In December 2017, Dean Emeritus Bilionis spoke at the NALP (National Association for Law Placement) annual Professional Development Institute in Washington, D.C. He and copanelists UC Law Senior Assistant Dean Mina Jones Jefferson, Professor Neil W. Hamilton (U. of St. Thomas School of Law), and Kristen Uhl Hulse (Director of Attorney Recruitment & Professional Development at Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP, San Francisco) discussed a new model for integrating the professional development efforts of law schools and the legal profession.