ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B53C

Classification

2000

Street

1614 20TH ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO DREW OVER 2,100 ATTENDEES AND FEATURED MORE THAN 200 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING A WORKSHOP FOR PRETENURED LAW TEACHERS. THE 2025 CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 800 EDUCATORS. THE NEW LAW TEACHERS WORKSHOP IN JUNE HOSTED 100 FACULTY IN WASHINGTON, DC. ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS INCLUDED AN APRIL WEBINAR FOR ASPIRING LAW TEACHERS AND AN AUGUST VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY AND LECTURERS, WHERE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS SHARED GUIDANCE ON CLASS PREPARATION, TEACHING, ASSESSMENT, AND USING STUDENT FEEDBACK. FOR DEANS, AALS CO-HOSTED A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH THE ABA IN JUNE AND HELD THREE ONGOING WEBINAR SERIES.

  Expenses $3,146,661 · Revenue $1,474,140

• MEMBER SERVICES: AALS IS AN ASSOCIATION OF 174 MEMBER LAW SCHOOLS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 7,000 FULLTIME U.S. LAW FACULTY. MEMBERSHIP REQUIRES ADHERENCE WITH CORE VALUES, INCLUDING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP, ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AND DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUNDS AND VIEWPOINTS. AALS REPRESENTS U.S. LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE LAW PROFESSORIATE TO OTHER ENTITIES. ITS FACULTY APPOINTMENT SERVICES INCLUDE A WEBPAGE ON BECOMING A LAW TEACHER, AN ONLINE REGISTRY OF FACULTY CANDIDATES, AND A PLACEMENT BULLETIN OF FACULTY OPENINGS. MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERDRIVEN AALS SECTIONS PROVIDE NETWORKING, IDEASHARING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR LAW SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF. PLANNING ALSO STARTED FOR A VIRTUAL FACULTY RECRUITMENT CONFERENCE AND SIX REGIONAL FACULTY RECRUITMENT EVENTS HOSTED BY AALS MEMBER LAW SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $1,630,317 · Revenue $4,192,037

• COMMUNICATIONS: AALS SHOWCASES MEMBER SCHOOLS' INNOVATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, REGULARLY UPDATING WEBSITE CONTENT AND SHARING NEWS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. THE HOMEPAGE FEATURES A CALENDAR OF LAW SCHOOL SYMPOSIA AND A LIST OF RECENT BOOKS BY LAW FACULTY, ALONG WITH RESOURCES FOR LAW DEANS, INCLUDING CLEARINGHOUSES ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM/FREE SPEECH, ANTIRACISM, THE RULE OF LAW, AND STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. AALS ALSO PRODUCES SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS: THE DIRECTORY OF LAW TEACHERS, A COMPILATION OF LAW SCHOOLS AND FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES; THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION, EDITED BY FACULTY AT TWO MEMBER SCHOOLS FEATURING ARTICLES ON TEACHING, LEGAL THEORY, SCHOLARSHIP, AND THE PROFESSION; AND AALS LENS, AN ONLINE MULTIMEDIA OUTLET PROVIDING NEWS ON ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AND ISSUES IN LEGAL EDUCATION. IN 2024, AALS ALSO PRODUCED A BOOK ON ITS HISTORY TO CELEBRATE ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY, A REPORT ON THE AMERICAN LAW SCHOOL FACULTY STUDY, AND AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE ANNUAL PRO BONO STUDENT HOURS STUDY.

  Expenses $1,339,339 · Revenue $64,535

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $6,354,385

  Expenses

  $7,234,846

  Contributions

  $282,778

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,162,402

  Expenses

  $6,411,683

  Contributions

  $311,631

  Grants paid

  $5,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,894,628

  Expenses

  $6,415,501

  Contributions

  $297,867

  Grants paid

  $2,605

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,109,925

  Expenses

  $5,009,740

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,777,608

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,549,132

  Expenses

  $4,772,363

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,806,703

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,712,872

  Expenses

  $5,270,152

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,341,077

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,623,774

  Expenses

  $5,843,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,197,357

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,864,056

  Expenses

  $5,416,469

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,249,199

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,313,916

  Expenses

  $5,623,860

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,919,713

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,666,480

  Expenses

  $5,619,751

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,437,134

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,370,324

  Expenses

  $5,584,720

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,730,180

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,784,808

  Expenses

  $5,398,729

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,222,371

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,873,221

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,918,993

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $75,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $75,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $75,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH - RESEARCH GRANT

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $50,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH

• ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT/RESEARCH - SPONSORSHIP, RESEARCH AND CHALLENGE

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