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2026 Annual Meeting

  • Date: January 6 — 9, 2026
  • Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside
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  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Nursing Parents Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Section on Education Law Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Section on International Law Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention for Law School Faculty
    Type: AALS Programs

    Existential Threats to Recruitment and Retention of Law Faculty and Law Students

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Ukrainian Resilience on the Front Lines of Democracy: What is the Role of International Law?

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations and Securities Regulation Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Unincorporated Entities in the Digital Retail Economy

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM CANCELLED Property Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    CANCELLED Pedagogy Session: Teaching Property in the Next Generation

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Commercial and Consumer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Innovation and Impact: A Tribute to Juliet Moringiello

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Perspectives in Constitutional Law

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Criminal Law, Sponsored by Criminal Procedure
    Type: Section Programs

    The New Age of Pardons

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Sponsored by Law and Sports
    Type: Section Programs

    Sports, Race, and Employee Benefits Law – The Case of Cloud v. NFL Retirement Plan

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Sponsored by Disability Law and Law and Mental Disability
    Type: Section Programs

    Managing Disability: From Academic Job Searching Through Tenure, Promotion, and Beyond

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Legal Master's Programs
    Type: Section Programs

    Measuring What Matters: Data-Informed Excellence and Leadership in Master of Legal Studies Programs

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Pro Bono & Access to Justice
    Type: Section Programs

    Unified for Justice: A Collaborative Law School Approach to Pro Bono

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress Program

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    How Socioeconomics Can Help Us Survive Trump’s Assault on the Administrative State

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Teaching Methods, Sponsored by Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, and Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Teaching in Turbulent Times

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Skills-Based Education in the Age of AI

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Beyond NextGen: Licensure Reform and Equity in Attorney Licensure

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    Teaching So Gen Z Students Can Learn

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Site Visit Workshop
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Panel 1 – Support for the Rule of Law through Teaching

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Animal Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Animals Missing from Legal Analysis

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Criminal Law, Sponsored by Criminal Procedure
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Bounding the Modes of Punishment

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    Type: Section Programs

    Trump 2.0’s Impact on Employee Benefits

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by the American Bar Association
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Powering Law Student Growth: Leveraging the ABA as a Strategic Partner in Law Student Engagement and Success

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Immigration Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Immigration Enforcement and the Limits of Law

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Sponsored by Disability Law and Law and Mental Disability
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress Panel

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Debating Healthcare Expertise

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Legal History
    Type: Section Programs

    The Declaration of Independence at 250

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Legislation and Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Programs

    Congress in an Age of Presidential Primacy: Budget and Spending

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Socio-Economics, Sponsored by Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights and Poverty Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Economic Predation in the Age of Trump

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Tech-Driven Disruption: How Emerging Tools are Rewriting Legal Doctrines

  • 2:35 PM - 5:25 PM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Promoting the Rule of Law

  • 2:35 PM - 5:25 PM Environmental Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Panel 2 – Support for the Rule of Law through Scholarship and Service

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Access, Opportunity and Impact
    Type: Section Programs

    The Evolution of the Work of Creating Community and Belonging

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Administrative Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Administrative Law

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Unincorporated Entities

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Education Law, Sponsored by Children and the Law and Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    The Privatization of Public Education: Consideration and Consequences

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by Acuity Insights
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Future-Proofing Law Students: Professional Skills in the Age of AI

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Immigration Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Immigration Legal Scholarship

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Sponsored by Disability Law and Law and Mental Disability
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Pedagogy, Advising, and Beyond: Disabled Law Students, Disabled and Allied Law Student Associations (DALSAs), and Other Student Organizations Focused on Disability

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Issues in Law, Medicine, and Health Care

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    Radical Legal Imaginaries: Law, Literature, and Speculative Futures

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Presented by West Academic, a BARBRI Company
    Type: AALS Sponsor Programs

    From Classrooms to Clicks: Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Legal Education

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Teaching Methods, Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, Law Libraries and Legal Information, and Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Helping Every Student Develop Practice Ready Skills Across the Curriculum

  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    A Session for First Time Meeting Attendees: What is AALS and Why Does It Matter for My Career? And How Do I Get the Most Out of the Annual Meeting?

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Clinical Legal Education
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Education Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Evidence
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Natural Resources and Energy Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Reception for New Law Teachers
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Penn State Dickinson Law Antiracist Development Institute and Roger Williams University School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Nursing Parents Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Mindfulness Meditation in the Contemplative Space
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Race to the Bottom: The New Gerrymander and State Constitutional Responses

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Who, What, and Where: Second Amendment Questions the Supreme Court Will Finally Answer This Term and Questions It Continues to Avoid

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Programs

    The Prison Litigation Reform Act: 30 Years On

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Criminal Procedure Sponsored by Criminal Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Who Claims the Power to Police? Authority, Legitimacy, and the Re-Imagining of Public Safety

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Environmental Law Sponsored by Natural Resources and Energy Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Next Chapter for Environmental Law: Where Do We Go From Here?

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Islamic Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Islamic Law Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Jewish Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Teaching and Writing About Antisemitism

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Law and Sports, Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Main Program Panels

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Legal Master's Programs
    Type: Section Programs

    The Enduring Impact of Legal Master Programs on Legal Education and Professional Practice

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    Property Rights and Racial Dispossession

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM National Security Law, Sponsored by International Human Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    Judicial Deference in the National Security Space: Is It Warranted?

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM New Law Professors
    Type: Section Programs

    Thriving, Not Just Surviving, As A New Law Professor

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Scholarship
    Type: Section Programs

    Challenges to Academic Freedom

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    The Impact of Technology on Law and Society

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Mindful Movement in the Contemplative Space
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section for Associate Deans and Academic Affairs Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Ed. Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section on Student Services Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM AALS Presidential Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    AALS at 125: Reflecting on History and Impact

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Art Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Clinical Legal Education
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Evidence
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM International Human Rights
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony and Memorial to Professor Henry J. Richardson III

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Race and Private Law and Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Student Services
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Welcome & Luncheon Debate: Resolved: The President Has the Indefeasible Power of Removal
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Introduction to Mindfulness in the Contemplative Space
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:45 PM - 12:55 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers - Welcome and Introdcution
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:45 PM - 5:00 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:55 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers - Session One: Advice to my Junior Self: What I Wish I Knew Then
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Analyzing Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Legal Education: The Lessons Learned and Their Application to Today’s Emerging Challenges.

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Author Meets Deans: The Opinionated University by Brian Soucek

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Agricultural and Food Law
    Type: Section Programs

    MAHA: Facts and Fictions

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, Sponsored by Leadership
    Type: Section Programs

    Doing Well-Being Without Losing Your Mind: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Law Student, Faculty, and Staff Well-Being

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Biolaw
    Type: Section Programs

    Vaccine Skepticism

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Business Associations
    Type: Section Programs

    The Evolution of Delaware Corporate Law and the Reemergence of State Regulatory Competition

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Civil Rights and Clinical Legal Education Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Political Interference in Legal Education: Responding to the Current Moment

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Criminal Law Sponsored by Criminal Procedure
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Critical Engagement with Criminal Law: Scholarship & Teaching

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Evidence, Sponsored by Immigration Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Decarceral Evidence

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by MF Digital Marketing, Inc.
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Driving Law School Revenue Through Innovation: The Rise of Legal Master’s Programs

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Beyond the Buzz: Putting AI to Work for You

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Intellectual Property, Sponsored by Administrative Law, Art Law, Internet and Computer Law, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    IP and Innovation in Turbulent Times

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Journal of Legal Education
    Type: AALS Programs

    The Access Imperative: A Special Issue of the Journal of Legal Education

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Law Libraries and Legal Information, Sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Standing Against Desertification of the Internet: How Can We Protect Information Integrity and Availability?

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    State of the Discipline

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Poverty Law
    Type: Section Programs

    2025-2050: Poverty Law & Policy Risks and Opportunities in Times of Change

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Race and Private Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Race and Private Law Junior Faculty Workshop

  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-A
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-B
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-C
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Section on National Security Law Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Section on Poverty Law Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Section on Agricultural and Food Law Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers - Session Two: Getting to Yes: Navigating the Path to Tenure, Promotion, and Renewal
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Working Toward Wellbeing

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    AI Legal Scholarship “Sh[ai]rk Tank"

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Presidential Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Legal Education, the Courts, and the Profession

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Civil Rights and Clinical Legal Education Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Susan R. Jones Memorial Paper Competition and WIP Program

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Programs

    America's Superpower? The First Amendment

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Criminal Procedure, Sponsored by Criminal Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Brady v. Maryland at 60+: Prosecutorial Ethics, Polarization, and Empirics

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Disability Law, Sponsored by Civil Rights and Education Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Pillars in Peril: Civil and Disability Rights Laws Under Attack

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by Eduvantis: Beyond the JD: Building High-Impact Non-JD Programs that Drive Growth
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Beyond the JD: Building High-Impact Non-JD Programs that Drive Growth

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Working with Faculty and Deans for Institutional Advancement

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Scholars Panel

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Law and the Humanities, Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    The Humanities Endangered

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Law and the Social Sciences, Sponsored by Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
    Type: Section Programs

    New Books in Law and the Social Sciences

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Law in the Americas Sponsored by Environmental Law, International Human Rights, and International Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Declaring a Climate Emergency

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Challenges and Opportunities in the Changing Information Landscape

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Section Programs

    Supporting Justice-Impacted Law School Applicants: Updates and Best Practices for Admissions and Policy Reform

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Student Services Sponsored by Academic Support, Access, Opportunity and Impact, Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, and Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Programs

    Compassionate Accountability: Faculty-Staff Partnerships to Elevate Student Professional Development

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Transactional Law and Skills
    Type: Section Programs

    Teaching Transactional Law Skills

  • 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Federalist Society Annual Conference Welcome Remarks by President-Elect Danielle Conway
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Panel: Abundance and the Law
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:00 PM - 4:55 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers - Session Three: Be Well While Doing Well: Strategies for Junior Faculty Success and Sustainability
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Unwinding Mass Incarceration through Law School Second Chance Advocacy

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Scaling the Summit: How Law Schools and Courts Can Collaborate to Promote Civics Education

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM AALS Research Collaboration
    Type: AALS Programs

    Women Attorneys in Higher Education Leadership

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Art Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Balancing Artistic Freedom and Trademark Protection

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Civil Rights
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Civil Rights - Emerging Approaches in Civil Rights Law: Theory, Method, and Reform

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Community Economic Development, Sponsored by State and Local Government Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Future of Community Development

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Disability Law, Sponsored by Immigration Law and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Immigration and Disability Law

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Education Law, Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    The Trump Administration's Assault on Higher Education

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Environmental Law and Insurance Law Joint Program, Sponsored by Property Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Climate Change and The Homeowners Insurance Crises Unfolding Across the Country

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by The National Jurist: Inside the Rankings: Behind the Metrics that Shape Legal Education
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Inside the Rankings: Behind the Metrics that Shape Legal Education

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Family and Juvenile Law, Sponsored by Academic Support, Children and the Law, and Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    NextGen Bar

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    New Strategies in Advancement Events

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Intellectual Property Pedagogy in Theory & Praxis

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Islamic Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Islamic Law & the Question of Palestine

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress Program

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Legislation and Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Legislation

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Presented by the National Conference of Bar Examiners
    Type: AALS Sponsor Programs

    Countdown to the NextGen UBE

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Securities Regulation, Sponsored by Business Associations and Race and Private Law
    Type: Section Programs

    A New Day at the SEC

  • 4:55 PM - 5:00 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers - Closing Remarks
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Introduction to Mindfulness in the Contemplative Space
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM AALS Reception
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Stetson University College of Law and Lewis & Clark Law School Reception: Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in Advocacy Skills Education
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM University of California Irvine School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM University of California, Berkeley School of Law AALS Reception in New Orleans
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Mixer
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium Open Meeting on the Study of Policing Practices
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Big 12 Law Schools Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Georgetown University Law Center AALS Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Howard University School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM SEC Law School Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and Legal Writing Institute (LWI) and Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Blackwell Award Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Nursing Parents Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Community Economic Development
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Election Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM International Human Rights
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Jewish Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Law and South Asian Studies
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Leadership
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM State and Local Government Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Deans Forum Program (Deans-only Program)
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Administrative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The President, the Courts, and the Administrative State in Changing Times

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Alternative Dispute Resolution, Sponsored by Civil Procedure and Labor Relations and Employment Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Future of Mandatory Arbitration: Pathways for Reform

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Leading From the Second Chair

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Civil Rights, Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    2025 to 2050: Teaching the Future of Justice and Reconstructing the Civil Rights Curriculum

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Asian Law and Society, Sponsored by Comparative Law, Global Engagement, International Law, and Post Graduate Legal Education
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    The Impact of Geopolitical Tensions on Legal Education

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Election Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Stress Testing Democracy

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Employee Benefits Law Goes Interdisciplinary!

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Firearms Law, Sponsored by Administrative Law and Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Programs

    Lethality in Firearms Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Sharing Stewardship Success: Strategies & Stories from the Field

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM International Human Rights
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Human Rights: From Specialized Courses to Doctrinal Integration

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Law and Mental Disability, Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Mental Health and Law: Is All “Well” in the Legal Academy?

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Practicing Professionalism from Courtroom to Classroom

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM National Security Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    National Security Law Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Part-Time Division Programs, Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Challenges and Innovations in Experiential Education in Part-Time, Hybrid, and Online Programs

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Securities Regulation
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Securities Regulation

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM State and Local Government, Sponsored by Community Economic Development and Taxation
    Type: Section Programs

    Crisis and Capacity: State and Local Government Law in a Time of Constraint

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section for Legal Master's Programs Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Panel: Originalism, Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Business Associations
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Business Law Works-in-Progress

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Commercial and Consumer Law and Creditors' and Debtors' Rights Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    BAPCPA at 20: A Retrospective of the 2005 Bankruptcy Code Amendments

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Criminal Procedure, Sponsored by Criminal Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Criminal Procedure Works-in-Progress

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New & Emerging Voices in Work Law

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Evidence
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Evidence Law: Pedagogy, Practice, and Modern Challenges

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Exhibit Hall Presentation by BARBRI | West Academic
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Teaching the Modern Learner

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Global Engagement, Sponsored by East Asian Law & Society, International Law, and Post-Graduate Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Academic, Cross-Cultural & Financial Impact of LLM Programs on U.S. Law Schools

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    The IA Strategy Exchange: Your Peer-Powered Roundtable

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Bringing Human Rights Home: From International Law to Local Action

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Law and South Asian Studies
    Type: Section Programs

    80-Years and Counting: Constitution-Making and the Legacy of the Indian Constituent Assembly in South Asia

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Law and the Humanities, Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    Law, War and the Humanities

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Cutting Through Hype: Generative AI Teaching and Use Cases That Actually Work

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Litigation, Sponsored by Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Federal Courts, and Remedies
    Type: Section Programs

    Public Law Litigation in a Post-CASA Future

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Natural Resources and Energy Law Sponsored by Admiralty and Maritime Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Technology Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Poverty Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Poverty Law Works-in-Progress Program

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Women in Legal Education, Sponsored by Disability Law, Employment Discrimination Law and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Special Programs

    Unpacking Harassment and Bullying in the Legal Academy

  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Cover Workshop
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 2-A
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 2-B
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 2-C
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Commercial and Consumer Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Comparative Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM East Asian Law and Society
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Election Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Federal Courts
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony and Memorial for Professor Richard H. Fallon Jr.

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Firearms Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Swag Swap and Business Meeting

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Law and Religion
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Law and South Asian Studies
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony and Business Meeting

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Luncheon Panel: Developments in Delaware: DExit, SB21, Musk, and More
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    From Courtroom to Classroom: Navigating Culture Shock in the Transition from Legal Practice to Legal Academia

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Cultivating Resilience for Lawyers and Law Students During Crisis and Disaster

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    The Attack on American Cities

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Children and the Law, Sponsored by Family and Juvenile Law and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Children in the (Re)Making of America

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Judicial Oversight of the Unitary Executive

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Criminal Procedure, Sponsored by Criminal Law and Critical Theories
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Incorporating Lived Experiences with the Criminal Legal System in the Classroom

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM East Asian Law and Society, Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Challenges to Freedom of Expression in East Asia and Lessons for Resilience in the United States

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Sponsored by Law and the Social Sciences and Pro Bono & Access to Justice
    Type: Section Programs

    Innovations for Delivery of Legal Services: Promoting Access and Equity

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program, Sponsored by Civil Rights and Disability Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Labor & Democracy in Crisis

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by LexisNexis
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Raising the Bar: A Toast to the New Year and the Future of Legal Research and Innovation

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Federal Courts
    Type: Section Programs

    Injunctive Relief After Trump v. CASA

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Institutional Advancement, Sponsored by Student Services
    Type: Section Programs

    Sponsored Success: Maximizing Law Firm Support for Student Groups and Advancement Events

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM International Law, Sponsored by International Human Rights and National Security Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Trump Administration and International Law 2.0

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    The NextGen Bar is Upon Us: How Will It Impact Law Schools’ Curricula?

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Section Programs

    The Shifting Financial Aid Landscape: Policy and Research Implications for a New Era

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Race and Private Law and Securities Regulation Joint Program, Sponsored by Business Associations and Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Race Disclosures in the Trump Era

  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Remedies Sponsored by Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Programs

    Remedies in Tech

  • 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program, Sponsored by Civil Rights and Disability Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM Law and Economics
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Scholars Work-in-Progress Session

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Section for Clinical Legal Education Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Section on Litigation Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Section on Property Law Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    State and Local Courts in the Age of Trump

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Aging and the Law, Sponsored by Poverty Law and Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Programs

    Aging with Dignity: Legal Challenges to Federal Cuts and Their Impact on Vulnerable Older Adults

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Business Associations and Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    A Moment of Reconvergence: The Intersection of Nonprofit & For Profit Law

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Civil Rights, Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    Pathways for Progress in Civil Rights Doctrine and Practice

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Comparative Law, Sponsored by East Asian Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Role of Lawyers and Legal Education in Advancing the Rule of Law: A Comparative Perspective

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program, Sponsored by Civil Rights and Disability Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The State of Enforcement: Hear From the Experts

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by Aspen Publishing
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    Increasing Bar Passage: Data, Strategies, and Tools for Law School Success

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Private Lives, Public Powers: Family Law Across Governmental Levels

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Turning Alumni Feedback into Institutional Strategy: The NALP Foundation Law School Class of 2021 Alumni Employment & Satisfaction Study

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in International Human Rights and International Law

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Internet and Computer Law, Sponsored by Insurance Law and Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Programs

    Torts Meets Terminator: Civil Liability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Leadership
    Type: Section Programs

    Impact, Excellence, Resilience, and Professional Integrity: Educating Lawyers as Leaders

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Presented by the Law School Admission Council
    Type: AALS Sponsor Programs

    The Future of the Legal Profession: The Latest on Law School Enrollment

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Programs

    The Law Professor's Role in Protecting Our Legal System

  • 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM Remedies
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Voices in Remedies Law

  • 2:35 PM - 5:25 PM Critical Theories, Sponsored by Civil Rights, Criminal Procedure, Education Law, Law and the Humanities, and Poverty Law
    Type: Section Programs

    2025 to 2050: Legal Education in (what was?) the United States

  • 2:45 PM - 4:45 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Brennan Center for Justice/American Constitution Society Panel: Democratic Reconstruction: Revitalizing the Constitution's Promise of Popular Sovereignty
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Election Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Election Law

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Empirical Perspectives on Legal Education and the Legal Profession: Works in Progress

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM European Law, Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Navigating US-Europe Relations in Turbulent Times: The Role of Law and Legal Academics

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Exhibit Hall Presentation by Law School Admission Council
    Type: AALS Exhibit Hall Presentation

    LSAC - Let's Talk!

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-In-Progress Panel

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Financial Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    The Evolving Landscape of Financial Regulation: Administrative Law, Agency Independence, and Beyond

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Immigration Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Immigration Law in 2026 and Beyond

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Campaign Strategies for Success

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM International Law, Sponsored by International Human Rights, Law in the Americas, and National Security Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching International Law & Intergroup Dialogue in Challenging Times

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Labor Relations and Employment Law, Sponsored by Employment Discrimination Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    The Future of Labor and Employment Law After Loper Bright and Wilcox

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Litigation, Sponsored by Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Private Litigation and the Future of Democracy?

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Post-Graduate Legal Education, Sponsored by Aspiring Law School Leaders, East Asian Law and Society, Global Engagement, Law School Administration and Finance
    Type: Section Programs

    Adapting Post-Graduate Legal Education with Intention: Cultivating Excellence, Impact, and a Growth

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Professional Responsibility New Voices Workshop

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Property Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Junior Scholar Works-in-Progress Panel: New Voices in Property

  • 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM Torts and Compensation Systems, Sponsored by Administrative Law, Insurance Law, and Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Tort Law and the Shrinking Administrative State

  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Brennan Center for Justice/American Constitution Society Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Panel 4: Transgender Issues at the Supreme Court: Chiles, Hecox, and Skrmetti
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Section Leadership Session
    Type: AALS Programs

    Networking, and Navigating Your Role as a Section Leader

  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Big 10 Law Schools Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Reception for Jesuit Law Schools
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Annual Awards Celebration
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Law School Admission Council Dinner Celebrating Law School Admission Professionals and LSAC Volunteers
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Robert J. Kutak Award Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Duke University School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM New York University School of Law Faculty and Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Institutional Advancement Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Walking the Devil’s Empire: A Haunted History Walking Tour of New Orleans

  • 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Section on Women in Legal Education Celebration Hosted by Tulane University Law School: Honoring the 2026 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Carolina Academic Press Reception for Authors and Friends
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM The University of Texas School of Law Texas Law Party
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Nursing Parents Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM International Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM AALS Advanced Workshop for Experienced Deans (Deans-only Program)
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Holocaust, Antisemitism and the Law: New Law School Course

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    Practice Ready or Practice Myth? Rethinking Legal Education’s Role in Professional Preparation

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Academic Support
    Type: Section Programs

    Fostering Impact and Resilience: Institutional Academic Support for Law Students and ASP Faculty

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Conflict of Laws
    Type: Section Programs

    Extraterritoriality in Flux

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Critical Theories
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Critical Legal Theory

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM European Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Scholarship in European Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Financial Regulation
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Financial Regulation

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Rediscover Discovery: How to Get in the Door with New Donors

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Deportation, Due Process, and Human Dignity

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Law School Administration and Finance, Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Administration and Finance Bootcamp

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    From Exception to the Rule? Palestine, Campus Speech, and the Future of Academic Freedom

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Taxation, Sponsored by Poverty Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Tariffs, Taxes, and Enforcement: Consequences for Richer and Poorer Americans

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Technology, Law, and Legal Education Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Trusts and Estates, Sponsored by Internet and Computer Law, Securities Regulation, Technology, Law, and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Privacy, Social Media, and the World of Trusts & Estates

  • 8:15 AM - 2:00 PM Environmental Law Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Field Trip to St. James Parish with Rise St. James

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section on Community Economic Development Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section on Criminal Procedure Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Section on Remedies Informal Networking
    Type: Section Networking Session

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM AALS Presidential Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Rule of Law, Executive Orders, and the Legal Profession

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Mid-Career Moves to the Tenure Track

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Leaning into GenAI to Elevate Teaching Legal Skills

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Antitrust and Economic Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    Politics, Ideology, and Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Communication, Media and Information Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Lawfare, Leverage, and Freedom of the Press

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Contracts, Sponsored by Commercial and Consumer Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Modern State of Unconscionability

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
    Type: Section Programs

    Indigenous Resilience through Tribal Self-Determination

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Human Rights and Humanitarian Crises: The Gaza Situation

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress Workshop

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Law and Religion
    Type: Section Programs

    Free Exercise after Mahmoud v. Taylor

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Law School Administration and Finance, Sponsored by Institutional Advancement and Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Section Programs

    Trends in Law Schools Financial Aid, Revenue, Admissions, and More

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    When and Where We Enter: Being Minority Law Teachers in Majority Classrooms

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM New Law Professors
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Scholars Works-in-Progress

  • 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM Taxation
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    The Future of Tax Pedagogy: Coverage, Resources, and Innovation

  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM AALS Awards Ceremony
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AALS House of Representatives Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.