The Nominating Committee of the Balance in Legal Education Section of the AALS is requesting nominations for the following positions:
- Executive Committee Board Member
- Chair Elect
The Balance in Legal Education Section seeks to make law school a more humane experience and to better prepare law students to become effective and well-rounded practitioners. We strive for diversity in our membership and on the Executive Committee, wanting representation from all aspects of our community. We look for participation from our colleagues in private and public schools from different regions of the country. We also seek members with a variety of years and types of experience as well as diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
Participation as a member of the Executive Committee involves:
- Monthly (hour long) telephone meetings
- Work on a committee (averages 2-3 hours a month over the year)
- One in-person meeting at the Annual AALS meeting in January, and typically one social event at the AALS meeting as well
Beyond that, the Executive Committee seeks to facilitate flexible participation based on each member’s interest and availability. Our goal is to facilitate meaningful engagement that is also sensitive to the time commitments of our members. The term for a board member is typically three years, unless we are filling a vacant unexpired term. Members wishing to seek additional terms are easily accommodated.
If you are interested, please address the following questions:
- How would you describe your enthusiasm, energy, and time for work with the Section?
- Do you think you could commit to roughly 3 hours per month? (More or less?)
- How would your work for the Section add to, or complement, the work you are already doing?
- What committees might you be interested in serving on? (Work in addition to the meetings ebbs and flows, but takes approximately 2-3 hours per month on average)
o Scholarship – supporting and creating access to scholarship in this area and creating opportunities for new scholarship
o Nominations – recruiting nominees for the Board
o Section Program – planning each year’s program at the Annual AALS meeting
o Outreach – sharing information, newsletter, website, list serv, etc.
o Other Programming – planning other conferences and events, including bi-monthly topic open calls to discuss matters of interest
- Do you have a particular project or initiative that you would want to work on?
Please feel free to nominate yourself or others. Please note that AALS currently requires Executive Committee members to be a full-time faculty or professional staff member (with some teaching responsibilities) at an AALS member school.
To make a nomination, please send a one-paragraph description of interest to:
Kathy Hessler ‑ khessler@lclark.edu by November 14, 2016.
