Welcome to the August 2021 issue of the AALS Institutional Advancement Newsletter!

Upcoming Events: Navigating a Leadership Transition Webinar

A new dean presents both challenges and opportunities for development, alumni, and marketing teams. This webinar will discuss best practices on how to support new leadership. We will discuss implications for both alumni/development teams and marketing/communications teams – including new dean arrivals, launch plans, visits, and helping a new dean find their platform. Please join us for this important conversation!

Tuesday, September 21 | 12 p.m. Eastern | Archived video here

Call for Contributions: Leadership Transition Materials

The Institutional Advancement Section Sharing Sheet is a spot where you can post links to resources and collateral that might provide some inspiration for your IA colleagues. This month, we’re inviting contributions of communications surrounding dean leadership transitions: websites, search pieces, press releases – you name it! Visit the “Dean Transition Comms” tab of the Section Sharing Sheet to enter links to your transition materials.

Good Reads

• More Brain, Less Storm: The Power of the Creative Process, Digital Summit
  A digital session on how to generate content ideas. 
• Trends in Alumni Relations and Advancement in the Post-Pandemic Era, The Napa Group
  An updated whitepaper on how alumni relations teams are articulating their value proposition to their audiences – still useful in a mid-pandemic era!

Did You Know? 

Did you know that AALS has a tip sheet for law school communicators to help promote their school’s news, events, research, and public service efforts?

Questions? Contact Us! 

Feel free to reach out to your IA Section Officers:

• Heather Foss, Co-Chair, University of Maryland King Carey School of Law
• Victoria Grantham, Co-Chair, Fordham University School of Law
• Brian Costello, Co-Chair Elect, LMU Loyola Law School
• Emily Cherry, The University of Richmond School of Law
• Elizabeth Field, The George Washington University Law School
• Brooke Herndon, Vermont Law School
• Mary Ann Soden, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Access past issues under the “Newsletter” tab on the Institutional Advancement website.