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2010 AALS News 1 (2010)

handle is hein.aals/aalsnews2010 and id is 1 raw text is: the president's message Principles to Guide Us H. Reese Hansen, Brigham Young UniversiyJ. Reuben Clark Law School The following is the Presidential Address of H. Reese Hansen before the House ofRepresentatives at the AALSAnnual MeetingonJanuay 9, 2010. I want to begin my comments to- night by expressing my deep grati- tude for the honor and privilege of serving this year as president of the Association of American Law Schools. My first experience with AALS was in the 1970's at an an- nual meeting held in New Orleans. I enjoyed New Orleans then, and I am glad to be back this year, par- ticularly to see the city's recov- ery, so far, from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Over my now rather long pro- fessional life as a law professor and dean, I have had many opportuni- ties to work with and come to know scores, even hundreds, of people in legal education. I am very proud to say that I am a law professor. I re- ally believe I have the best job in the world, both because I am con- vinced the work of training law- yers is very important and because I love the people and ideas that fill my work days. My work with the professionals and volunteers in the Association has enriched my life and been the basis of many cher- ished friendships. I am profoundly grateful for the Association and for the people who do its work so well. It has been my privilege to serve on the Executive Committee of the Association under the leadership of four outstanding presidents: Judith Areen, Nancy Rogers, John Garvey, and Rachel Moran. Each of them has provided remarkable and distinguished guidance to the work of the Association. Particularly tonight, I want to express special gratitude to Rachel Moran for her wonderful leadership during her presidential year which concludes at the close of this annual meet- ing. I want also to acknowledge the important contributions of Joe Knight and Lauren Robel whose terms on the Executive Committee also conclude with this annual meeting, along with John Garvey who retires from the Executive Committee as past-president of the Association. I extend a warm wel- come to Professors Dorothy Brown, from Emory, and Ann Shalleck, from American University, who tonight become new members of H. Reese Hansen addresses the AALS House of Representatives the Executive Committee. And congratulations to Michael Olivas, from the University of Houston Law Center, our new president- elect. It is important to publicly ac- knowledge the indispensable work of the remarkable professional staff of the Association. I was privileged to be on the search committee that recommended Susan Prager to the Executive Committee to become our Executive Director, succeed- ing Carl Monk who had served legal education so well for so many years. I thought then that Susan would be an extraordinary leader. She has exceeded my very high expecta- tions. I testify that we are in good hands with Susan. We are blessed to have the benefit of her steady guid- ance, thoughtful advice, remark- able judgment, hard work, and gracious personal touch in her du- ties as Executive Director. Continued on page 2 Printed as a Public Service by West Law School Publishing and Foundation Press.

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