In this time of dramatic change for both the legal profession and society, the need for an ethical vision of lawyering is all the more challenging and urgent. Law schools have a crucial role to play, not only in preparing students to become effective expert technicians, wise counselors, and effective leaders, but also in generating knowledge about law and legal institutions and the relationship between these institutions and societal welfare. The authors’ article encourages deans and faculty to recognize the important role that law schools play as part of the legal profession and to reexamine their own obligations to the legal framework and society, to the law school as an institution, and to students.
The opening plenary includes two of the three authors of the joint essay "Lawyers as Professionals and Citizens: Key Roles and Responsibilities in the 21st Century." Their essay presents a practical vision of the responsibilities of lawyers as both professionals and as citizens at the beginning of the 21st century. The complete essay can be found at https://clp.law.harvard.edu/assets/Professionalism-Project-Essay_11.20.14.pdf.
The Association of American Law
Schools is proud to honor Professor
Herma Hill Kay with the 2015 AALS
Triennial Award for Lifetime Service
to Legal Education and to the Law.
This award recognizes the service of
individuals who have devoted their
careers to legal education and to the law.
Professor Kay is the fourth Triennial
Award recipient.