Coping with COVID: How Law Schools Are Educating Students and Fostering Community

Описание: Featuring:
Kerry Abrams, the James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law at Duke University
Vikram Amar, the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law
Heather Gerken, the Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School
John Manning, the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Jenny S. Martinez, the Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School
Jennifer Mnookin, the Dean and David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law at UCLA Law

Highlights:
Host David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of the American Law Institute, talks with top law school deans about how they made the rapid transition to online learning and what the coming months and years might hold for law schools and students.

The deans say that faculty successfully learned new software and adapted their courses to digital platforms; students found ways to connect and support each other online; and courses, exams, and even social activities proceeded remarkably well in a new Zoom world.

The deans also discussed the financial impact of the pandemic on universities and law schools; They also discuss the pandemic's impact on the admissions process; planning for the 2020-21 academic year; students’ job prospects for summer and beyond; and the things they’ve learned that will benefit law schools in the future — as uncertain as that future may be.