ALI-ABA and ACLEA Team Up to Host High-Level Summit on Lawyer Education and Development in the 21st Century
PHILADELPHIA-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - ALI-ABA Continuing Professional Education and the Association for Continuing Legal Education are hosting a high-level summit on lawyer professional education and development on October 15-17, 2009, at the Fairmont Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. This will be a milestone summit, with an impact on legal training and the profession for years to come.
The invitational conference, Equipping Our Lawyers: Law School Education, Continuing Legal Education, and Legal Practice in the 21st Century, will call together selected continuing legal education (CLE) professionals, practitioners, bar leaders, judges, law school professors and representatives, mandatory CLE administrators, law firm educators, and other experts on lawyer professional education and development.
The summit will open with two expert panels, “The Future of the Legal Profession” and “The Role of Technology in Legal Training and Practice,” which will also be webcast live. The core of the conference will be six in-depth discussion sessions on law school education, bar admissions, CLE, mandatory CLE, in-house professional development, and generations. Recommendations emerging from these sessions will be debated by participants, who will craft consensus recommendations for modernizing and improving lawyer professional education and development to meet 21st century challenges.
A detailed agenda for the summit and a complete sponsorship list, can be found at www.equippingourlawyers.org.
Media who wish to cover the conference live on-site or the two plenary sessions on October 15 via live webcast, can download a Media Credentials online at www.equippingourlawyers.org.
Summit leaders include honorary co-chairs JoAnne A. Epps, Dean, Temple University Beasley School of Law, and Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLP; executive chair Patrick A. Nester, Director, TexasBarCLE; and secretary Charles C. Bingaman, Charles C. Bingaman Consulting.
ALI-ABA (www.ali-aba.org) provides post-admission education for the legal profession. ALI-ABA is dedicated to keeping the legal community abreast of current developments and providing practitioners with the resources necessary to enhance their practice.
ACLEA (www.aclea.org) is an international association devoted to improving the performance of CLE professionals worldwide.
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