Welcoming and

Introductory Remarks

Gary K. Heald, Jr.Georgetown University Law Center

Current Membership in The Working-Group• Members of the Working Group meet three times a

year, with substantive meetings in the fall and spring, and an update gathering at the American Association of Law Schools annual meeting in January.

• Membership is open to academics and professionals associated with accredited law schools in the U.S., and others working in the distance learning field concerned with legal education are welcome to attend meetings and participate, as appropriate, in Working Group matters.

Three Guiding Principals

• Providing model policies and information for law schools engaged in distance learning programs.

• Developing recommended practices and standards for emerging distance learning programs in legal education; and

• Providing comments and policy recommendations for accreditation bodies that regulate distance learning in legal education, including the American Bar Association.

• UNIFORMITY

o It has been broadly considered as a goal of The Working Group to have our work formally adopted by our institutions.

o Demonstrates, at least, the Appearance of Cohesion amongst the members schools at some capacity, providing interested parties a platform upon which to seek legitimization by state, local, national and international institutions and regulators.

Consideration: the Future of The Working

Group

Consideration: the Future of The Working

Group• WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT WHEN CONSIDERING

THE WORKING GROUP 3.0

o Professor Goodenough’s piece in the Huffington Post contemplates that we are “fast approaching 3.0, where the power of computational technology for communication, modeling and execution permit a radical redesign, if not a full replacement, of the current system itself.”

o As we consider things through this lens, 1hat does that mean for us as The Working Group? Where do we see ourselves in six-months or one-year from now?

o Goodenough, Oliver R., Legal Technology 3.0, The Huffington Post, 2/4/2015. Available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-r-goodenough/legal-technology-30_b_6603658.html