presidential Report on 2014: Observations from the Trenches 6 Dean Robert Post addresses 2015 AALS Annual Meeting Luncheon 15 New Program Committee for 2016 Annual Meeting 19 2015 Conference on Clinical Legal Education and other events

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