By Vicki C. Jackson, AALS President and Thurgood Marshall Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
“Law schools play special roles in protecting our constitutional system, through the scholarship their faculty produce and through how they educate their students to become lawyers, judges, and other participants in our legal system.”
Washington, D.C. serves as the host for 2020 AALS Annual Meeting, January 2-5. Learn more about programming, speaking opportunities, and networking events at the meeting.
AALS caught up with the leadership of the Section on Contracts to learn more about the latest developments in the field and plans for the section at the AALS Annual Meeting and beyond.
Leaders from the Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities discuss the role of pro bono and public service in legal education as well as plans for the section this year.
This summer, the AALS Section on Technology, Law & Legal Education offered a new way for law faculty to learn about the latest developments in legal technology and innovations in the classroom.
AALS helped get teaching careers off to a great start and welcomed more than 70 new law school faculty to a workshop held in Washington, DC. Attendees heard from a roster of inspirational scholars and teachers who gave advice on how to balance the many demands of an academic career.
The AALS Clinical Conference hosted more than 750 legal educators in San Francisco. Under the theme of “Teaching the Next Generation of Lawyer Leaders in a Time of Polarization,” the conference featured more than 350 speakers and over 100 sessions organized in a variety of formats.
Have you published a new paper, chapter, or book? Won an award or moved to a different law school? Are you looking for colleague to review your work in progress paper? Make your updates to the DLT by September 9.
AALS hosts a calendar of academic symposia, conferences, and panels at AALS member schools across the country.
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