Commensurate with experience, expertise, and other qualifying factors.
Position Summary
The Events and Meetings Manager supports the planning and delivery of AALS meetings and related sections and affiliate programming. This role coordinates schedules, vendors, exhibitors, housing, and committee logistics with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth onsite and virtual attendee experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Plan and execute in-person and virtual meetings, including timelines, logistics, and onsite events support.
Coordinate section program schedules with the Director of Meetings, Section Services Manager, and other staff.
Support invoice processing and help maintain meeting budgets and related financial tracking.
Coordinate logistics with vendors, exhibitors, housing partners, and internal teams (including Development).
Manage affiliates, in conjunction with events, with scheduling and working in coordination with the Section & Meetings staff.
Prepare the meeting resume and related planning documents with the Director of Meetings.
Coordinate staff travel and reimbursements; provide administrative support to the team.
Serve as a point of contact for assigned meeting planning areas.
Support meeting planning committees, including scheduling, materials, and follow-up.
Partners across teams to draft and distribute accurate event logistics communications.
Use Event Management Software and other platforms to spot trends and data that improve event strategy.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Meetings and AALS leadership.
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills Required
Bachelor’s degree required.
3-5 years’ experience in the meetings and hospitality industry
Openness to learn new processes and procedures in a new work culture
Exceptional customer service skills, ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks effectively, in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail
Excellent analytical skills and able to manage large amounts of data and reports
Must be able to effectively communicate (written & verbal)
Ability to multitask while working with tight deadlines or unexpected requests
Demonstrated ability to work independently or as a part a team, fostering team collaboration skills
Proven proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, SharePoint, Word, Outlook, Excel (managing spreadsheets and using formulas), online forms, a plus
Experience using association management systems (AMS) such as Protech, including running queries, creating workflows, a plus
Experience with event platforms such as Accelevents, a plus
This is a full-time, hybrid position with headquarters located in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Occasional travel is required.
The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association of 174 member and 19 fee-paid law schools. Its member schools enroll most of the nation’s law students and produce the majority of the country’s lawyers and judges, as well as many of its lawmakers.
Founded in 1900, the mission of AALS is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education. In support of this mission, AALS promotes the core values of excellence in teaching and scholarship, academic freedom, and diversity, including diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints, while seeking to improve the legal profession, to foster justice, and to serve its many communities–local, national, and international.
AALS has the dual responsibility of serving law schools as an institutional membership organization, and individual law school faculty as their learned society. AALS offers a hybrid mix of in-person and virtual professional development opportunities. The AALS Annual Meeting, the centerpiece of yearly association activities, draws thousands of professors, deans, and administrators in early January. An Opening Plenary and Presidential Programs are among the highlights. Recent additions to the A...nnual Meeting include Discussion Groups of invited faculty on selected topics and Arc of Career programs addressing the professional careers of law faculty and administrators. To encourage and recognize excellent legal scholarship by new law teachers, AALS issues a call for scholarly papers by full-time faculty who have taught for five years or less. A committee of legal scholars selects for special recognition those authors whose papers have made the most substantial contribution to legal literature. Other legal education organizations also hold meetings or programs in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, and law schools hold receptions for graduates and friends. It is an outstanding opportunity for legal educators to connect with colleagues from other law schools and countries around matters of common interest.
Each year, the Association also hosts in-person a clinical conference, a workshop for new law teachers, and a forum for law school deans. Over the past few years AALS organized virtual webinars and conferences related to becoming a law professor, institutional advancement, and democracy. Additional virtual programs included support for adjuncts and lecturers, faculty appointment committees, and faculty candidates.
Faculty and deans also engage throughout the year via the 108 sections that present programs, provide mentoring for new faculty, and serve as a resource for discussions on important legal issues including antitrust, criminal justice, dispute resolution, education law, international law, and taxation.
AALS serves as a voice on behalf of legal education. Its website features the latest news and issues related to legal education and showcases outstanding faculty and innovative programs at law schools. In 2022, the Association launched an ongoing member school highlight series on its website that features a different law school and program at each institution. AALS also connects with the legal education community and public on social media including Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, and YouTube.
AALS conducts research on topics important to legal education. In 2018, AALS published two research reports based on a national survey conducted for the Association by Gallup to understand student views on law school: Before the JD: Undergraduate Views on Law School and Beyond the Bachelor’s: Undergraduate Perspectives on Graduate and Professional Degrees. More recently, the Association released the American Law School Dean Study in 2022 and the American Law School Faculty Study in 2024.
AALS is the only nonprofit association that is a member of both the American Council on Education and the American Council of Learned Societies, reflecting its dual mission. AALS also belongs to the Consortium of Social Science Associations, the National Humanities Alliance, and the Washington Higher Education Secretariat.
