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THE 2023 COVER WORKSHOP: LEGITIMACY CRISIS ON THE COURT: WORKING WITHIN & BEYOND THE SYSTEM Come hear national thought leaders Professor Sahar Aziz, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky & Professor Tara Grove discuss the current legitimacy crisis facing the  Supreme Court, and what can be done to work within and beyond…

We are looking forward to our Annual Celebration later today.  We will begin at 7:15 pm Eastern.  We will mingle from 7:15 until 7:30 pm Eastern, when the program will begin.  An open reception will follow the program for more mingling. Download the celebration’s program here.  It has bios…

More than 190 people attended this year’s Robert Cover Workshop, Safeguarding Democracy: Lessons Learned from 1/6. After remarks from former Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), the four members of the panel engaged in a profound discussion of the attempted coup by insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol last January and how we…

In comments filed with the ABA on June 28, SALT joined an illustrious group of law-school deans in supporting proposed revisions to the ABA’s standard 206, regarding diversity in law schools. The revisions make Standard 206 “a ‘core’ standard requiring public notice for noncompliance,” according to the ABA. The comments…

SALT is delighted to present the 2019-20 SALT Salary Survey, our annual survey of academic year law  faculty salaries. The survey, conducted by SALT Co-Presidents Catherine Grosso (Michigan State) and José R. (Beto) Juárez, Jr. (Dean, Nova Southeastern), reports the median base salaries for three faculty  ranks – assistant professor,…

In January, SALT celebrated Jean Love, the 2020 SALT Great Teacher; Joseph Mead, the 2020 SALT Junior Great Teacher Award, and Azadeh N. Shahshahani of Project South and the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law, winners of the 2020 M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights…

The Society of American Law Teachers is thrilled to announce that the 2020 SALT Teaching Conference will be held on September 25 – 26, 2020 at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The Conference, Social Justice in Action, will provide opportunities to engage in broad, substantive, and…

Join us for the SALT Annual Awards Celebration! Friday evening, January 3, 2020  Click here for details, including tickets, sponsorships, and journal ads. At its upcoming Annual Awards Celebration to be held on January 3, 2020, in Washington, D.C., SALT will honor four champions of justice, diversity and teaching excellence.

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Society of American Law Teachers Call for Award Nominations The Society of American Law Teachers invites members to nominate individuals or groups for the prestigious Great Teacher Award, M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award, and the Junior Faculty Teaching Award. SALT will honor the awardees and celebrate our community at the annual awards…

SALT has submitted a letter to the House of Delegates in opposition to the ABA Council’s proposal to change Standard 316, the bar passage standard.  The proposed change would ratchet up the 75% bar passage requirement in many ways, including by shortening the time given to…

The SALT Annual Awards is tonight in New Orleans! If you can’t be there in person, please be sure to check out the live stream starting at 5pm CT.

SALT salary survey 2018 This issue of the SALT Equalizer contains the 2017–18 SALT salary survey results.

New Board Members for the 2019-21 Term: Kristen Barnes, University of Akron Caitlin Barry, Villanova Anthony Paul Farley, Albany Law School Returning Members for 2019-21 Term: Matthew Charity, Western New England Law School Donna Lee, CUNY Zinelle October, American Constitution Society Hari Osofsky, Penn State Law and the Penn School…

SALT is delighted to announce its 2018 Junior Faculty Award recipient: Prof. Troy Andrade. The award will be given at the October Teaching Conference! We look forward to celebrating Professor Andrade. Prof. Andrade is an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program at the University…

SALT is proud to announce the slate of nominees for election or re-election to the SALT Board of Governors for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2018.  The nominees will be presented  for consideration as a slate at the SALT Annual Member Meeting, to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November…

SALT is proud to announce the slate of nominees for election or re-election to the SALT Board of Governors for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2018.  The nominees will be presented  for consideration as a slate at the SALT Annual Member Meeting, to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November…

Pictured, 2017 Award Winner Frank Askin SALT holds an annual awards event to celebrate the SALT’s community, values, and honorees to coincide with the January AALS meeting. Mark your calendars: This year’s SALT awards celebration will be on Friday, January 5, 2018, at a location TBA in San Diego.  A…

At its upcoming Annual Dinner to be held on January 6, 2017, in San Francisco, SALT will honor three champions of justice, diversity and teaching excellence.  The Great Teacher Award recognizes Professor Frank Askin of Rutgers Law School, a SALT founding member, for his longstanding, tireless defense of civil liberties and his work mentoring…