Date Chartered: 5/31/1985
Purpose
The Section on Aging & the Law promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members of the section and makes recommendations on matters concerning issues facing the aging, law relating to aging, and development of legal education programs about aging and the law.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
- Aging and the Law Main Program, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care and Trusts and Estates
2024
- Main Program
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Poverty Law, and Minority Groups)
- Law, Medicine and Health Care (Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Disability Law, and Poverty Law)
2023
2022
- Main Program
- Networking Session
- Section on Criminal Law (Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law)
- Section on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law)
2021
- Main Program
- Disability Law (Co-sponsored by Aging and the Law)
2020
- Main Program
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-sponsored by Aging and the Law)
2019
- Main Program
- Business Meeting
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-sponsored by Aging and the Law)
Awards
Emerging Scholar Award
This inaugural award honors the contributions, service, and leadership of a scholar in legal education and the legal profession with a non-tenured law school faculty member or law school faculty member with less than 10 years’ experience. The recipient is someone who has great potential to make a mark during their career as evidenced by work that brings a novel perspective or call for action in legal education or the legal profession for aging populations.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The purpose of this Section’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award is to honor an individual who has had a distinguished career of teaching, service, and scholarship in aging and the law for at least 20 years. The recipient should be someone who has impacted law students, the legal community, the academy, and/or the issues that affect the aging population through mentoring, writing, speaking, activism, and/or by providing opportunities to others.
To submit a nomination for either award, please email the nominee’s name and 1-3 paragraphs explaining why they deserve to receive the award to the section chair. Nominations are due in September.
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Emerging Scholar Award | Ela Leshem | Fordham University School of Law |
| 2025 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Richard L. Kaplan | University of Illinois College of Law |
| 2024 | Emerging Scholar Award | Genevieve Mann | Gonzaga University School of Law |
| 2024 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lawrence Frolik | University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
| 2023 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Rebecca Morgan | Stetson University College of Law |
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Upcoming
Book Discussion – Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It
Thursday, May 8, 1:00 – 2:00pm EST/12:00 – 1:00pm CT/11:00am – 12:00pm MT/10:00 – 11:00am PT
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