AALS Presidential Program I

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AALS Presidential Program I
San Diego Salon B, North Tower/Lobby Level, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina

Institutional Pluralism

This program is designed to explore the virtues of institutional pluralism, the costs of pursuing that ideal, and the impediments to realizing it. The AALS is an association of self-governing communities whose members pursue a variety of intellectual and social commitments. There are state law schools, religiously affiliated law schools, law schools at historically black colleges and universities, and schools that focus on particular subject matters or points of view. The panelists, who come from a range of such schools, will begin a conversation about how institutional differences affect faculty and students, how they contribute to our intellectual life, and what effects they have on the other values our schools cultivate.