[EL] AALS Legislation & Law of the Political Process Section

[Daniel Tokaji]

I've received a handful of responses to my email a couple of weeks ago
(below), soliciting views on a separate AALS Election Law section.  If
you'd like to weigh in, I'd appreciate your emailing me off list by the end
of next week.

I'm also interested in hearing suggestions of potential topics for
the section's program at the January 2014 AALS annual meeting in New York.
Though this seems a long way off, we're required to submit information to
the AALS in March.  Given that the section's most recent programs have
focused on statutory interpretation, next year's section program will
probably involve an election law topic.

In addition to the section's panel, we have the opportunity to submit a
proposal for a half-day or full-day academic
symposium<http://wlulawfaculty.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/new-academic-symposium-track-to-begin-at-the-2014-aals-annual-meeting/>at
the AALS, which could potentially be published in Election Law Journal
(of which I'm co-editor).  So please email me if you have ideas, either for
a panel or a longer symposium.

Thanks.

Dan

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Daniel Tokaji <dtokaji at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I'm the new Chair of the AALS Legislation and Law of the Political
> Process Section. If you're on the faculty of an AALS member school but
> aren't currently a member of the section, I'd encourage you to join,
> following these instructions<http://www.aals.org/documents/sections/SectionSignUpInstructions.doc>
> .
>
> At the annual meeting on Saturday, the section elected the following
> people to serve on the section's executive commitee during the coming year:
>
> Jim Brudney, Fordham (Chair-Elect)
> Bill Blatt, Miami
> Mike Dimino, Widener
> Josh Douglas, Kentucky
> Atiba Ellis, West Virginia
> Terri Enns, Ohio State
> Abbe Gluck, Yale
> John Manning, Harvard
> David Romantz, Memphis
> Brad Smith, Capital
>
> We also discussed the possibility of creating a separate Election Law (or
> Law of the Political Process) section at Saturday's meeting.   As some of
> you may recall, the section's name was changed from "Legislation" to
> "Legislation and Law of the Political Process" in 2007.  The section's
> subject-matter coverage includes both statutory interpretation and election
> law, although the annual meeting program has focused on statutory
> interpretation in recent years.   The first step in creating a new Election
> Law section would be a petition from 50 faculty from at least 25 schools.
> Possible advantages include greater visibility for the field and the
> opportunity to have a panel on an election law topic (as well as one on
> statutory interpretation) each year.  Possible disadvantages include a
> reduction in the size of the section (currently around 400) and the
> elimination of a forum in which legislation and election law scholars can
> exchange ideas with each other.
>
> *I'd very much appreciate hearing your thoughts, in whatever form you
> care to provide them, on the possibilty of creating a separate Election
> Law section*.  Feel free to email me off list or call at the number
> below.  It would be helpful to receive responses by *January 18*.
>  Finally, the section has created an exam and syllabus bank<http://exchange.westlaw.com/Groups/Group.aspx?GroupID=437&navTabIndex=4&tab=Materials&f=1&m=0> for
> both Legislation and Election Law courses. It can be found by going to
> exchange.westlaw.com (search “Groups” for "Legislation”) using your
> Westlaw "one-pass" password.  Mike Dimino of the section's executive
> committee has created and graciously agreed to maintain the repository.  I'd
> encourage all of you who teach either course to contribute your syllabi and
> exams.  If you have something you'd be willing to add, please email Mike at
> mrdimino at widener.edu.
>
> Thanks, and look forward to hearing from you.
>  --
>  Daniel Tokaji
> Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Professor of Law
> The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law
> 55 W. 12th Ave. | Columbus, OH 43210
> 614.292.6566 | tokaji.1 at osu.edu
>
>
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