Legal Education's 'Learned Society': Diversity, the Black Experience, and the Association of American Law Schools

Jensen, Erik

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Legal Education's 'Learned Society': Diversity, the Black Experience, and the Association of American Law Schools

Erik M. Jensen

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Academic Questions, Spring 2001

Abstract:
This essay discusses the politicization of the Association of American Law Schools as evidenced by two events: the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Association and a fracas that occurred during the author's tenure as an editor of the Journal of Legal Education, published by AALS.

A modified version of this essay appeared in Academic Questions, Spring 2001, at 46, now published by Springer.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 26

Keywords: Association of American Law Schools, 2000 Annual Meeting of the AALS, Journal of Legal Education

JEL Classification: K49

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Date posted: March 21, 2009

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Jensen, Erik M., Legal Education's 'Learned Society': Diversity, the Black Experience, and the Association of American Law Schools. Academic Questions, Spring 2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1365981

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