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Program
2010 Annual Meeting
Date: January 6 — 10, 2010
Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside
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Sessions
Hint: You can search for a specific subject or Section by hitting 'Ctrl F' on your keyboard and typing in the keywords you are looking for. When you find the subject or section you are looking for, click the link to open a new window which will display speakers and program description.
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House"The Meeting Place"
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm AALS Registration
7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House"The Meeting Place"
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Academic Support*Transforming Learning in the Classroom: the 21st Century Law Professor
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Children and the Law*Meeting the Needs of Children During Times of Crisis: Hurricane Katrina and Beyond
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Federal CourtsRe-Examining Customary International Law and the Federal Courts
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Institutional AdvancementEffective Development: Advice in Challenging Times (Managing Expectations; Managing Leaner Budgets and Staff; Campaign Planning and Major Gifts; Annual Fund Performance and Stewardship)
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Student ServicesFrom Student to Lawyer: Educating Beyond the Classroom
10:45 am - 12:30 pm AALS Executive Committee ProgramAmerican Constitutional Law and the New Supreme Court
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Institutional Advancement LuncheonDevelopment: What the Law Firms Are Telling Us
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Socio-Economics LuncheonCorporate Governance, Fiduciary Duties, and Social Responsibility
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm AALS Committee on International Cooperation Program*Sharing Opportunities to Promote International Cooperation Among Law Schools
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Employee BenefitsExecutive Compensation, Retirement Policy, and the Great Recession
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm New Law ProfessorsCall for Papers in Transformational Law
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Real Estate Transactions, Co-Sponsored by Section on Property LawLaw as Transformative Agent: Thinking and Doing Property in New Categories
7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House"The Meeting Place"
8:30 am - 10:15 am Africa, Co-Sponsored by Section on Minority Groups*Food Security, the Financial Crisis, and International Regulation: Perspectives from Africa
8:30 am - 10:15 am Animal Law*Working on the Wild Side: Wildlife and Animal Law
8:30 am - 10:15 am Creditors' and Debtors' Rights*The Future of Debtor-Creditor Scholarship
8:30 am - 10:15 am for the Law School DeanDeaning: Myths and Realities
8:30 am - 10:15 am Hot Topic Program: The Constitutional Politics of Presidential Czar AppointmentsThe Constitutional Politics of Presidential Czar Appointments
8:30 am - 10:15 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples*Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure
8:30 am - 10:15 am Jewish Law*Is Halakha Jewish Law?
8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and InterpretationInterdisciplinary Interpretation
8:30 am - 10:15 am Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law*Rebuilding New Orleans, Transforming America: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in New Orleans and National Recovery
8:30 am - 10:15 am Prelegal Education and Admission to Law SchoolDisclosures – Advice from Deans of Students, Admissions Professionals and Attorneys, and Why This Leads to Issues with Moral Character and Fitness Applications
8:30 am - 10:15 am Torts and Compensation SystemsRichard Epstein’s Legacy in Torts
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Art Law*Mapping Art Spaces I: University and Nonprofit Art
10:30 am - 12:15 pm ContractsNew Approaches to Teaching Contracts: A Teach-In
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Criminal JusticeNeuroscience, Cognitive Psychology and the Criminal Justice System
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Education LawFive Years After Katrina: Access to Education
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services*Reforming the Institutional Structure of Financial Regulation
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Exchange Joint Program*Hard Sell: Job Search Strategies for Non-U.S. LL.M. Graduates and for J.D. Graduates Wanting to Practice International Law in Local/Regional Job Markets
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Hot Topic Program: The Katrina Litigation: On the Front Edge Of Civil, Constitutional and Environmental Law The Katrina Litigation: On the Front Edge Of Civil, Constitutional and Environmental Law
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law LibrariesLaw Librarian as Scholar: Legal Authority and Research in an Age of Accessibility
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Section on Constitutional Law*Constitutional Health Law: Pharmaceutical Regulation and Commercial Speech
10:30 am - 12:15 pm National Security Law*Barbarians at the Gate (or Within?): New Developments in the Detention and Prosecution of Terrorist Suspects
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Pro-Bono and Public Service OpportunitiesPro-Bono Responses to Crisis: Past, Present and Future
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Professional ResponsibilityThe Transformative Effect of International Initiatives on Lawyer Practice and Regulation: A Case Study Focusing on FATF and Its 2008 Lawyer Guidance
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm AALS Executive Committee Forum with the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the BarRequiring Law Schools to Measure Student Learning: A Forum on ABA Accreditation Standards
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Balance in Legal EducationWho Am I? The Role of Legal Education in Shaping Professional Identities
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Conflict of LawsThe Law and Economics of Conflict of Laws: A Useful Paradigm?
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Defamation and PrivacyFusion Centers and Beyond: New Challenges to Privacy
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Immigration Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Administrative LawAdjudication in Immigration Law: Concerns and Realities
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Insurance LawThe Collapse of AIG: Insurance and the Law in an Age of Economic Disaster
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm International Law and Law and the Social Sciences Joint Program*Empiricism and Transformations in International Law
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Legal History*Habeas Corpus: The Enduring Issues
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Open SourceFood, Law and Values
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Poverty LawThe New Anti-Poverty Advocacy: Constructs, Strategies, and Tactics
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Remedies*Remedies in Times of Economic Crisis and Financial Scandal
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm State and Local Government LawThe City as a Political Actor: Powers, Boundaries, Responsibilities
7:00 am - 6:00 pm AALS Registration
8:00 am - 2:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House"The Meeting Place"
8:30 am - 10:15 am Administrative LawThe Obama Administration – The First Year – Oversight, Transparency, and Re-regulation
8:30 am - 10:15 am Agency, Partnership, LLC's , and Unincorporated AssociationsVicarious, Individual, and Limited Liability: Responsibility for Wrongful Conduct and Unincorporated Firms
8:30 am - 10:15 am Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Disability Law*A New Look at Old Age: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Law and Aging
8:30 am - 10:15 am Agricultural LawOpen Source Casebooks for Agricultural Law: Theory, Practice, Demonstration
8:30 am - 10:15 am Civil Rights*The Census, Redistricting and Displaced Voters
8:30 am - 10:15 am Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Natural Resources*Climate Change and Legal Education: It’s Getting Hot in Here
8:30 am - 10:15 am International Human RightsNew Voices in Human Rights
8:30 am - 10:15 am Islamic Law*Beyond Theory, Beneath the State: Islamic Legal Counseling, Mediation and Arbitration
8:30 am - 10:15 am Labor Relations and Employment LawThe Future of OSHA Reform
8:30 am - 10:15 am Part-Time Division ProgramsOut-of-the-Box Alternatives for Teaching Part-Time Students
8:30 am - 10:15 am Women in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Section on Defamation and Privacy*The First Amendment Meets Cyber-Stalking Meets Character and Fitness
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Commercial and Related Consumer Law*The Principles of the Law of Software Contracts: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes of Article 2B and UCITA?
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Committee on Libraries and Technology ProgramRoundtable: The Electronification of Law Libraries and Its Implications for the Legal Academy
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Constitutional LawThe Interpretation – Construction Distinction in Constitutional Law
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Disability LawDisability Discrimination After the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Hot Topic Program: The Transformation of US Interrogation PolicyThe Transformation of US Interrogation Policy
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property and Private Ordering: Opportunity for Openness or Oppression?
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and the HumanitiesReasoning From Literature
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Natural Resources, Co-Sponsored by Section on Environmental LawClimate Change and Adaptation in a Federal System
10:30 am - 12:15 pm ScholarshipThe Trend Towards Peer-Reviewed Law Journals
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Securities RegulationsResponding to the Financial Crisis: Change is in the Air
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity IssuesOn the Cutting Edge: Charting the Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Scholarship
10:30 am - 12:15 pm TaxationTaxation for a Successful Economy
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Evidence Luncheon
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Committee on Curriculum Issues ProgramTeaching Beyond the Appellate Opinion
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Antitrust and Economic RegulationEffect of Eco Crisis on Antitrust Policy
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on National Security LawTransforming National Security Law: Comparative Perspectives
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm EvidenceTransformative Evidence: Changes Inside the Courtroom and Outside the Courthouse
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm JurisprudenceLegal Positivism: For and Against
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Law and AnthropologyLaw and Anthropology: The Intersection of Law, Culture and Religion
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Law and Computers*Law and Wikis
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Law and Sports*The New NFL/NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement: Avoiding a Catastrophe?
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Minority GroupsBlack Leadership in the Wake of the Obama Election
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Post-Graduate Legal Education*LL.M.s and J.D.s Together: Synergies and Problems
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Trusts and EstatesChanging Times, Changing Law: Evaluating Legal Trends in Trusts and Estates Law
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Clinical Legal Education*Cultivating Values: Developing Law Students into Citizen Lawyers
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Employment Discrimination Law*Reviving Employee Rights? Recent and Upcoming Employment Discrimination Legislation
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and Communitarian Studies (cancelled)Communitarianism in the Face of Crisis: Hurricane Katrina and the Uses and Limits of Private Voluntarism and Human Generosity
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and Economics*Law, Economics and Catastrophes
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and Mental Disability Mental Disability, Bar Admission, and Law School Responsibilities
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and ReligionNonbelievers and the First Amendment
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Legislation and Law of the Political ProcessDirect Democracy and State Constitutionalism: How Voter Initiatives Impact on Judicial and Legislative Decision-Making
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Mass Communication LawThe Future of the Media Marketplace
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm North American CooperationAnalysis of the Legal Education Systems Among NAFTA Countries
3:30 pm - 5:15pm Open Program on BiolawBiolaw: Biology Invading and Transforming The Law
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Open Program on Globalization and Corporate Social AccountabilityGathering to Consider Formation as an AALS Section
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Open Program on Law and South Asian Studies*Gathering to Consider Formation as an AALS Section and a Program Presentation
7:00 am - 10:30 am AALS Registration
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Business Associations*The Financial Collapse and Recovery Effort: What Does It Mean For Corporate Governance?
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by Sections on Africa, International Legal Exchange, Post-Graduate Legal Education, and Women in Legal EducationThe Role of Law Schools and Law School Leadership in a Changing World
(Program published in Penn State International Law Review)
9:00 am - 10:45 am Criminal Justice*The Lessons of DNA and the Innocence Revolution for the Criminal Justice System
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Law and Religion, Co-Sponsored by Sections on Islamic Law, and Jewish Law*The Freedom of Religion and Belief Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights: Legal, Moral, Political and Religious Perspectives
9:00 am - 10:45 am Law LibrariesLaw Library Budgets in Hard Times: Workshop for New Academic Law Library Directors
9:00 am - 10:45 am Minority GroupsU.S. News, the Economy, and the Incredibly Shrinking Minority Law Student Population
9:00 am - 10:45 am Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law*Bridging the Gap between Non-Clinical and Clinical Teaching: Lessons from Community Development and Nonprofit Law
9:00 am - 10:45 am Property LawJunior Property Scholars Works-in-Progress
9:00 am - 10:45 am Women in Legal EducationSucceeding in Legal Education
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