This panel discussion will explore teaching strategies, emerging scholarship, and opportunities to focus and engage law students in myriad aspects of state and local government law. The panelists will give examples of how they have done so in their doctrinal teaching, experiential learning in the classroom, and externships. Those participating in this session will also be invited to explore their views on whether and how IMLA should develop a more sustainable partnership with academics and their students interested in municipal law, for example by (a) providing practitioners teaching in the field with more information on teaching strategies and emerging scholarship; (b) incorporating more participation by academics in IMLA conferences and webinars; (c) creating forms of recognition for excellent student work in municipal law as a means of strengthening the pipeline of those seeking to take on municipal work in the future.
