Dean Alexander elected to the AALS Executive Committee
Mark C. Alexander, Arthur J. Kania Dean
, Arthur J. Kania Dean of the 无码专区 Charles Widger School of Law, was to join the Executive Committee of The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for a three-year term.
He joins (President-Elect), the Thurgood Marshall Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, and , Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, as the Committee鈥檚 most recently elected members.
鈥淭he law is a noble profession, one in which we lawyers dedicate our lives to serving others,鈥 remarked Dean Alexander. 鈥淚t is an honor to join the AALS Executive Committee, giving back to the profession I hold so dear and helping to shape the future of legal education in the U.S.鈥
The (AALS), founded in 1900, is a nonprofit association of 179 law schools. Its members enroll most of the nation鈥檚 law students and produce the majority of the country鈥檚 lawyers and judges, as well as many of its lawmakers. The mission of AALS is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education. In support of this mission, AALS promotes the core values of excellence in teaching and scholarship, academic freedom, and diversity, including diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints, while seeking to improve the legal profession, to foster justice, and to serve our many communities鈥攍ocal, national and international.