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1998 Newsl. 1 (1998)

handle is hein.aals/aalsnews1998 and id is 1 raw text is: -77 7I February 1998 Numher gR-1 The President's Message The Professional Responsibility of Professional Schools By Deborah L. Rhode (Editor's note: The following is President Rhode's speech before the AALS House of Represen- tatives at the Annual Meeting in January.) Members of the House of Representatives, col- leagues, friends: it is a great honor to serve as presi- dent of an Association that, for almost a century, has been the national voice and collective conscience of American legal education. The commitments of this organization - to academic freedom, excellence, diversity, and social justice - are central to our lives as educators. I feel privileged to share in their pursuit and to have the support, wisdom, and example of so many partners in that effort. Leadership of the AALS is a collective enterprise and I am blessed to have guidance from a superb Executive Committee and AALS staff. My debts are substantial, and identifying all of them individually would AALS has two new members Two schools joined the Association of American Law Schools at the Annual Meeting in January. New England School of Law and South Texas College of Law were both welcomed unanimously by the AALS House of Representatives at its meeting on January 9 in San Francisco. Both schools were recommended for membership by the Membership Review Committee and the Execu- tive Committee. The AALS now includes 162 member schools. The New England School of Law is an indepen- dent, non-profit institution located in downtown Boston. Founded in 1908 as Portia Law School, the nation's only law school solely for women, it became co-educational (Continued on page 7) occupy the entire session. I will limit myself to singling out the Director, Carl Monk, the Deputy Director, Bari Burke, the Associate Director, Jane La Barbera, and my prede- cessors, Judith Wegner and John Sexton. Their unequaled talents have immeasurably enriched Deborah L. Rhode this Association and my own efforts in its behalf. I also owe a special personal debt to Herma Hill Kay, who first lured me onto the Executive Committee and who has inspired an entire generation of legal educators by her work as AALS President, pathbreaking scholar, and personal mentor. (Continued on page 2) Printing and Distribution Courtesy of Foundation Press, Inc.

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