Every seven years a site visit team made up of law
professors, university administrators, and practitioners/judges visits member
law schools as part of the ABA accreditation/AALS membership review process.
The AALS appoints one member (the AALS reporter) to the ABA/AALS sabbatical
site team. The reporter is a member of the joint team and also writes an
additional report for the AALS focusing on the organization's core values. This
workshop is designed for those who serve, or are interested in serving, as the
AALS reporter, as well as schools that will be visited in the coming academic
year. Speakers will discuss AALS core values, materials available to the AALS
reporter, the site visit and membership review process, and the AALS
questionnaire schools must complete prior to a site visit. The workshop also
provides essential information about the ABA sabbatical process, as the AALS
reporter also functions as a full member of the site team and will have
responsibility for a portion of the ABA report.