AALS hosts more than 100 free sections for law school faculty, administrators, and staff that are organized around various academic disciplines, affinity groups, and areas of professional interest. New law faculty are encouraged to join one or more sections and connect with colleagues across the country.

Sections engage their membership throughout the year through a variety of efforts. Most sections host email discussion groups where members have conversations about latest developments and scholarship in their field. Section leaders also keep members informed through newsletters and organize webinars on timely topics. Many sections also host annual awards, offer mentorship programs for early career faculty, produce works-in-progress programs, and compile teaching resources, among other activities. Sections also plan most of the programs at the Annual Meeting.

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Spotlight on Sections

Spotlight on Sections is a question and answer series in AALS News highlighting the activities of the association’s sections. In the interviews, section leaders discuss the state of their fields, professional development offerings and the section’s programming at the Annual Meeting.

Administrative Law – August 2015
Alternative Dispute Resolution – Fall 2018
Antitrust and Economic Regulation – Summer 2018
Art Law – Summer 2022
Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research – August 2015
Balance in Legal Education – Fall 2020
Business Associations – Winter 2021
Children and the Law – Fall 2021
Civil Procedure – Fall 2016
Civil Rights – Summer 2020
Clinical Legal Education – November 2015
Communications, Media & Information Law – Spring 2023
Comparative Law – Spring 2020
Constitutional Law – February 2016
Contracts – Summer 2019
Criminal Justice – Spring 2016
Education Law – Spring 2021
Election Law – Spring 2017
Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession – Fall 2017
Environmental Law – Summer 2018
Evidence – Spring 2020
Family and Juvenile Law – Fall 2019
Federal Courts – November 2015
Financial Regulation – Summer 2023
Immigration Law – Summer 2017
International Law – February 2016

International Human Rights – Summer 2021
Institutional Advancement – Winter 2019
Jurisprudence – Summer 2023
Law, Medicine, and Health Care – Fall 2019
Law and South Asian Studies – Fall 2023
Law and Sports – Summer 2021
Leadership – Spring 2018
Legal History – Spring 2016
Legal Writing, Reasoning, & Research – Winter 2020
Legislation & Law of the Political Process – Winter 2021
Minority Groups – Fall 2017
National Security Law – Fall 2020
New Law Professors – Spring 2018
Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School – Fall 2021
Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities – Summer 2019
Professional Responsibility – Summer 2016
Property Law – Spring 2022
State and Local Government Law – Spring 2017
Taxation – Winter 2018
Teaching Methods – Spring 2019
Technology, Law and Legal Education – Fall 2016
Torts & Compensation Systems – Spring 2021
Trusts & Estates – Summer 2022
Women in Legal Education – Summer 2016