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2011 Annual Meeting

  • Date: January 5 — 8, 2011
  • Location: Hotel Nikko
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  • 9:00 am - 6:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events
  • 9:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Office and Information Center
    Type: Resume
  • 9:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration
  • 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Section Poster Display
    Type: Poster Sessions
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Admiralty and Maritime Law - CANCELLED PROGRAM
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Biolaw
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Civil Rights
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm International Legal Exchange
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Law and South Asian Studies
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Law Libraries
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Open Program on Transactional Law and Skills
    Type: Open Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Women in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Academic Support and Balance in Legal Education Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Student Services
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Africa
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Agricultural Law and Property Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 5:30 pm Academic Support Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:30 pm Agricultural Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:30 pm Balance in Legal Education Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:30 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:30 pm Women in Legal Education Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am State and Local Government Law Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Office and Information Center
    Type: Resume
  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration
  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm Section Poster Display
    Type: Poster Sessions
  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events
  • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Hot Topic Program - Ideological Diversity and Discrimination in American Law Schools
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 8:30 am - 5:00 pm AALS Workshop for Deans and Law Librarians: Reconciling Core Values and the Bottom Line
    Type: Day-long Workshops
  • 8:45 am - 4:45 pm AALS Workshop on Criminal Justice: New Challenges and Persistent Controversies
    Type: Day-long Workshops
  • 8:45 am - 5:00 pm AALS Workshop on Changing Society, Changing Laws: Conflicts Over Sexuality and the Evolving American Family
    Type: Day-long Workshops
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Employment Discrimination
    Type: Section Programs
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Law and Economics and Law and Social Sciences Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
    Type: Section Programs
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Student Services
    Type: Section Programs
  • 9:00 am - 1:45 pm Poverty Law and Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities Joint Service Project
    Type: Section Field Trips
  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs
  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm International Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 am Hot Topic Program - The Constitutional Politics of the Tea Party Movement
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Hot Topic Program - Taxing Internet Sales: The Battle Between States and Retailers
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm AALS Committee on Research Luncheon - CANCELLED
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Institutional Advancement Luncheon and Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Joint Luncheon of Africa
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Minority Groups Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Socio-Economics Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Student Services Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Workshop on Criminal Justice Luncheon
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Workshop for Deans and Law Librarians Luncheon
    Type: Day-long Workshops
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Committee on Curriculum Issues Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Committee on Research Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Constitutional Law - Panel I: American Constitutionalism in International Perspective
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Constitutional Law - Panel II: American Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Contracts
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm New Law Professors
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Real Estate Transactions and State and Local Government Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Taxation, Co-Sponsored by Islamic Law, Jewish Law, Law and Anthropology
    Type: Section Programs
  • 2:00 pm - 5:15 pm Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Hot Topic Program - ABA Accreditation of Foreign Law Schools: Issues and Implications
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Hot Topic Program - New State “Right to Know Options” Legislation and the Future of End of Life Care
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Criminal Justice Business Meeting - REVISED DATE AND TIME
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm First Meeting of AALS House of Representatives
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Association on American Law Schools Gala Reception
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Academic Support Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Africa Joint Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Alternative Dispute Resolution Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Conflict of Laws Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Federal Courts Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Law Libraries Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Law, Medicine and Health Care Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Poverty Law Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Property Law Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Special Meeting and Continental Breakfast for Beginning Law Teachers
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Office and Information Center
    Type: Resume
  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration
  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm Section Poster Display
    Type: Poster Sessions
  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 8:00 am - 4:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Site Evaluators Workshop
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Agency, Partnership, LLC's and Unincorporated Associations
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Alternative Dispute Resolution
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Antitrust and Economic Regulation
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Remedies
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am For the Law School Dean
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Hot Topic Program - The Cutting Edge of Extraterritoriality
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Hot Topic Program - Weighing in on Wal-Mart: The Implications of Dukes v. Wal-Mart for the Future of Employment Discrimination and Class Action Law
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am International Human Rights
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Legal History
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Natural Resources Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Business Associations, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Education Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Graduate Programs for Non-US Lawyers and Post-Graduate Legal Education Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Hot Topic Program - Compensation, Incentives, and Risk-Taking: The Impact of the Great Recession on Executive Compensation Design
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Hot Topic Program - Our Pending National Debate: Is Healthcare Reform Constitutional?
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and Mental Disability
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law Libraries
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Association of American Law Schools Luncheon
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting Theme
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm Presidential Program I - Teaching Excellence: Integrating Knowledge, Skills, Values and Assessment
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm Presidential Program II - Law School Diversity in a Post-Racial World
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm AALS Scholarly Paper Presentation
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Art Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Children and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Family and Juvenile Law, Immigration Law and International Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Natural Resources
    Type: Section Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Hot Topic Program - Arizona’s S.B. 1070: A Combustible Mix of Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Racial Profiling, and Blatant Falsehoods
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Hot Topic Program - E-Marriage: Emerging Trends Meet the Law
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Labor Relations and Employment Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility and Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm Second Meeting of AALS House of Representatives
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 7:00 pm Admiralty and Maritime Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 7:00 pm Art Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 7:00 pm International Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 7:00 pm Law and Interpretation Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs
  • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm AALS Reception for Law School Teachers of the Year and Emeriti Faculty Members
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm AALS Presidential Program - Film Screening of Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am AALS Workshop and Continental Breakfast for 2010 and 2011 Section Officers`
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration
  • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Section Poster Display
    Type: Poster Sessions
  • 7:00 am - 6:30 pm AALS Office and Information Center
    Type: Resume
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Animal Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Continuing Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by For the Law School Dean
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Federal Courts
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Immigration Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am International Association of Law Schools Program - Part I
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and Humanities, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups and Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and Religion
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Open Source Program: Bliss, Dissatisfaction, and the Dynamics of the Legal Academy - CANCELLED PROGRAM
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Remedies
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Scholarship
    Type: Section Programs
  • 8:30 am - 5:15 pm Informal Networking Sessions
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Aging and the Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Committee on Research Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Conflict of Laws
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Evidence
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Insurance Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm International Association of Law Schools Program - Part II
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Islamic Law, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Mass Communication Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Part-Time Division Programs
    Type: Section Programs
  • 10:30 am - 12:15pm Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Securities Regulation
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Women In Legal Education
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Clinical Legal Education Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Criminal Justice and Evidence Joint Luncheon- CANCELLED
    Type: Cancelled Programs
  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Labor Relations and Employment Law Luncheon - CANCELLED
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm National Security Law Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Securities Regulation Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Women in Legal Education Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Administrative Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Clinical Legal Education and Poverty Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Commercial and Related Consumer Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Intellectual Property Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Legislation and the Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm National Security Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Prelegal Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Teaching Methods
    Type: Section Programs
  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Call for Papers
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Defamation and Privacy
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm International Law
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and Anthropology
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and Interpretation Program - CANCELLED
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and Sports
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs
  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm North American Cooperation
    Type: Section Programs
  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Reception for Legal Educators from Law Schools Outside the United States (new time)
    Type: AALS Programs
  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs