AALS 2023

  • by Kevin R. Johnson

UC Davis Law faculty figured prominently at last week’s annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in San Diego. Participants included Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour and Professors Karrigan Börk, Andrea Chandrasekher, Eric Fish, Courtney Joslin, Donna Shestowsky and Brian Soucek. Professor Shestowsky is incoming chair of the executive committee for the Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Associate Dean Afsharipour (Comparative Law) and Professors Soucek (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity), Raquel Aldana (International Human Rights), Carlton Larson (Legal History, Law and the Humanities) and Mary Ziegler (Legal History) serve on executive committees of AALS sections. 

I chaired the Deans Forum committee that planned a full day of programming for law deans, spoke on two panels at the conference, and was honored to receive the inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy.

A highlight of the conference was catching up with friends from law schools around the country.

Photos by Starla Bennett

AALS with friends
Rose Cuison-Villazor, left, and Angela Onwuachi-Willig, right
AALS awards ceremony
Receiving the inaugural Olivas Award 
AALS awards ceremony
Starla Bennett, left, Taylor Theg, Afra Afsharipour and Donna Shestowsky
AALS Dean's Panel
Deans panel on creating a welcoming environment at law school
AALS UC Davis Law faculty
Carlton Larson, left, Alix Rogers, Afra Afsharipour, Tom Joo, second row
AALS Deans Forum
Introducing keynote speaker Adela de la Torre for the Deans Forum
AALS Dean Johnson immigration law panel
Participating on a panel about immigration law
AALS reception
AALS alumni and friends reception
AALS reception Professor Rosenbaum
Chapman University Fowler School of Law Professor Carrie Rosenbaum '02
Professors Soucek and Sunder
Brian Soucek and Madhavi Sunder
AALS hotel rooftop
Enjoying the view of San Diego from the hotel rooftop

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