NEWS
New York State Bar and the Uniform Bar Exam
CLEA Co-President Mary Lynch testified before the New York Court of Appeals Advisory Committee on the Uniform Bar Examination on Tuesday February 3, 2015. The New York Law Journal noted Lynch’s comments here.
CLEA's Letter to the Council regarding the Proposed Revision of Standard 305(e)(6) to Permit Externships for Part-Time Students After the First Year
Clinical Legal Education Association submitted a memorandum on November 3, 2014, in response to the Council's invitation to suggest revisions to the new Standards.
Fifth Biennial Conference on Applied Legal Storytelling, July 21-23, 2015, at the Seattle University School of Law
Co-sponsored by the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) and CLEA. This is the 5th Applied Legal Storytelling Conference that CLEA has co-sponsored with LWI and the event represents an important collaboration between the clinic community and the legal writing community.
CLEA's Report to ABA Council (Dec. '14)
The Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) is pleased to submit this report of its activities since it last reported to the Council in August 2014.
CLEA’s Comment on the Phase II Implementing Recommendations of the California Task Force on Admissions Regulation
CLEA’s Comment on the Phase II Implementing Recommendations of the California Task Force on Admissions Regulation can be read here.
Recent Advocacy
We invite you to read CLEA's latest responses to proposals for new standards by the Council for the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.
ABA Section on Legal Education session on 1/4/14
We want to encourage you to come to an ABA Section on Legal Education session on proposed changes to law school accreditation standards that will be held at the AALS meeting in NYC on Saturday, 1/4/14 from 4pm-5:45pm at the Sutton Center, second floor, NY Hilton Midtown.
CLEA 2013 Board Elections
The CLEA Elections Committee (Binny Miller, Alex Scherr, Kele Stewart, Evelyn Cruz, Laura McNally, Sameer Ashar, and Maritza Karmely) is soliciting nominations through October 1, 2013of individuals to serve on the CLEA Board starting in January 2014.
Claudia Angelos (for CLEA) and Carol Chomsky (for SALT) Report on ABA Standards Review Committee Meeting
CLEA's Claudia Angelos and Carol Chomsky from SALT prepared the attached report on last weekend's Standards Review Committee meeting