WHITE PLAINS – Leaders from the New York state bench, bar and legal academy gathered at Pace Law School on Thursday for the latest in a series of national and statewide conversations about how the legal community should respond to changing times for the nation’s law schools.

The daylong convocation, hosted by the Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law and the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, included topics such as how to give students more practical information, how to reduce law school tuition and operating costs, and when to teach professional values.