About Us

The purpose of this Section of the AALS is to promote scholarship, teaching, and related activities that will help prepare lawyers and law students to serve in leadership roles. The Section also will make recommendations to the Association on matters of interest with respect to the research and teaching concerning leadership development in the legal profession. The Section will work to develop a community of faculty, practitioners, and students to exchange ideas and develop courses and programs to promote leadership development for the legal profession.

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CHAIR:
April M. Barton,
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
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CHAIR-ELECT:
Lee Fisher,
Cleveland State University College of Law
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

Martin H. Brinkley
Dean and William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Joan MacLeod Heminway
Rick Rose Distinguished Professor of Law
Interim Director, Institute for Professional Leadership
The University of Tennessee College of Law
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Susan R. Jones
Professor of Clinical Law
The George Washington University Law School
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Tania Luma 
Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Clinical Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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Stephen Rispoli
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Strategic Initiatives
Director of Innovation and Scholarship, Executive LL.M. in Litigation Management
Baylor University School of Law
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Hillary A. Sale
Associate Dean for Strategy
Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and Corporate Governance,
Professor of Management
Georgetown University
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Aric K. Short
Professor of Law & Director, Professionalism and Leadership Program
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Leah Witcher Jackson Teague
Associate Dean and Professor of Law
Baylor University School of Law
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Kellye Y. Testy
President & CEO
Law School Admission Council
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