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Program
2021 AALS Annual Meeting
Date: January 5 – 9, 2021 Location: Virtual
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Sessions by Date & Time
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Arc of Career Program: A Session for First Time Meeting AttendeesWhat is AALS and Why Does it Matter for My Career? And How Do I Get the Most Out of the Annual Meeting
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramCOVID-19 and Religious Free Exercise
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Animal LawAnimal Law in a Time of Crisis
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Family and Juvenile LawOpting In and Opting Out, Trapped In and Locked Out of Family Law
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Clinical Legal EducationAward Presentation
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Law Libraries and Legal EducationAward Presentation
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Awards CeremonyHonoring AALS Impact Award Winners, Scholarly Paper Winners, Section Award Winners and Teachers of the Year
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Discussion GroupPost COVID-19 Online & Hybrid Learning Pedagogy Best Practices and Standards Development
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm European Law and Defamation and Privacy Joint ProgramComparing Data Protection Structures in the European Union and the United States
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Jurisprudence and Torts and Compensation Systems Joint ProgramFrom Personal Life to Private Law: A Celebration of John Gardner's Jurisprudence
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramWhat the 2020 Election Means for the Movement to End the War on Drugs
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Open Source ProgramThe Power of Supply Chains
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Criminal JusticeRescuing Law: On Fetal Harms, Moms, Migrants, and #MeToo
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law and Law and ReligionBuilding Bridges between Secular and Religious Human Rights Communities
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Professional ResponsibilityThe Growth of Third-Party Litigation Finance: Opportunities and Challenges
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Art LawNew Voices in Art Law Scholarship: Art Law Works-in-Progress
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Business AssociationsNew Voices in Business Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Civil Rights Co-Sponsored with Criminal JusticeTeaching about Civil Rights During Incarceration
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by, Law and South Asian Studies StudiesEast Asian Responses to Crises - Pandemics, Trade, Climate, and Beyond
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Intellectual PropertyCommunicating Intellectual Property Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Professional ResponsibilityBright Ideas and Best Practices for Online Teaching in Professional Responsibility Courses
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Discussion GroupLow-Tech Works: Teaching Data, Teaching Justice
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramStates of Emergency: Executive Orders and Separation of Powers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
11:00 am - 12:15 pm ContractsContracting for Effort: The Law and Economics of Best and Reasonable Effort Clauses
11:00 am - 12:15 pm East Asian Law and Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative LawBridging East-West Divides - The Role of Experts in an Age of Misinformation
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Election LawVoting During a Pandemic: Lessons from 2020
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Law and the Social Sciences, Legal History, National Security Law and Socio-EconomicsWhite Terror, Then and Now: The Future of Race and Racism in Light of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and Twenty-First Century “Alt-Right” “White Nationalism
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Leadership, and Poverty LawCalling Out and Leaning In to Racial and Class Inequities in Experiential Learning Opportunities
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Technology, Law and Legal EducationAccess to Justice: Bar Exam and Alternative Licensing
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Arc of Career ProgramThe Lateral Experience - Deans and Hiring Committee Chairs
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Communication, Media & Information LawThe Press and the Separation of Powers: The News Media’s Relationships with Public and Private Power
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm RemediesRemedies in Uncertain Times
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Women in Legal EducationGender and Intersectionality In Times of Crisis
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Open Source Program, Co-Sponsored by Sections on Minority Groups and Women in Legal EducationPresumed Incompetent II: Documenting the Struggles (and Victories) of Women of Color in Academia
2:45 pm - 5:30 pm Academic Support and Real Estate Transactions Joint ProgramThe Changing Architecture of Legal Education: Real Estate Transactions as a Case Study
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Disability Law, Family and Juvenile Law, Minority Groups, Poverty Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, Trusts and Estates, and Women in Legal EducationIntersectionality, Aging, and the Law
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Global Engagement, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods, Technology and Law and Legal EducationVirtual Mobility: Innovating and Promoting Global Legal Education in Times of Crisis
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Institutional Advancement Concurrent SessionsEngaging Alumni in a Virtual World
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Institutional Advancement Concurrent SessionsThe New (Virtual) Journalism:
Leveraging Technology to Expand the Reach of Your Professors and Programs and Help Reporters
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Civil RightsWorks in Progress
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Commercial and Consumer LawWorks-in-Progress for Junior Consumer Law Scholars
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm ContractsDrafting "Best Efforts" and Related Contract Clauses
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Criminal JusticeBeyond 2020: Decarceral, Anti-Racist and Non-Traditional Teaching
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm European LawWorks-in-Progress Panel in European Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Immigration LawWorks-in-Progress
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Intellectual PropertyNew Voices in Intellectual Property Scholarship
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and StudentsLegal Education in the Wake of George Floyd and Covid-19: A Conversation with Law School Deans and Faculty on Race, Inequality, and the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Open Source ProgramEmerging Legal Challenges to Reproductive Rights and Justice
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Balance in Legal EducationThe Growth Mindset: A New Vision for Legal Education and Resiliency in the Legal Profession
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment LawHow Trump's Divisive & Derogatory Rhetoric Has Affected Workplace Anti-Discrimination Enforcement
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property and Culture
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Leadership, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility and Pro Bono & Public Service OpportunitiesNever Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste: The Pedagogy of Leadership During Crisis—Student Engagement
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Transactional Law and Skills, Co-Sponsored by Business AssociationsThe New Public Interest in Private Markets: Transactional Innovation for Promoting Inclusion
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Women in Legal EducationAward Presentation
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramBreaking News in U.S. Legal Regulatory Reform
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Open Source ProgramThe Political Question Doctrine, Departmentalism, and the Limits of Justiciability
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Alternative Dispute ResolutionEffective Twitter Advocacy: Is it Possible?
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Immigration LawOutsourced Borders and Invisible Walls
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Indian Nations and Indigenous PeoplesLanguage of Traditional Power and Words of Colonization
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Law and Mental DisabilityThe Counselor is Not In: Providing Mental Health Services in the Pandemic Era
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Law School Admission Council ProgramThe Future of Assessment in Legal Education: New Tools that Advance Learning in Law
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Institutional Advancement Plenary SessionCampaigns in Two Parts: Fundraising and Brand Raising Campaign
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Discussion GroupHow the Pandemic Made Me a Better Teacher: Lessons Learned and Plans for Change
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Open Source ProgramAuthor Meets Reader: Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors: A Discussion of Herma Hill Kay’s Forthcoming Book
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Open Source ProgramRhetoric, Justice and the Construction of Law
2:45 pm - 5:30 pm Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and ResearchClassroom, Climate, and Community: How Associate Deans Accommodate and Support Diverse Stakeholders
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint ProgramContinuity, Change, and the Free Exercise Clause
2:45 pm - 5:30 pm Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint ProgramContinuity, Change, and the Religion Clauses
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Creditors' and Debtors' RightsBankruptcy Law and the Problems of Democracy
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Institutional Advancement Concurrent SessionsStrategize the Case for Support: Not Just About Raising Money
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm AALS Open Source ProgramAuthor Meets Reader Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows Of the Supreme Court
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Civil RightsNew Voices Panel
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint ProgramContinuity, Change, and the Establishment Clause
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Animal Law, Agricultural and Food Law, and Natural Resources and Energy LawNew Scholarship in Environmental, Energy, Natural Resources, Agricultural, Food, and Animal Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Family and Juvenile LawFamily Law: Creative and Experiential Teaching Tips
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm International LawPedagogy Session: How to Pick an International Law Casebook
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Real Estate Transactions - CANCELLEDReal Estate Law 2020: Hindsight and Foresight
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity IssuesNew Voices on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Socio-EconomicsNew Developments in Socio-Economics: Does Shareholder Primacy Exacerbate Racial, Gender, and Economic Inequality?
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and ResearchBringing Speakers to the Community
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Section on Institutional Advancement ReceptionVirtual Happy Hour with Captain Scott Smith
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Discussion GroupRace, Racism & the Language of Law School: Power of Words in Shaping Professional Identity
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramEviction Before, During, and After the Pandemic
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Africa - CANCELLEDResponsible Governance in Times of Crisis: African Perspectives
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Biolaw, Co-Sponsored by Intellectual PropertyScience Fiction and the Law
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Civil ProcedureIntegrating Critical Legal Perspectives
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Trusts and EstatesNew Developments in Trusts and Estates
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Conflict of LawsCorporations and Conflict of Laws
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Education Law, Co-Sponsored by ImmigrationThe Future of Plyer v. Doe on its 40th Anniversary
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm International LawThe United Nations at 75 and the Challenges Facing International Law
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Jewish LawJewish Law Programs and Courses in American Law Schools
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Socio-Economics, Co-Sponsored by Business Associations, Minority Groups and Securities RegulationFor Whose Benefit Public Corporations? Perspectives on Shareholder and Stakeholder Primacy
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm TaxationTax Law in an Age of COVID
1:20 pm - 1:45 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session OneOn Being an “Other” in the Classroom, Law School, and University
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Institutional Advancement Plenary SessionSpeaking Each Other’s Language: Identifying How We Overcome Challenges and Collaborate as Distinct Professional Groups
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramDisability and COVID-19: Lessons from Disability, Lessons from the Pandemic
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Agricultural and Food LawLaw and Policy Measures to Achieve Equality in the Agricultural and Food System
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Law and EconomicsEconomic Analysis of Law and Policy in the COVID-19 Pandemic
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Law and the Humanities, Co-Sponsored by Section on Criminal Justice and Section on Minority GroupsEncountering the State’s Punitive Powers: Seeing, Building, Reading, and Understanding the Impact of the Carceral State
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Law Libraries and Legal InformationWhat Does the Modern Law Library Look Like?
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm New Law ProfessorsSpreading the Word: Law Professors as Teachers, Scholars, and Legal Influencers
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Breakout Session 4, The Future of Legal EducationProtecting Your Law School from Cyber Attack
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Criminal JusticeCriminal Law and Criminal Procedure Works-in-Progress
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Law in the Americas - CANCELLEDIssues in Law in the Americas
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Law, Medicine and Health CareNew Voices in Law, Medicine and Health Care
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and ResearchNew Scholars Showcase
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Teaching MethodsBest Practices for Creating and Administering Mid-term Exams
11:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Open Source ProgramCritical Legal Research: The Next Wave (A Panel Honoring Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic)
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Administrative Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional LawThe Future—and Past—of the Nondelegation Doctrine
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Antitrust and Economic RegulationAntitrust In--And After--A Time of Crisis
11:00 am - 12:15 pm National Security LawNational Security Implications of COVID-19
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity IssuesImplications of the 2020 Supreme Court Title VII Decision in Bostock v. Clayton County
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Minority GroupsAward Presentation
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Arc of Career ProgramOpportunities and Challenges for LGBTQ+ Persons in Leadership in Law Schools
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm For the Law School Dean, Co-Sponsored by Academic SupportCOVID-19 and the Bar Exam: Supporting Our Graduates
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm National Conference of Bar Examiners ProgramA Conversation With the Bar Examiners
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Nonprofit and Philanthropy LawNonprofit and Philanthropy Law Works in Progress
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm PreLegal Education and Admission to Law SchoolRecognizing and Addressing Mental Health Issues in Prospective and Incoming Law Students
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Socio-Economics, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care and Minority GroupsIncorporating the Socio-Economics of Race, Poverty, Gender, and Economic Inequality, into Health Law Pedagogy
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramActions Speak Louder than Words: Anti-Racism in Law Schools
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Economic Globalization and GovernanceCOVID-19 and Corporate Governance
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Law and AnthropologyRe-presenting Qualitative Scholarship
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Law and SportsAmateurism and College Sports
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Law School Administration and FinanceBusiness Update: Economic, Admissions, and Placement
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Election LawElection Law Works-in-Progress, New Voices in Election Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm International LawNew Voices in International Law and International Legal Research Update
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm National Security LawWorks-in-Progress
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Poverty LawNew Voices in Poverty Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Professional ResponsibilityProfessional Responsibility 2021 Works In Progress Workshop
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Property LawNew Voices Property Law
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm TaxationNew Voices in Taxation
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Women in Legal Education - CANCELLEDNew Voices in Women in Legal Education
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