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A Legal Externship Resource Website
Click here for the Top Ten Resources for New Externship Clinicians created by the AALS Clinical Section's Externship Committee (2024).
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Click here for the 2023 AALS Clinician's Desk Reference Handbook.
New Clinician Conferences
The AALS Clinical Legal Education Section and CLEA alternate hosting a new clinicians conference at the annual AALS Conference for Clinical Legal Education. In addition, special programming for new clinicians is usually offered at the biennial Externships Conference and at regional clinical conferences.
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Teaching Resources for Law School Faculty
Click here for the University of Minnesota of Law School's helpful research guide on law teaching and scholarship.
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Click here for the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning website.
Mentorship Opportunites
Clinician Crews
The ​AALS Clinical Section's Membership, Outreach, & Training Committee facilitates clinician crews, which are mentoring groups made up of newer and more seasoned clinicians each school year. To sign up, watch for information on both the lawclinic and lextern listservs each August.​
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Faculty Partnering Program
The AALS Externship Committee Teaching Methodologies Subcommittee runs the Faculty Partnering Program. All members of our externship community are welcome and encouraged to participate in this one-on-one partnership program. In a nutshell, the Faculty Partnering Program pairs externship faculty, directors, and administrators from different law schools with the goal that they develop a collaborative and mentoring relationship over the course of an academic year. This one-to-one faculty collaboration and shadowing provides a unique opportunity to dive into the world of a peer and discover new ways to work, prepare, manage, and teach your respective programs. To sign up, watch the both the lawclinic and lextern listservs each August.