Date Chartered: 11/9/2017
Purpose
The purpose of this Section to promote scholarship, teaching, and related activities that will help prepare lawyers and law students to serve in leadership roles. The Section also will make recommendations to the Association on matters of interest with respect to the research and teaching concerning leadership development in the legal profession.
Leadership Fall 2019 Newsletter (PDF)
Leadership Summer 2019 Newsletter (PDF)
For current and archived newsletters, go to https://sectiononleadership.org/.
Past
Leadership Lessons from COVID 19 to Black Lives Matter: A Discussion on Lawyers Leading in Crisis
Date: 7/15/20
Time: 2:00 PM EST
Click here to view this webinar on-demand
2023
Main Program
Pro Bono & Access to Justice (Co-Sponsored by Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights, Clinical Legal Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals, and Leadership)
2022
Main Program
Clinical Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
AALS Open Source Program (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research Panel 1 (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
Professional Responsibility (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
For the Law School Dean (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
Pedagogy
2021
Main Program
Professional Responsibility (Co-Sponsored by Leadership)
Balance in Legal Education, Clinical Legal Education, and Leadership Joint Pedagogy
Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities (Co-sponsored by Leadership)
2020
Main Program
Breakfast
Empirical Study of Legal Education (Co-sponsored by Leadership)
Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities (Co-sponsored by Leadership)
Women in Legal Education (Co-sponsored by Leadership)
2019
Main Program
Breakfast and Business Meeting
Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities (Co-sponsored by Leadership)
Professional Responsibility (Co-sponsored by Leadership)
Deborah L. Rhode Award
The Deborah L. Rhode Award honors the contributions, service, and leadership of Deborah Rhode by recognizing a new trailblazer in legal education and the legal profession. The award is given annually by four Sections of the Association of American Law Schools in which Deborah Rhode made an indelible impact—Section on Leadership, Section on Pro Bono & Service Opportunities, Section on Professional Responsibility, and Section on Women in Legal Education. The award is given to a legal academic or lawyer who exemplifies the groundbreaking work, imagination and inspired action of Deborah Rhode during her career. 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.
Nominations and Eligibility:
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |