MEMORANDUM 02-25

Executive Committee Regulation 10.1 was revised to read as follows:

10.1 Annual Dues. Each year each member school shall pay membership dues to the Association. For the calendar year 2002 2003, the dues shall be $4,813 $5030 for a school whose enrollment does not exceed 250 students; $7,212 $7540 for a school whose enrollment exceeds 250 students but does not exceed 500 students; $9,621 $10,055 for a school whose enrollment exceeds 500 students but does not exceed 800 students; $12,025 $12,565 for a school whose enrollment exceeds 800 students but does not exceed 1100 students; $14,429 $15,080 for a school whose enrollment exceeds 1100 students but does not exceed 1400 students; $16,833 $17,590 for a school whose enrollment exceeds 1400 students but does not exceed 1700 students; and $19,242 $20,110 for a school whose enrollment exceeds 1700 students.

In accordance with Bylaw Section 5-4, unless objection is received from at least ten member schools within 60 days of mailing a copy of this regulation, Executive Committee Regulation 10.1, as amended, will continue in effect.

Income and Expenditure Summary. Attached as Appendix A is a summary of income and expenditure for FY 1999-00, FY 00-01, estimated income and expenditures for FY 2001-02 (based on projections from actual expenditures through 3/31/01), and the operating budget for FY 2002-03.

The budget adopted by the Executive Committee for Fiscal Year 2002-03 contemplates income of $3,920,625 and expenditures of $4,091,200. We will transfer $170,575 from reserves to cover the difference; the Association's reserves are still expected to be within the targeted range of 65 - 90% of budgeted operating expenses.

Financial Statements. Attached as Appendix B is the AALS auditor's financial statements for FY 2000-01.

Comment: As you know, the Association of American Law Schools is the learned society for law faculty and provides a number of services to its member schools and their faculty. These services include publications such as the Directory of Law Teachers, newsletters from both the national office and many of the 80+ sections of the AALS; an annual Faculty Appointments Register and Faculty Recruitment Conference; professional development programs for faculty and administrators; and representation of legal education to the larger world of higher education, the government, interdisciplinary societies, international law school/faculty associations, and the general public.

In the past four years, the Association has dramatically expanded the scope of many of those services. The expanded services include publishing the Faculty Appointment Register online in searchable fields for school recruiters; expanding and upgrading the Association website which publishes reports such as the Pro Bono Project, Equal Justice Project, and special reports of various committees. We have also recently acquired a new, sophisticated "Association Management Software" package which enables us to offer new services, such as online registration for programs, and unifies our many databases. Most of the cost of these new services is being funded through spending a significant part of the Association's reserves, with a small portion being funded through this dues increase. Because of the need to upgrade the software for these online services and the website, particularly for the online Faculty Appointments Register, the dues increase for next year is somewhat larger than in recent years but still less than many associations that deliver similar services to their members.

Enclosures: [not available on website]
Appendix A: Income and Expenditure Summary
Appendix B: AALS auditor's financial statements for FY 2000-01

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