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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…

First Generation Students and Competing In Law School by Steven Friedland Universities make many assumptions about students when they enter law school, but one rather large one is that all students essentially start at the same place and have the same opportunities to succeed as others. This assumption is justified…

September 16, 2018 Categories: Judiciary, Nominations, Press Releases For more information, go here. For Immediate Release Contact: Shin Inouye, 202.869.0398, inouye@civilrights.org WASHINGTON – Following Christine Blasey Ford’s decision to speak publicly about her assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, The Leadership Conference on…

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…

We can defeat this nomination! Cynicism is our biggest enemy in the fight for the courts. Our basic rights are at risk with the Kavanaugh nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, so we need everyone to bring their all to this fight. That’s where you come in. As legal luminaries…

Reflections on the the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment By Tanya Hernandez July 9th, marks the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment’s equality principle of the U.S. Constitution. Does the pursuit of racial equality look different 150 years after the ratification of the 14th Amendment’s equality principle…

From Ezra Rosser’s Blog (Economic Justice Program American University Washington College of Law): Poverty Law for Professors and Legal Academics A. Overview of the Policy, B. Coverage of Conditions and ICE Practice, C. Responses to Conservative Disinformation, D. Volunteer/Giving/Donation Opportunities, and E. Protest Information

SALT’S Junior Faculty Award Society of American Law Teachers Junior Faculty Award Nomination Form The Society of American Law Teachers seeks nominations for the SALT Junior Faculty Award, to be awarded at the SALT Teaching Conference on October 5-6, 2018 hosted at Penn State Law. This prestigious award recognizes…

SALT Comment on Standard 503 – March 31 2018

We invite panel proposals and paper presentations that speak to this year’s theme of “economic hope, power and justice,” as well as to general ClassCrits themes. More information is available here including logistics and fees. In addition, we extend a special invitation to junior scholars (i.e., graduate students or…

In the adjudication of criminal law, judges tend to agree upon the elements that make up a given crime, but are less certain about exactly which element the law seeks to punish. For example, in child pornography possession statutes, it is difficult to determine the underlying transgression that is targeted…

The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Nominations Committee is currently developing a slate of nominees to fill several openings on the SALT Board of Governors for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2019. Service on the Board of Governors gives members a close and active opportunity to shape and enforce the policy of SALT. The board is designed to…

SALT celebrated the 2018 annual event with the the Great Teacher award, the Shanara Gilbert Human Rights award, and Junior Faculty Teaching awards.  And we had a great time celebrating together! More photos from the event posted here.

Join us in honoring Professor Katie Eyer and Professor Lua Yuille at the SALT Annual Awards Celebration on January 5, 2018 in San Diego SALT is proud to recognize Associate Professor Katie Eyer (Rutgers) and Associate Professor Lua Yuille (University of Kansas) as its 2017 Junior Faculty Teaching Award winners.