AALS sections provide opportunities for law school faculty and staff to connect on issues of shared interest. Each section is focused on a different academic discipline, affinity group, or administrative area. For a full list of sections and information on how to join, visit www.aals.org/sections. As part of the ongoing “Spotlight on Sections” series, AALS…
Read More about Spotlight on Sections: Employment Discrimination LawAALS hosted two webinars in April: How to Become a Law Professor, which provided resources, advice, and practical demonstrations to assist potential law school teachers with the academic job market, and a preview of the upcoming Supreme Court term for emeritus and retired law faculty. How to Become a Law Professor For the second time,…
Read More about Spring Webinars on Becoming a Law Teacher, Upcoming Supreme Court TermFaculty Perspectives is an ongoing series in which AALS presents opinions from law faculty on a variety of issues important to legal education and the legal profession. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the Association of American Law Schools. Faculty interested in contributing a piece for the series can contact [email protected]. This…
Read More about Faculty Perspectives: The Experiential SabbaticalBy AALS President Melanie Wilson, Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law In January, I announced my theme for 2024—“Courage in Action.” I said in my Presidential remarks during the Annual Meeting that I would challenge myself, the leadership of the AALS, and each of…
Read More about AALS President’s Message: Modeling and Practicing CourageDate: Tuesday, October 8th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST/11:00 – 12:00 pm CT/10:00 – 11:00 am MT/9:00 – 10:00 am PT Register Here *Registration is Required Speakers __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Heather Gerken, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School Heather K. Gerken is the Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of…
Read More about Leadership for Equity Amid Political TurbulenceDate: Thursday, April 25th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST/11:00 – 12:00 pm CT/10:00 – 11:00 am MT/9:00 – 10:00 am PT A number of wonderful textbooks have been authored and published for the teaching of leadership in law schools. But lawyer-leader education can also benefit from books, articles, and other media produced by academics…
Read More about Teaching Law Leadership with Non-Law TextsDate: Tuesday, April 2nd from 3:30 – 5:00 pm EST/2:30 – 4:00 pm CT/1:30 – 3:00 pm MT/12:30 pm – 2:00 pm PT Discussion will include changes in structure and content scope, status of adoption among jurisdictions, preparing students and graduates in anticipation of the new exam, advocating for adoption (or not) in your jurisdiction,…
Read More about The Next Gen Bar Exam – Preparation for Adopters and Alternatives to AdoptingBy Judy Areen Welcome to the 2024 Annual Meeting of the AALS. As we continued our work this past year on what will be the first comprehensive history of the Association, we uncovered the reasons behind some AALS traditions. I remember that when I first became the Executive Director ten years ago, I struggled to…
Read More about Report of the Executive Director to the AALS House of RepresentativesFriday, August 23rd12 – 1:30 pm Eastern | 1 – 12:30 pm Central | 10 – 11:30 am Mountain | 9 – 10:30 am Pacific A panel of leading administrative law professors will discuss how they have changed their administrative law or legislation-regulation courses in light of recent Supreme Court decisions in cases such as…
Read More about Teaching Administrative Law in a Transformative EraDate: Monday, February 5th from 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST/2:00 – 3:00 pm CT/1:00 – 2:00 pm MT/12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT *This Event was not Recorded Panelists __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law Erwin Chemerinsky became the 13th…
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