Section Publications
Sourcebook
on Legal Writing Programs (2006)
Establishes the parameters and common features that define successful programs for teaching legal writing skills in law school and to help improve the quality of legal writing programs across the country.
Product Code: 529009106ED Order
The bibliography is available for download. bibliography
Adjunct Faculty Handbook
Free Download
This handbook is a resource for schools to use in working with their adjunct faculty.
A
Survey of Law School Curricula
$19. Order from the Section's Office, 312.988.6751.)
This report is a survey of law school curricula at ABA-approved law schools, with special attention to changes, innovations and trends in legal education over a 10-year period.
Official
Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools (2010)
Product Code: 529008510ED (order)
This is
the only official guide to all ABA-approved law schools in the United
States, and it's the only one that contains up-to-date admission criteria
and other essential admission information provided by the schools
themselves.
Bricks, Bytes and Continuous Renovation (2006)
Resource book from the Section's Law School Facilities Conference, held March 23-25, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. $20. Order from the Section's Office, 312.988.6751.
Product Code:529008709ED(order) (free download)
Published annually in conjunction with the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the Guide sets out the rules and practices of all U.S. jurisdictions for admission to the bar by examination and on motion. The Guide also includes a directory of state bar admission agencies.
2009-2010 ABA
Standards for Approval of Law Schools
Product Code: 529008409ED (order)
ABA Standards
for Approval of Law Schools sets forth the standards that a law school
must meet to obtain or retain ABA Approval.
Syllabus
Syllabus is the newsletter of the Section of Legal Education
and Admissions to the Bar. It is published three times a year, in fall, winter, and spring. Syllabus is a free benefit of Section membership.
Consultant's
Annual Report
Product Code: 5290080708(order)
An overview
of the events and activities of the Section
for the previous year (2007-2008).
Legal
Education and Professional Development: An Educational Continuum ("MacCrate
Report")
Product Code: 5290052 (order)
A comprehensive analysis of the role of law schools and the practicing bar in developing lawyering skills and values with recommendations for long-term change.
Selected excerpts from the MacCrate Report
Teaching
and Learning Professionalism
Product
Code: 5290083 (order)
This 1996 report by the Section's Professionalism Committee examines the decline in professionalism and makes a number of recommendations designed to increase the level of professionalism among American law students, practicing lawyers, and judges.
Teaching
and Learning Professionalism Symposium Proceedings
Product Code: 5290086 (order)
This publication reproduces the papers presented at and summarizes the discussion from a national invitational Symposium on Teaching and Learning Professionalism in October 1996. It contains a broad range of ideas and recommendations for enhancing the level of professionalism among American law students and lawyers.
ABA Law School Bar Prep Program Directory
Product Code: 2820001PDF
(order)
The directory was compiled as a result of the Bar Exam Passage Conference held in October 2008. It contains information about bar prep courses at 61 law schools and includes the number of credits offered for the course, if it is required for graduation, and contact information.
