Leading Edge is about building the future of Legal Education through collaboration, brainstorming, and innovation.
Leading Edge Conference
Wolters Kluwer’s Annual Leading Edge Conference is a gathering of legal education thought leaders to discuss key issues facing legal education and to brainstorm actionable strategies. Launched in 2014 as an experiment in attendee-driven “unconferences,” Leading Edge has become a highly regarded gathering for the legal education community, with more than half of all law schools in the United States having participated.
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Leading Edge Webinar Series
The Leading Edge Webinar Series explores hot topics in the legal academy, such as bridging the access to justice, improving student outcomes, technology and innovation in law school curricula, best practices in online education, and more. In this series, Vikram Savkar, General Manager of Wolters Kluwer Legal Education, interviews experts from the legal community.
Visit our webinar page to view recordings from past webinars and to learn about upcoming Leading Edge Webinars.
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Leading Edge Prize for Educational Innovation
Announcing the winners of the Second Annual Leading Edge Prize for Educational Innovation:
The Underrepresented Experience: How Low Income and Minority Students Successfully Navigate the First Year of Law School
Carla D. Pratt, Dean and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law
Camille deJorna, Deputy for Legal and Global Higher Education at the Law School Admission Council
How Can We Educate 2L and 3L Students to be Better Equipped for Practice?
John Pierre, Chancellor of the Southern University Law Center
Hari Osofsky, Dean of Penn State Law
Wolters Kluwer launched the Leading Edge Prize for Educational Innovation in 2018 at its 5th Annual Leading Edge Conference. In 2019, Wolters Kluwer once again awarded $10,000 to two winning teams to help implement their visions of improving student outcomes or expanding educational opportunities for law students.
Visit the Leading Edge Prize page to learn more about the prize and the winners.
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Leading Edge Conference Topics
View the topics covered at the Leading Edge conferences over the past several years. The conference agenda is set by the attendees upon their arrival at the conference.