The Legal Section Council is dedicated to disseminating knowledge and connecting professionals concerned with association legal issues.
The Legal Section Council holds two in-person meetings each year. The first of these meetings is a mandatory kick off meeting at ASAE Headquarters in Washington, DC which will be held in week of September 25th, 2017. The second in-person meeting will be in spring 2018, which is usually held in conjunction with the Association Law Symposium in Chicago. There are also a series of teleconferences held throughout the year for the council and its subcommittees.
The group's work for 2017-2018 includes:
- Recommending and advising ASAE on ways to improve programs and services for Legal Section members;
- Authoring the monthly Association Law & Policy (ALP) in ASAE’s E-magazine Associations Now Plus.
- Authoring the Good Counsel column in ASAE’s publication Associations NOW.
- Advising ASAE University staff on the content of the Annual Association Law Symposium, actively helps promote, and ideally participates in the Conference;
- Submitting proposals (or identify potential submissions from outside the council) to other ASAE conferences.
- Considering ways to increase a sense of community among Legal Section professionals via social media, Collaborate, and other means.
The 2017-2018 Legal Section Council term will begin on September 1, 2017.
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