Introducing the National Legal Masters Association
The National Legal Masters Association (NLMA) officially launched earlier this month at the Legal Masters Conference hosted by UC Law San Francisco, beginning a new national effort to connect and understand the growing world of post-baccalaureate legal masters degrees.
At the launch reception, Board President Tom Williams framed the year ahead: The NLMA will gather perspectives from students, graduates, employers, and law schools to better understand how these degrees are being used, and how graduates are contributing within their workplaces and communities.
Read about the NLMA launch event in the ABA Journal.
What’s Next
Beginning in April, the NLMA will launch its first community survey, along with a series of small community round table discussions. These efforts are designed to help map the current landscape of legal masters degrees and identify priorities for the organization moving forward.
The goal is simple – to build the NLMA with input from the people connected to these programs.
Insights from these conversations will help guide the organization’s work and inform the discussions of the NLMA’s advisory groups as they begin meeting later this year.
Read about the NLMA’s upcoming research efforts in the Strategic Plan.
Help Shape the NLMA
There are several ways to get involved in this early phase:
- Advisory Councils – The NLMA has established both a Deans Council and an Advisory Council, and we continue to invite members who are interested in helping guide the organization’s development.
- Surveys and Roundtables – Beginning in April, we will invite students, graduates, employers, and law school representatives to share their perspectives and help shape our future work.
- Help Build our Research Base – Help us build a contact base of graduates and employers by sharing the goals of the NLMA so we can include important voices in our research efforts.
Share your interests, contacts, or sign up for our advisory councils on our Contacts page.
Share the NLMA with your network
The NLMA is working to better understand and support legal masters degrees and the careers they lead to.
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