Date Chartered: 5/22/2007
Purpose
The Section on Children and the Law promotes the communication and dissemination of ideas, interests, and activities among its members; fosters scholarship on legal issues surrounding children and the law, critical childhood jurisprudence, policy development, and curriculum development and teaching methodology for child-related courses; enriches the legal profession through greater awareness of child-related issues; promotes a greater diversity of perspectives within legal education; and makes recommendations to the Association on matters concerning children and the law.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
- Children and the Law Main Program (Co-Sponsored by Education Law, Civil Rights, and Family and Juvenile Law)
- Defamation and Privacy (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Criminal Procedure, Employment Discrimination Law, Jurisprudence, and Poverty Law)
- Education Law (Co-Sponsored Children and the Law and Family and Juvenile Law)
- Family and Juvenile Law (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law and Education Law)
2024
2023
- Main Program
- Pedagogy Program
- Family and Juvenile Law (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Education Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Constitutional Law, and Family and Juvenile Law)
- Family and Juvenile Law (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Education Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
2022
- Film Screening of “Youth v Gov” (Sponsored by the AALS Section on Children and the Law and Denver University Sturm College of Law)
- Main Program
- Section on Criminal Justice (Co-sponsored by Children and the Law)
- Section on Family and Juvenile Law (Co-sponsored by Children and the Law)
- Section on International Human Rights Law (Co-sponsored by Children and the Law)
- Section on Law and Sports (Co-sponsored by Children and the Law)
2021
2020
- Main Program
- Business Meeting
- International Human Rights (Co-sponsored by Children and the Law)
2019
- Main Program
- Family and Juvenile Law (Co-sponsored by Children and the Law)
Newsletters
Children and the Law Fall/Winter 2020 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter
Children and the Law Fall/Winter 2018 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter
Children and the Law Fall/Winter 2018 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter
Children and the Law Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter