[EL] Adjuncts in the AALS Election Law Section

Wed Jul 19 09:57:50 PDT 2017

Adjunct professors can be associate members of AALS sections, but not regular members (who can vote and hold office). Section 1.4.e. of the AALS Executive Committee regulations, http://www.aals.org/about/handbook/executive-committee-regulations/, excludes adjunct faculty from regular membership in sections:

1.4 Section Membership.

a. Regular Membership. All faculty and professional staff of member law schools are eligible for regular membership in a Section. Sections that concern international issues may include as regular members faculty and professional staff at law schools that participate as AALS International Subscribers.

b. Associate Membership. Subject to restrictions set by a Section in its bylaws, any person may join a Section as an associate member. An associate member is not eligible to vote in Section meetings, to hold office in a Section, or to serve on a Section’s executive committee. Associate members who are not affiliated with a member or a non-member fee-paid school may be required to pay an annual membership fee in an amount established by the Executive Committee. Faculty and professional staff affiliated with fee-paid schools may join a Section without paying the annual membership fee.

c. A Section may recommend additional limits on membership so long as those limits are consistent with the AALS’s core values, Bylaws, these Regulations, and any other AALS policies. Additional limits on Section membership must be approved in advance by the Executive Committee.

d. Individuals who meet a Section’s membership requirements may join a Section by communicating their interest to AALS’s staff member designated for handling these requests.

e. For purposes of this chapter, “faculty and professional staff of member law schools” excludes adjunct faculty, visiting faculty or temporary professional staff who do not have a continuing professional relationship with a member law school as their principal employment.

I'm not sure whether our section bylaws provide for associate membership. If not, they should be amended. It would be very hard to persuade the AALS Executive Committee to change section 1.4.

Mark

Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine University School of Law
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From: Goldfeder, Jerry H. <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [EL] Adjuncts in the AALS Election Law Section
To: 'Josh Douglas' <joshuadouglas at uky.edu<mailto:joshuadouglas at uky.edu>>, Franitatolson <franitatolson at gmail.com<mailto:franitatolson at gmail.com>>, Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu>>

I think we ought to take a more assertive position.  The AALS would undoubtedly benefit from participation by Adjuncts. I’m sure there are viable, even persuasive, arguments that can be made.

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From: Josh Douglas [ Josh Douglas [mailto:joshuadouglas at uky.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 5:24 PM
To: Franitatolson; Goldfeder, Jerry H.
Subject: <EXTERNAL> Re: [EL] Adjuncts in the AALS Election Law Section

I think the AALS bylaws don't allow it for any section.  Nothing we as a section can do.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 2:22 PM Goldfeder, Jerry H. <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com>> wrote:
What are the prospects of Adjuncts being permitted to become members of this Section?  Most of those who teach the subject, or some variation of it, are Adjuncts. There was some procedural issue offered by the AALS when the group formed several years ago, which I thought was a bit counterproductive.  Now that there is a formalized Section, it should be allowed.  Thoughts?

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From:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu<mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu<mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu>]On Behalf Of Franita Tolson
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Subject: <EXTERNAL> [EL] Update from the AALS Election Law Section

Dear Colleagues,

I write with the amazing news that the Executive Committee of the AALS has unanimously approved the Section on Election Law's petition for permanent status.  We owe a huge debt to many people who worked to make this happen, but special thanks to Josh Douglas (Kentucky) and Mike Pitts (Indiana), who chaired the section in its first two years and were integral to helping us reach this huge milestone.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us at the AALS annual meeting in San Diego for our first program as a permanent section, currently set for Thursday, January 4, 2018 from 10:30-12:15.  The description is as follows:

             The Legacy of Shaw v. Reno: A Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Retrospective

In Shaw v. Reno, the Supreme Court recognized a new, analytically distinct cause of action under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to address legislative redistricting plans that impermissibly relied on racial criteria in constructing district boundaries.  Twenty-five years after the creation of the Shaw claim, the Supreme Court still struggles to clearly articulate the harm resulting from the use of race in redistricting; to establish criteria for determining when a viable Shaw claim exists; and to resolve the complex interplay of race and politics upon which the Shaw claim often rises and falls.  This session will discuss these issues and others, by focusing on the controversial legacy of Shaw v. Reno and also by charting a path forward.

                 Papers will be published in The Election Law Journal.

Our panelists currently include: Lisa Mannheim (Washington), Bertrall Ross (Berkeley), Dan Tokaji (Ohio State), J. Morgan Kousser (Cal Tech), Nick Stephanopoulos (Chicago) (tentative), and myself as moderator.  It will be a really great conversation about an important and timely topic.

The section also is soliciting submissions for the best election law article of 2017.  Authors should submit their articles, in Microsoft Word or PDF format, to ftolson at law.usc.edu<mailto:ftolson at law.usc.edu> by October 15, 2017.  Articles can be works in progress, or alternatively, have been accepted for publication or published during the 2017 calendar year, but please do not submit articles that have been published prior to January 2017. The Executive Committee will select the winner, who will receive an award at our section meeting at AALS in January.

I look forward to receiving your submissions!

Best,

Franita

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