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ABA Announcements: Call for Volunteer Poll Workers and Annual Meeting Recap

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Section Council

During the Section’s Annual Business Meeting in Chicago on August 2nd, the Section elected the slate of nominees for the 2024-2025 Council, listed below. To view the complete 2024-2025 Council, click here.

Chair (automatic under Section Bylaws)
David A. Brennen

Professor and Former Dean
University of Kentucky College of Law

Chair-Elect
Election to a One-Year Term
Daniel Thies

Shareholder
Webber & Thies PC

Vice Chair
Election to a One-Year Term
Melissa Hart

Justice
Colorado Supreme Court

Member-at-Large
Election to a Three-Year Term
Leah Chan Grinvald

Dean and Professor
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

Re-election to a Three-Year Term

Alicia Alvarez
Professor
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Steven C. Bahls
President Emeritus
Augustana College

Carla D. Pratt
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Chair in Civil Rights, Race and Justice in Law
University of Oklahoma College of Law

Barbara A. Sestak
Professor of Architecture
Portland State University
(Public Member)

Adrien K. Wing
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law Programs and Professor
University of Iowa College of Law

Law Student Division Member
Election to a One-Year Term
Christiana Burnett

University of Chicago Law School
JD Expected May 2025

Section Representative to the ABA House of Delegates
Election to a Three-Year Term
Joseph K. West

Partner and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Duane Morris LLP

2024-2025 Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools

The 2024-2025 edition of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools is now available in pdf format on the Section’s website.

Hard copies of the publication are also available for purchase in the ABA Webstore.

Register Today – Law School Development Conference

The Section is excited to host the 2024 Law School Development Conference, October 24-25 at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago.

Designed for new and seasoned law school deans and development/fundraising staff, this conference brings together professionals from across the country to network, share ideas, and discuss relevant and timely issues. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend sessions on topics including building a successful fundraising team/model, what makes law school fundraising unique, the importance of metrics, social media campaigns, DEI funds and scholarships, AI, collaboration, and more. There will also be a session for new deans and development staff, and we will soon announce the Keynote speaker.

Learn More and Register Today

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