Association Of American Law Schools Inc

Member services: aals is an association of law schools with 175 member law schools representing more than 7,000 full-time law faculty in the united states. Membership is based on compliance with criteria based on core values: excellence in teaching and scholarship, academic freedom, and diversity, including diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints. The aals represents u.s. Legal education and the law professoriate to other entities. Law school faculty appointment services include a webpage on becoming a law teacher, an online registry of faculty candidates, and a placement bulletin that lists law faculty openings. Over 100 volunteer-driven aals sections provide a forum for networking, sharing ideas, professional development, and support for teaching and scholarship for law school faculty and staff.

Communications: aals showcases the innovations and accomplishments of member schools. Aals staff regularly updates website content and shares member school news on several social media platforms. The homepage also includes a calendar of symposia at law schools and an updated list of books by law faculty. The webpage also offers resources for law deans including clearinghouses on antiracisism, student mental health, and academic freedom/free speech. Aals produces several publications. The directory of law teachers is a compilation of law schools and law faculty biographies. The journal of legal education is edited by faculty at two member schools and hosts articles related to teaching, legal theory, scholarship, and the legal profession. Aals news is a quarterly print and online newsletter that keeps faculty informed about association activities and issues. The handbook has information about aals bylaws, regulations, and aals committees.