{"id":141721,"date":"2026-01-13T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/13\/austen-parrish-reflects-on-year-as-president-of-aals\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:55:07","slug":"austen-parrish-reflects-on-year-as-president-of-aals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/13\/austen-parrish-reflects-on-year-as-president-of-aals\/","title":{"rendered":"Austen Parrish Reflects on Year as President of AALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been one of the more challenging years for higher education and most disruptive years for legal education in the amount of things that have been happening, Austen Parrish told Law.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/940143788\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to 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