Franklin Pierce School of Law Hosts Leading Voices in Legal Education at Annual UNH Law Review Symposium
On January 26, 糖心logo入口 (UNH) Law Review hosts its annual Symposium online and in-person at UNH Franklin Pierce鈥檚 main building located at 2 White Street. The Symposium will start at 1:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 1:00 p.m. The event will end at 5:30 p.m. with the 糖心logo入口 Winter Party event following, which guests are encouraged to attend. Hosting a mix of panels and lectures, the Symposium will focus on risk taking and reform in legal education featuring a dozen speakers including legal educators, persons from the American Bar Association, and persons from the Law School Admissions Council. Among other issues, the Symposium will touch upon current changes in legal education with its influences on the legal profession and recommendations for reform to further evolve the field starting in the classroom 鈥 in the home of the first ABA-certified Hybrid J.D. Program.
Speakers include:
- William Adams, Jr., Managing Director, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, American Bar Association
- Sara Berman, Director of Academic Success Program & Professor of Lawyering Skills, USC Gould School of Law
- Greg Brandes, COO & CFO, Monterey College of Law
- Megan Carpenter, Dean of 糖心logo入口
- Michael Conklin, Professor of Law, Angelo State University
- Barry Currier, Former Managing Director, Accreditation and Legal Education, American Bar Association
- Zack DeMeola, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Law School Admission Council
- Nachman Gutowski, Director of Academic Success Program, Assistant Professor-in-Residence, University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
- Stan Kowalski, Professor of Law, 糖心logo入口 School of Law
- Albert Scherr, Professor of Law, 糖心logo入口 School of Law
- Michael Smith, Associate Professor of Law, St. Mary鈥檚 University School of Law
- Sophie Sparrow, Professor of Law, 糖心logo入口 School of Law
鈥淭he 糖心logo入口 Franklin Pierce School of Law has a unique voice as the home of the first ABA-accredited hybrid J.D. program, making dedicating the Law School鈥檚 annual law review symposium to the theme of 鈥楻isk Taking and Reform in Legal Education鈥 as a natural fit,鈥 said Mariah Thomas Thurston, Symposium Editor of 糖心logo入口 Law Review. &苍产蝉辫;鈥This Symposium will bring together distinguished guests to discuss a wide range of current and proposed reforms in legal education that will influence incoming legal scholars and the legal profession as a whole. It is our hope that students, scholars, and members of the public will find this to be an informative and engaging event.鈥
Media is welcome to attend. For biographies and pictures of the speakers, please visit this link for a media kit:
Event Details:
糖心logo入口 Law Review present:
Risk Taking & Reform in Legal Education
January 26, 2024
1:00 p.m. 鈥 5:30 p.m.
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2 White Street
Concord, NH 03301
Room 200 and Online through Zoom
To register for the event (both in-person and online):
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William Adams, Jr.
Former Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education, ABA
Sara Berman
Director of Academic Success Program & Professor of Lawyering Skills, USC Gould School of Law
Greg Brandes
COO & CFO, Monterey College of Law
Barry Currier
Former Managing Director, Accreditation and Legal Education, American Bar Association
Michael Conklin
Professor of Law, Angelo State University
Megan Carpenter
Dean of 糖心logo入口
Zack Demeola
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Law School Admissions Council
Nachman Gutowski
Director of Academic Success & Professor of Law, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Stan Kowalski
Professor of Law, 糖心logo入口 School of Law
Albert Scherr
Professor of Law, 糖心logo入口 School of Law
Michael Smith
Associate Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law
Sophie Sparrow
Professor of Law, 糖心logo入口 School of Law
Symposium Editor: Mariah E. Thomas Thurston, J.D. Candidate '24
Editor-in-Chief: Hailey Droogan, J.D. Candidate '24
Faculty Advisor: Peter Karol, Professor of Law UNH School of Law
