The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) held its annual meeting, "How Law Schools Can Make a Difference," in San Diego, California, from January 3 – 7. The AALS Annual Meeting gathers law faculty and administrators from across the country to present and share findings about their research, trends, and challenges affecting law schools. This year several members of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law's (Catholic Law) faculty and administration participated.

Catholic Law's Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Katherine Gamelin Crowley, co-presented a program titled Substantially Similar? Building Educational Equity into Evening, Weekend, and Part-Time J.D. Programs. It was sponsored by the Section on Part-Time Division Programs, for which Dean Crowley now serves as chair.

Professor Lucia Silecchia was a commentator for the AALS Property Law Sections "New Voices in Property Law" program. Professor Silecchia offered commentary on scholarship related to the complex relationships between local government law and property.

In addition, the Federalist Society's 24th Annual Faculty Conference was held in conjunction with the AALS Annual Meeting. Professor J. Joel Alicea, Co-director of Catholic Law's Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition was part of a panel on Dobbs and the Rule of Law. Click here to view that discussion.

Earlier the same day, Professor Chad Squitieri represented the con side in a debate on the Major Questions Doctrine and Statutory Interpretation. Click here to view the debate.

AALS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association of 176 member and 19 fee-paid law schools. Its members enroll most of the nation’s law students and produce the majority of the country’s lawyers and judges, as well as many of its lawmakers. Founded in 1900, the mission of AALS is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.