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Symposia

Journal of Legal Education Symposium: Impact, Excellence, Resilience: Contemporary Views on Pioneering Legal Education Scholarship

For over 75 years, the Journal of Legal Education has played a pivotal role in documenting the evolution of legal education in the United States. On October 8, 2025, the Journal presented a symposium where scholars presented their views on some of the most critical work that has appeared in the Journal over the preceding decades. New York Law School hosted the event.

A series of panel discussions addressed a wide range of articles from the Journal’s archives, and in some instances, the authors of the articles being discussed joined 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 were held in-person and online, and the discussants’ papers, written for the symposium, will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal, which is co-hosted by the University of California, Irvine School of Law and New York Law School. Recordings of the panels are available below.

Symposia Details

  • Opening Remarks and Session 1
    Opening Remarks by Anthony Crowell, President and Dean, New York Law School
    "After the End of History in Legal Education"
    Abi Hassen and Lisa Lucile Owens

  • Session 2
    "Pedagogical Reform and Hierarchy and Pedagogy"
    Sue McMahon, Susan E. Keller, and Jeremy Paul
    Original Author: Duncan Kennedy

  • Session 3
    "Mental Health Challenges in Law Schools"
    Amy B. Levin with David Jaffe and Andy Benjamin

  • Session 4
    "Pedagogical Reform and Hierarchy and Pedagogy"
    Juan Carlos Ibarra
    Original Author: Alfred Brophy

  • Session 5
    "Pathways and Pipelines"
    Laura Rothstein
    Original Author: Charles Calleros

  • Session 6
    "Financial Crisis Impact on Legal Education"
    Michael A. Simons
    Original Author: Daniel Thies
    First half of the session not recorded due to technical error

  • Session 7
    "Twenty Years After a Turning Point"
    Michael Hunter Schwartz and Paula Manning Original Authors: Gerald Hess, Larry Krieger

  • Session 8
    "Animal Law"
    Joan Schaffner
    Original Authors: Megan Senatori, Panela Frasch, Bruce Wagman, Kathy Hessler

  • Session 9
    "Engaging with Early Work on Law Teaching"
    Mary Anne Bobinski and Julie Oseid
    Original Authors: William Prosser, Patricia Wald

  • Session 10
    "Accommodations for Academic Disabilities"
    Jason Jarvis
    Original Author: Susan Johanne Adams

  • Session 11
    "ADR Case Study"
    Faina Milman-Sivan and Dana Gilo
    Original Author: Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Symposia Details