AALS theme showing fist with emancipate academic freedom

2027 AALS Annual Meeting

Dates: January 5 – January 8, 2027

Location: New York, New York

Location Link: 2027 AALS Annual Meeting


Danielle M. Conway, Distinguished Professor of Law and executive director of the Antiracist Development Institute at Penn State Dickinson Law, is the 2026 president of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Her theme for the year is Emancipate. Academic. Freedom. This theme focuses the lens on higher education and law schools as sites of connection between the values of intellectual inquiry and the public good, creation and advancement of knowledge, and the foundational centering of education as an essential part of the democratic project. Read more about her theme and find out more about the event here.

Registration for the Annual Meeting coming in September 2026! Check back for additional scheduling details this fall.