The Committee is holding an open session on Sunday to discuss how AALS can help members and member schools increase their global engagement with law schools and law professors from outside the U.S. This session is intended to continue the discussions from the 2013 AALS Annual Meeting Workshop on Globalizing the Curriculum being held on Saturday, January 5 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You are encouraged to attend the Committee's session or drop in, if you cannot stay, and communicate your views and ideas for initiatives to committee members. We particularly encourage Deans and Section Officers to attend.
For well over a decade, AALS programming has examined globalization's effects on law, legal education, and the curriculum. Through a series of special committees, the AALS has also sought to determine how best to facilitate its member schools' engagement with the world and create broader opportunities for such engagement, whether in teaching, research, service, or collaborative efforts. The AALS Executive Committee's Advisory Committee on Global Engagement is seeking the views of deans and faculty about what AALS might do to assist its membership in these efforts. For instance, would various clearinghouse on international visitors, scholars, or overseas opportunities be useful? Help with internships in global environments? Where, in other words, does collective and collaborative action make sense and where might our collective efforts be of highest value?