October 2025
Event Details
DATE: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
TIME: 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Reception to follow.
LOCATION: Boardroom (W204)
New York Law School
185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
The Journal of Legal Education (JLE) is the journal of record for American legal education. For more than 75 years, the JLE has played an essential role in chronicling the development of legal education in the United States. On October 8, 2025, the JLE will present a symposium, hosted by NYLS, at which today’s scholars will present their views on some of the most important work that has appeared in the journal over the preceding decades.
A series of panel discussions will address a wide range of articles from the JLE’s archives, and in some instances, authors will join 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 will be accessible both in person and online via Zoom. Papers written for the symposium will be published in a forthcoming issue of the JLE, which the University of California, Irvine School of Law and NYLS co-host. JLE editors also plan to make recordings of each discussion available through the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) website.
AGENDA:
9:00 a.m.: Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m.: Abi Hassen and Lisa Lucile Owens
Original Author: Derek Webb
After the End of History in Legal Education • In person
9:45 a.m.: Sue McMahon, Susan E. Keller, and Jeremy Paul
Original Author: Duncan Kennedy
Pedagogical Reform and Hierarchy and Pedagogy • Hybrid
10:45 a.m.: Amy B. Levin with David Jaffe and Andy Benjamin
Mental Health Challenges in Law Schools • Hybrid
11:15 a.m.: Break
11:30 a.m.: Juan Carlos Ibarra
Original Author: Alfred Brophy
Racial Entitlements in Property Law • Zoom
12:00 p.m.: Laura Rothstein
Original Author: Charles Calleros
Pathways and Pipelines • Hybrid
12:30 p.m.: Lunch
1:15 p.m.: Michael A. Simons
Original Author: Daniel Thies
Financial Crisis Impact on Legal Education • In person
1:45 p.m.: Michael Hunter Schwartz and Paula Manning
Original Authors: Gerald Hess, Larry Krieger
Twenty Years After a Turning Point • Hybrid
2:25 p.m.: Joan Schaffner
Original Authors: Megan Senatori, Panela Frasch, Bruce Wagman, Kathy Hessler
Animal Law • Zoom
3:00 p.m.: Break
3:15 p.m.: Mary Anne Bobinski and Julie Oseid
Original Authors: William Prosser, Patricia Wald
Engaging with Early Work on Law Teaching • Hybrid
4:00 p.m.: Jason Jarvis
Original Author: Susan Johanne Adams
Accommodations for Academic Disabilities • Zoom
4:30 p.m.: Faina Milman-Sivan and Dana Gilo
Original Author: Carrie Menkel-Meadow
ADR Case Study • Hybrid or Zoom