Date Chartered: 5/31/1988
Purpose
The Section on Student Services promotes the communication of ideas, interests and activities among members of the section and makes recommendations to the Association on matters concerning the providing of services to students.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
- Main Program
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Co-Sponsored For the Law School Dean, Leadership, and Student Services
2024
- Main Program
- Award Ceremony
- Institutional Advancement, Co-Sponsored by Student Services
- Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Co-sponsored by Professional Responsibility, and Student Services
- Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals, Student Services, and Teaching Methods
- Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Law Libraries and Legal Information, and Student Services
- Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law and Student Services
- Academic Support, Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Student Services
- Institutional Advancement, Co-Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being Legal Education, Dean, For the Law School, and Student Services
2023
- Main Program
- Women in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, Student Services, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
- Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, Student Services, and Teaching Methods)
2022
- Main Program
- Networking Session
- Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, and Student Services
- Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Institutional Advancement, and Student Services
2021
- Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program
- Business Meeting
- Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession (Co-Sponsored by Student Services)
2020
- Student Services and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Joint Program
- Extended Program
- Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession (Co-sponsored by Student Services)
- Law and the Social Sciences (Co-sponsored by Student Services)
2019
Awards
Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions of institutions, administrators and law teachers in the provision of service to students.
Nominations and Eligibility: Competition for the award is to be announced through the AALS newsletter, at the Annual Meeting of the Section on Student Services, and on the Section discussion list. Any law teacher or law school administrator may nominate another law teacher, administrator, or their own or another institution for the award.
Selection Process: The selection committee shall consist of the members of the Section on Student Services Executive Committee.
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Elizabeth Bangs | The University of Texas School of Law |
| 2022 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Janet Stearns | University of Miami School of Law |
| 2021 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Aaron Taylor | AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence |
| 2020 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Sondra Tennessee | University of Houston Law Center |
| 2019 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | David Jaffe | American University, Washington College of Law |
| 2018 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals | N/A |
| 2016 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Lawrence S. Krieger | Florida State University |
| 2014 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Catherine Glaze | Stanford Law School |
| 2012 | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Deborah Felice | Oklahoma City University School of Law |