Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2026

Symposium on K-12 Education Law: Transforming Futures: Education, Law, and Youth Wellbeing

From the Government Law Center, Albany Law School:

Mark your calendars for the Government Law Review Symposium on K-12 Education Law, "Transforming Futures: Education, Law, and Youth Wellbeing," on February 27, 2026.

Mark your calendars for the Government Law Review Symposium on K-12 Education Law, "Transforming Futures: Education, Law, and Youth Wellbeing," on February 27, 2026.

Topics of discussion will include pressing issues in the state budget and legislative session, supporting students with disabilities, and promoting equity in K-12 education. This free program is open to the public and includes Continuing Legal Education credit for attorneys who attend in person (pending).

This program is presented by the Government Law Review, Vol. 19, and Government Law Center at Albany Law School.

Panalists include:

• Prof. Bridgit M. Burke — Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, Albany Law School
• Prof. Amy Saji — Associate Professor of Law and Health Advocacy and Collaboration Law Clinic Director, Seton Hall Law School
• Jacob D. Verchereau, Esq. — School Attorney, Questar III BOCES
• Prof. Adrian E. Alvarez — Assistant Professor of Law, St. John’s University School of Law

The event will be held in the Dean Alexander Moot Court Room (Room 421) 1928 Building, 4th Floor, Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208 beginning at 9:30 am.

Albany Law School’s Center for Continuing Legal Education has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York.

For more information, click here.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The American Bar Association: Engaging Future Lawyers

The ABA Young Lawyers Division has partnered with the Texas Young Lawyers Association to expand the What Do Lawyers Do program into a national resource.

What Do Lawyers Do? is an interactive web-based is designed to educate high school and college students about how to become a lawyer.

The project focuses on preparation for law school, the law school experience, and different career paths for law school graduates.

Among its many goals, the project seeks to encourage a discussion about the different aspects of a legal education and the seemingly endless options open to those interested in pursuing a legal education.

Students will have a newfound understanding of the important roles that lawyers play in society, and that a legal education and a legal career are well within the reach of anyone willing to put in the time and effort to succeed

More information here.