A Legal Externship Resource Website
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Association
The Section on Clinical Legal Education promotes the communication of ideas, interests and activities among members of the Section and makes recommendations on matters concerning clinical legal education. The AALS Externship Committee is a subcommittee of the this section. The AALS Clinical Section developed the Clinicians' Desk Reference Handbook for new clinicians and runs the Clinican's Helping Hand Project. AALS also jointly sponsors the Clinical Law Review, a semi-annual, peer-edited journal devoted to issues of lawyering theory and clinical legal education, with the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) and New York University School of Law.
AALS Externship Committee Co-Chairs
Megan Bess, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Uyen Campbell, University of St. Thomas School of Law
AALS Externship Committee Calendar
Past and upcoming events can be accessed here: 2023-2024 AALS Externships Calendar
How to Get Involved
To get involved, please contact the AALS Externship Co-Chairs or any chairs of the various subcommittees.
Past AALS Externship Committee Co-Chairs
2021-2023: Nira Geevargis (UC Law San Francisco) and Amanda Rivas (St. Mary's)
2019-2021: Anahid Gharakhanian (Southwestern) and Meg Reuter, UMKC
2017-2019: Amy Sankaran (Michigan) and Sue Schechter (UC Berkeley)
2015-2017: Kendall Kerew (Georgia State) and Danny Schaffzin (Memphis)
2013-2015: Inga Laurent (Gonzaga) and Lisa Smith (Brooklyn)
2011-2013: Nancy Maurer (Albany) and Jennifer Zawid (Miami)