Association of American Law Schools Considers Hotel Conference Boycott over Devout Catholic Owner's Political Contribution

Update- The The Volokh Conspiracy that actually has a few posters that agree with Gay marriage on the whole think this is a horrible idea. That is a relief . See Boycott of AALS Meeting in San Diego: , The AALS and Political Boycotts, An Open Letter to Carl Monk: and The AALS Boycott:


This is disturbing for the reason the Catholic Legal scholars give. This is all because the hotel owner, a Catholic, gave money to a organization that is fighting gay marraige in California. Please note he has gay employees and there is not evidence his hotel discriminates against gay or bisexual people.

The Catholic Legal Theory blog Mirrors of Justice has had a very good discussion on this.

See More on the AALS Boycott ,
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The AALS and Boycotts—revisited and thought through ,
The Proposed AALS Boycott: The Sad Politicization of a Scholarly Association
AALS and Boycotts
Same-Sex Marriage, Boycotts, and the AALS Conference

This is a group representing having and representing thousands of legal educators.

This is the web page of the AALS

Sadly their members is huge , and include not only the main LAW school from my home state but most Catholic ones.

A – B
University of Akron, C. Blake McDowell Law Center (AALS, 1974)
The University of Alabama School of Law (AALS, 1928)
Albany Law School, Union University (AALS, 1947)
American University, Washington College of Law (AALS, 1947)
Arizona State University College of Law (AALS, 1969)
University of Arizona College of Law (AALS, 1931)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center (AALS, 1927)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (AALS, 1979)
University of Baltimore School of Law (AALS, 1988)
Baylor University School of Law (AALS, 1938)
Boston College Law School (AALS, 1937)
Boston University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (AALS, 1982)
Brooklyn Law School (AALS, 1973)
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (AALS, 1937)
C – D
California Western School of Law (AALS, 1967)
University of California at Berkeley School of Law (AALS, 1912)
University of California at Davis School of Law (AALS, 1968)
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (AALS, Charter Member, 1900-1927; 1949)
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (AALS, 1952)
Capital University Law School (AALS, 1983)
Case Western Reserve University Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
The Catholic University of America School of Law (AALS, 1921)
Chapman University School of Law
University of Chicago Law School (AALS, 1902)
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (AALS, 1951)
University of Cincinnati College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
City University of New York School of Law (AALS, 2008)
Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (AALS, 1970)
University of Colorado School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Columbia University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Connecticut School of Law (AALS, 1946)
Cornell Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
Creighton University School of Law (AALS, 1907)
University of Dayton School of Law (AALS, 1984)
University of Denver College of Law (AALS, 1929)
DePaul University College of Law (AALS, 1924)
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (AALS, 1934)
Drake University Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
Duke University School of Law (AALS, 1905-1919, under name of Trinity College, Department of Law; 1930)
Duquesne University School of Law (AALS, 1964)
E – J
Emory University School of Law (AALS, 1920)
University of Florida College of Law (AALS, 1920)
Florida State University College of Law (AALS,1969)
Fordham University School of Law (AALS, 1936)
George Washington University National Law Center (AALS, Charter Member, under name of Columbian University)
George Mason University School of Law (AALS, 1990)
Georgetown University Law Center (AALS, 1902)
University of Georgia School of Law (AALS, 1931)
Georgia State University College of Law (AALS, 1995)
Golden Gate University School of Law (AALS, 1980)
Gonzaga University School of Law (AALS, 1977)
Hamline University School of Law (AALS, 1984)
Harvard University Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law (AALS, 1989)
Hofstra University School of Law (AALS, 1972)
University of Houston Law Center (AALS, 1966)
Howard University School of Law (AALS, 1931)
University of Idaho College of Law (AALS, 1914)
University of Illinois College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis (AALS, Charter Member)
Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Iowa College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
John Marshall Law School (AALS, 1979)
K – M
University of Kansas School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Kentucky College of Law (AALS, 1912)
Louisiana State University Law Center (AALS, 1924)
Lewis and Clark Law School (AALS, 1973)
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (AALS, 1933)
Loyola University School of Law, Chicago (AALS, 1924)
Loyola Law School (AALS, 1937)
Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans (AALS, 1934)
University of Maine School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Marquette University Law School (AALS, 1912)
University of Maryland School of Law (AALS, 1930)
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (AALS, 1974)
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (AALS, 2001)
Mercer University Law School (AALS, 1923)
University of Miami School of Law (AALS, 1946)
The University of Michigan Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
Michigan State University College of Law (AALS, 1946)
University of Minnesota Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Mississippi School of Law (AALS, 1929)
Mississippi College School of Law (AALS, 1990)
University of Missouri School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (AALS, 1938)
University of Montana School of Law (AALS, 1914)
N – Q
University of Nebraska College of Law (AALS, 1905)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
New England School of Law (AALS, 1998)
University of New Mexico School of Law (AALS, 1948)
New York Law School (AALS, 1974)
New York University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Northern Illinois University College of Law (AALS, 1985)
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (AALS, 1984)
University of North Carolina School of Law (AALS, 1920)
University of North Dakota School of Law (AALS, 1910)
Northeastern University School of Law (AALS, 1945, closed 1956; Reopened 1968; 1970)
Northwestern University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Notre Dame Law School (AALS, 1924)
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center (AALS, 1989)
Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law (AALS, 1965)
The Ohio State University College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Oklahoma Law Center (AALS, 1911)
Oklahoma City University School of Law (AALS, 2003)
University of Oregon School of Law (AALS, 1919)
Pace University School of Law (AALS, 1982)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law (AALS, 1912-1924 resigned; 1934)
Pepperdine University School of Law (AALS, 1980)
University of Pittsburgh School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
University of Puerto Rico School of Law (AALS, 1948)
Quinnipiac University School of Law (AALS, 1985)
R – S
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law (AALS, 1920)
Roger Williams University School of Law
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden (AALS, 1946)
Rutgers. The State University of New Jersey, S.I. Newhouse Center for Law & Justice (AALS, 1946)
St. John's University School of Law (AALS, 1946)
Saint Louis University School of Law (AALS, 1924)
St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law (AALS, 1949)
St. Thomas University School of Law (AALS, 2001)
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (AALS, 1952)
University of San Diego School of Law (AALS, 1966)
University of San Francisco School of Law (AALS, 1937)
Santa Clara University School of Law (AALS, 1940)
Seattle University School of Law (AALS, 1974)
Seton Hall University School of Law (AALS, 1959)
University of South Carolina School of Law (AALS, 1924)
University of South Dakota School of Law (AALS, 1907)
South Texas College of Law (AALS, 1998)
University of Southern California Law School (AALS, 1907)
Southern Illinois University School of Law (AALS, 1982)
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (AALS, 1929)
Southwestern University School of Law (AALS, 1974)
Stanford Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
Stetson University College of Law (AALS, 1931)
Suffolk University Law School (AALS, 1977)
Syracuse University College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
T – Z
Temple University School of Law (AALS, 1935)
University of Tennessee College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Texas Tech University School of Law (AALS, 1969)
The University of Texas School of Law (AALS, 1907)
University of Toledo College of Law (AALS, 1941)
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (AALS, 2008)
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (AALS, 1994)
Tulane University School of Law (AALS, 1909)
The University of Tulsa College of Law (AALS, 1966)
University of Utah College of Law (AALS, 1929)
Valparaiso University School of Law (AALS, 1930)
Vanderbilt University School of Law (AALS, 1910)
Vermont Law School (AALS, 1982)
Villanova University School of Law (AALS, 1957)
University of Virginia School of Law (AALS, 1916)
Wake Forest University School of Law (AALS, 1935)
Washburn University School of Law (AALS, 1905)
Washington and Lee University School of Law (AALS, 1920)
University of Washington School of Law (AALS, 1909)
Washington University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
Wayne State University Law School (AALS, 1946)
West Virginia University College of Law (AALS, 1914)
Western New England College School of Law (AALS, 1981)
Whittier Law School (AALS, 1987)
Widener University School of Law (AALS, 1987)
Willamette University College of Law (AALS, 1946)
College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (AALS, 1936)
University of Wisconsin Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
William Mitchell College of Law (AALS, 1982)
University of Wyoming College of Law (AALS, 1923)
Yale Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (AALS, 1983)