Date Chartered: 8/1/1986
Purpose
The purpose of this section is to promote the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members of the section and to make recommendations to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) on matters concerning laws affecting the poor, particularly public benefit programs and related health, welfare, social services, housing, food, family and consumer issues, as well as the systemic and structural factors contributing to poverty.
Annual Meeting Programs
2024
- Main Program
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Poverty Law, and Minority Groups)
- Aging and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Poverty Law)
- Law, Medicine and Health Care (Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Disability Law, and Poverty Law)
- Pro-Bono & Access to Justice (Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education and Poverty Law)
2023
- Main Program
- Natural Resources and Energy Law (Co-Sponsored by Administrative Law, Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Law, and State and Local Government)
- Community Economic Development (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law, Property Law, and State and Local Government)
2022
- Main Program
- Clinical Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Pedagogy
- Criminal Justice (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Aging and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Civil Procedure (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Children and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Immigration Law (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Civil Rights (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Pedagogy
- Works in Progress
2021
- Civil Rights and Poverty Law Joint Program
- Panel 1
- Panel 2
- Works in Progress
- Law, Medicine and Health Care (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Aging and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law)
2020
- Law, Medicine & Health Care and Poverty Law Joint Program
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Co-sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Employment Discrimination Law (Co-sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities Service Project (Co-sponsored by Poverty Law)
2019
- Main Program
- Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities Service Project (Co-sponsored by Poverty Law)
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (Co-sponsored by Poverty Law)