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-Click here to view 2011 AALS Annual Meeting Exhibitor Brochure-

-Click here to view 2011 AALS Annual Meeting Exhibitor Application-

-Click here to view 2011 AALS Annual Meeting Newspaper Ad Solicitation-

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We are pleased to invite to you to exhibit at the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting to be held January 5-8 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, located at 333 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco. We expect over 3,500 law professors, deans, administrators and law librarians who buy and influence buyers in a number of legal, academic instruction and office administration areas.  We hope that you plan to take this opportunity to showcase your products and services.

Visitors to the AALS web site find information on every company exhibiting at the Annual Meeting, including contact and product information, as well as a link to the home page of each exhibiting company.  This information is placed on our web site immediately after the Annual Meeting and is available to visitors to our web site throughout the year.

Each non-law school exhibiting company will receive one full registration per booth and unlimited "exhibits only" registrations for other non-law school booth personnel.  The goal is to maximize your company's exposure to the decision makers in legal education.

This year, there will be a Committee on Research program on Book Publishing Workshop for the Aspiring Legal Scholar at which attendees will be encouraged to visit the Exhibit Hall.  Please join us in making this a very successful exhibition at the 2011 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

-Jane M. La Barbera
AALS Managing Director
 


THE ASSOCIATION
The Association of American Law Schools is an association representing more than 10,000 legal educators, dedicated to the improvement of the legal profession through legal education.
 

EXPOSURE AND VISIBILITY
The AALS Annual Meeting is the world's largest meeting of law teachers.  It attracts over 3,500 law school faculty members, deans, and law librarians from the U.S. and other countries for the most comprehensive week of continuing education available for legal educators.
 

Those who attend the AALS Annual Meeting are decision makers who buy and influence buyers in a number of legal, academic instruction and office administration areas such as:

  • academic and educational publications
  • academic and educational materials in electronic form
  • communication technologyinnovative instructional, computerized and audio/visual systems
  • legal research software
  • word processing
  • bibliographic services
  • computer hardware and software
  • video equipment for recording and teaching information technology
  • library technology
  • library equipment and materials
  • clinical practice software
  • office management and financial software

Law faculty and professional staff are also interested in leisure time exhibits displaying popular books, wines, travel and other services.

The Exhibit Hall and AALS Registration will be located in Grand Ballroom of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.  The "Meeting Place", offering complimentary refreshments each morning and afternoon, will be located in the Exhibit Hall.  The floor plan appears on the back of this brochure. AALS will assign the location of the exhibit booths considering the exhibiting company's preferred choices.
 
EXHIBIT BENEFITS
Each booth fee paid includes:

  • One 10' x 10' exhibit booth with 8' high flameproof back wall drapery and 33" high side rail with drape.  One 7" x 44" sign with exhibitor’s organization name and booth number. The Exhibit Hall is carpeted. 
  • One free full registration per booth, allowing access to all sessions and social functions to a non-law school exhibitor.
  • An unlimited number of "exhibits only" registrations for booth personnel who are not faculty or employees of a law school.
  • A 100-word description of the exhibitor's products and services for the Exhibitor Program, supplied to all meeting registrants.
  • A free listing on the AALS web site and hyperlink to your company’s web site.

For those exhibiting companies that make independent contributions to the Annual Meeting by taking advantage of Sponsorship Opportunities (see separate enclosure), one additional free full registration that includes both educational sessions and social events will be provided.  Those exhibiting companies providing independent contributions to AALS also receive priority in selection of their booth space for the 2012 Annual Meeting.
 
BOOTH FEE
The fee for each 10’x10’ booth is $1,995.
 
EXHIBIT HALL SCHEDULE
Exhibit Hall hours are scheduled to match peak attendance at AALS registration, educational programs and organizational business meetings.

Monday, January 3, 2011
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Exhibits Set-Up

Tuesday, January 4, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Exhibits Set-Up

Wednesday, January 5, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
9:00 a.m.   Breakfast Pastries, Coffee and Tea for All Registrants
1:00 p.m.  Afternoon Refreshments for All Registrants

Thursday, January 6, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 a.m.   Breakfast Pastries, Coffee and Tea for All Registrants
1:00 p.m.  Afternoon Refreshments for All Registrants

Friday, January 7, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 a.m.  Breakfast Pastries, Coffee and Tea for All Registrants
1:00 p.m.  Afternoon Refreshments for All Registrants
4:00 – 9:00 p.m.  Dismantle of Exhibit Hall


THE APPLICATION FOR EXHIBIT SPACE
-Complete the Application for Exhibit Space.-  Carefully read the Terms and Conditions set forth; sign and return the application to AALS.  AALS accepts payment by American Express, MasterCard, VISA or check.  Checks should be made payable to AALS.  Applications can be sent to:
            AALS Exhibits
            1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 800
            Washington, D.C. 20036-2605
           
AALS will acknowledge receipt and approval of exhibit space application with written confirmation of booth assignment.  An Exhibitor Service Kit detailing shipping and other pertinent information will be mailed by the AALS designated decorator, Convention Handling Service, Inc.
 
BOOTH PERSONNEL ARRANGEMENTS

Each member of your exhibit team must submit either a Meeting Registration Form for a full registration or Exhibit Booth Personnel Registration Form for an “exhibits only” registration.  Registration forms and hotel reservation information will be included with the Annual Meeting Brochure, which will be mailed to each confirmed exhibitor upon acceptance of exhibit application.  Photocopies of the Registration Forms will be accepted.
 
The "exhibits only" registration permits access only to the Exhibit Hall.  In order to attend AALS sessions or social functions, exhibitors must purchase a full Annual Meeting registration, or purchase separate social function tickets.
 

OTHER MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
 
WEB SITE

Your company (contact information, product description, etc.) will be listed on the AALS Web site along with a link to your web site.  Anyone accessing the AALS Web site will easily be able to gather more information on your products and services by using this link.  The link will be established immediately after the Annual Meeting and will remain on the AALS Web site throughout the year.

SPONSORSHIP

Give your company larger presence at the Annual Meeting by sponsoring an event, publication or conference material for the Annual Meeting registrants.  Further information on these opportunities is enclosed with this mailing.
 
CONVENTION NEWSPAPER

Take advantage of the additional opportunity to advertise your product or service in the AALS Annual Meeting Newspaper, distributed to every Annual Meeting registrant.  You will receive a solicitation to advertise in this publication in early September.  For further information, or if you wish to make an early space reservation, please contact AALS at (202) 296-0332, or e-mail (amnewspaper@aals.org).