What is AALA The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) is the only national professional organization focusing on the legal needs of the agricultural community. Crossing traditional barriers, it offers an independent forum for investigation of innovative and workable solutions to complex agricultural law problems. This role has taken on greater importance in the midst of the current international and environmental issues, reshaping agriculture and the impending technological advances which promise equally dramatic changes. Publications The AALA provides members with several publications each year. Foremost, the Agricultural Law Update, a monthly newsletter containing short reports and summaries of significant developments in agricultural law. The Update has reports on farm programs, agricultural labor law, bankruptcy, finance, farmland protection, congressional activity, international trade, environmental law, and other agricultural topics. In addition, the Update provides our members each month with an in-depth article on an important development in agricultural law. The Update also has periodic bibliographies of published agricultural law articles. AALA Editor: Linda Grim McCormick Rt. 2, Box 292A, 2816 C.R. 163 Alvin, Texas 77511 Phone/Fax: (281) 388-0155 e-mail: apamperedchef@ev1.net A second publication provided to members is the annual law review agricultural law symposium. This symposium publishes articles which are expanded versions of presentations of topics to the Annual Educational Conference of the Association. In recent years, the AALA Agricultural Law Symposium has been published in the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, a law review from the Drake University School of Law. Third, AALA publishes a Membership Directory. The Directory lists the AALA members, contact information, and areas of law in which the individual member practices. Public Member Search :: Members-Only Search Annual Educational Conferences The AALA sponsors annual educational conferences that continue to provide excellent opportunities for professional growth. These two-day conferences allow for detailed coverage of those subject matter areas in which the practitioner intends to maintain a degree of practice expertise, as well as meeting experts and other practitioners of your field. Topics may range from accounting (farm) to zoning (rural). In addition to the traditional areas, new issues in agricultural biotechnology, environmental law, international trade issues, and the impending technological advances reshaping agriculture may be covered.