Enclosed is the paper copy version of the first distribution of the fall 2000 Faculty Appointments Register (FAR) containing 492 faculty appointment registrants. The FAR is also available as an online database. Candidates have input their qualifications and experiences directly into a database via the internet. Beginning August 25, 2000, recruiters can access this database by visiting www.aals.org/recruit/ and clicking on the "candidate search" link. Recruiters can then use search criteria to find candidates to invite to interview. Please note that this database will be accessible to recruiters only by using the assigned usernames and passwords attached to a memo from Associate Director Jane La Barbera dated August 10, 2000. If that memo has not yet been received, please contact AALS as soon as possible.

Please urge those who handle the FAR to treat the candidate information with confidentiality. Schools may not share FAR candidate information outside the law school appointments process. It is also important that schools not contact a present employer until authorized by the candidate when the candidate has checked off on the form "Do Not Contact Unless Authorized." Candidates have a legitimate interest in not risking unauthorized contact with their employer.

The next distribution of the candidate forms received in our office by August 25 will be mailed to you on or before September 8. Forms received between August 26 and September 8 will be mailed on or before September 22. There will be a fourth distribution on or before October 6 for forms received between September 9 and September 22, 2000.

Unless a registrant requests otherwise, all candidate forms received after September 22 will be made available to recruiting teams, together with all other forms previously received, at the Faculty Recruitment Conference. This year's Conference will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., November 2-4, 2000.

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cc:  AALS Executive Committee (without enclosure), Deans of Modified Service Fee-Paid Schools

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