The Southwestern University Law Review
presents a Scholarly Symposium
The "After the J.D." Project and Urban Legal Careers
Monday, October 9, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Southwestern Law School Campus
Symposium Co-Sponsored by
American Bar Foundation (ABF)
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA)
Download the PowerPoint file shown by Luncheon Speaker Paula Patton (PDF)
This
Symposium will focus on the early results of the first ever national
longitudinal study of lawyer careers, the "After the J.D." Project.
The
multi-million dollar "After the J.D." study is funded by the Access
Group, the American Bar Foundation (ABF), the Law School Admission
Council (LSAC), the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), and
the National Science Foundation, among others, and is headquartered at
the ABF. The study is tracking the careers of nearly 5,000 lawyers who
were admitted to the bar in the year 2000 and explores such issues as
the role of race and gender, law school grades, law school attended,
job settings, and how other factors play into early career moves and
the satisfaction that beginning lawyers get from their professional
practices.
The Symposium will pay particular attention to the
careers of urban lawyers and the role of law schools linked closely to
urban careers. Bryant Garth, Dean of Southwestern Law School and the
former director of the ABF, has served on the Executive Coordinating
Committee of the project since its inception and will be joined at
Southwestern by the other principals of the project as well as leading
commentators from the academic and professional worlds.
Registration fees:
$75 - Non-Southwestern Alumni seeking 6.25 hours of CLE credit
$50 - Southwestern Alumni seeking 6.25 hours of CLE credit, and members of Symposium co-sponsoring organizations
$40 - Those not seeking CLE credit
Complimentary - Southwestern students, faculty and staff (RSVP required)
