Messages from the AALS Presidents, including remarks addressed to the AALS House of Representatives at the Annual Meeting, are collected in reverse chronological order.
Austen Parrish
Melanie Wilson
- This Is the Time for Leadership, Courage, and Action
- Modeling and Practicing Courage
- Courage in Action
Mark Alexander
- Defending Democracy Requires a Collaborative Spirit
- Defining Principled Leadership in Legal Education
- Defending Democracy
Erwin Chemerinsky
- Law Schools, Civil Discourse, and the Political Divide
- Reflecting on How Law Schools Can Make a Difference
- Basic Principles Concerning Law Schools and Freedom of Speech
- How Law Schools Can Make a Difference
Vincent Rougeau
- Rebuilding Democracy Amid the Continuing Pandemic
- 2021 Annual Meeting Presidential Address – Freedom, Equality, and the Common Good
Darby Dickerson
- Abolish the Academic Caste System
- Change
- Promoting Candor
- 2020 Annual Meeting Presidential Address – The Power of Words
Vicki Jackson
- 2019 Annual Meeting Presidential Address – Pillars of Democracy: Law, Representation, and Knowledge
- Legal Scholarship and Knowledge Institutions in Constitutional Democracy
- Law Schools and Civic Education
Wendy Collins Perdue
- 2018 Annual Meeting Presidential Address: Building Bridges
- Challenges, Opportunities, and Law School Finances
- Happy New Year
Paul Marcus
- President’s Report on 2017
- Borrowing from Bob Dylan, “The Times They Are a-Changin’”
- Access to Justice: Our Faculty Colleagues and Students Stepping Up in a Big Way
- 2017 Annual Meeting Presidential Address
Kellye Y. Testy
Blake D. Morant
Daniel B. Rodriguez
Leo P. Martinez
Lauren K. Robel
Michael A. Olivas
- Are We Good Neighbors? Academic Duty and Service Obligations
- Ask Not For Whom The Law School Bell Tolls
- Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here
- Academic Freedom and Academic Duty