Event Sessions

2025 Annual Meeting

  • Date: January 7 — 11, 2025
  • Location: Perkins Coie LLC
  • 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    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.

  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Panel 1: Justice Innovation

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    Bar-Busting Brilliance: Revolutionizing Support for Bar Exam Success

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Clinical Legal Education Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 1: The Courage to Change How We Educate the Next Generation: Dispute Resolution and Professional Identity Formation Across the Curriculum

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Biolaw, Co-Sponsored by Law and Mental Disability, Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Reimagining Law and Policy Affecting Individuals with Substance Use Conditions

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Communication, Media and Information Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Identifying and Addressing Current Threats to Journalism

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and Interpretation
    Type: Section Programs

    To Be Announced

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and South Asian Studies
    Type: Section Programs

    Democracy, Speech, and Protest in South Asia and the Diaspora

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and the Humanities, Co-Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    Racial Terror and the Decline of the Liberal Legal Order

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 1

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 1: Courageous New Models: Innovative Alternatively Scheduled JD Programs – Hybrid Programs

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Remedies
    Type: Section Programs

    Remedies at the Intersection of Public and Private Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Transactional Law and Skills
    Type: Section Programs

    Teaching Transactional Law and Skills

  • 8:00 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Expanding Access to Justice Through Legal Tech Innovation and Education

  • 8:00 AM - 11:20 AM Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Clinical Legal Education Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    The Courage to Change How We Educate Our Next Generation

  • 8:00 AM - 11:20 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Teaching in the Age of Generative AI: Beyond the Basics

  • 8:00 AM - 11:20 AM Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support
    Type: Section Programs

    Courageous New Models: Innovative Alternatively Scheduled JD Programs

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

    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.

  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Panel 2: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ethical Legal Tech Innovation

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Tightrope: Teaching Criminal Law to First-Year Students in a Polarized Moment

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Presidential Session
    Type: AALS Programs

    Law Faculty Appointments Amid Challenges to Diversity and Equity

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Agricultural and Food Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Courage in an Uncertain Era: Advocating to Transform the Food System

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Clinical Legal Education Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 2: The Courage to Change How We Educate the Next Generation: Democracy, Autocracy, and Professional Identity

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by European Law and East Asian Law and Society
    Type: Section Programs

    From Courage to Action: The Role of Comparative Law to Promote Innovation and Sustainability

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Intellectual Property, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Good, Bad, or Ugly: Is Intellectual Property Incentivizing the Wrong Kinds of Technologies?

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored Biolaw, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Programs

    Legal Solutions to Combatting America’s Mental Health Crisis

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Sports
    Type: Section Programs

    Intercollegiate Athletics: The Only Constant is Change

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 2

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 2: Courageous New Models: Innovative Alternatively Scheduled JD Programs – Online Programs

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, Co-Sponsored by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals
    Type: Section Programs

    A Year without Affirmative Action: Lessons & Next Steps from a Full Admission Cycle Post-SFFA

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Programs

    Professional Responsibility in An Age of Technological Change

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM State and Local Government Law and Communication, Media and Information Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Local Government: Innovation, AI Transformation, & Legislation

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Torts and Compensation Systems, Co-Sponsored by Insurance Law and Defamation and Privacy
    Type: Section Programs

    Understanding the Third Restatement’s Approach to Dignitary Harm

  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Panel 2: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ethical Legal Tech Innovation

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Commercial and Consumer Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 12:50 PM - 1:50 PM AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Focus on Faculty Governance: A Crucial but Often Overlooked Component of the Law Professor’s Professional Life

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    “Professional Identity” as Teachers Accounting for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Commercial and Consumer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Standing Up for Commercial and Consumer Law in an Age of Misinformation

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Criminal Procedure, Co-Sponsored by Evidence
    Type: Section Programs

    Looking Back—and Forward—After Twenty Years of Crawford v. Washington

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals
    Type: Section Programs

    Making 303 Matter: Implementation in a Changing Landscape

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Election Law
    Type: Section Programs

    More Money Than Ever: Campaign Spending, Campaign Finance Law, and American Democracy

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Co-Sponsored by Insurance Law and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Health Insurance and Disability Benefits: Emerging Issues in Employer-Sponsored Plans

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM European Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law, International Human Rights, and Immigration Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Border Externalization, Asylum, and the Rights of Others: European and U.S. Perspectives

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Firearms Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Firearms and the Administrative State

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Financial Regulation in Cyberspace

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Islamic Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Author-Meets-Readers: Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Programs

    Setting the Standard for Future Academic Law Libraries

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Women in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by For the Law School Dean
    Type: Section Programs

    Critiquing Courage in Action

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by European Law and East Asian Law and Society
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Frontiers in Comparative Law: A Works-in-Progress Showcase

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    The Many New (and Newer) Voices of Constitutional Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Criminal Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Criminal Law Junior Scholars' Works-in-Progress

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM European Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Scholarship in EU Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Parents, Children, and the State

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Voices in Intellectual Property Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    New Voices in Human Rights and International Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Jewish Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress on Jews and Judaism in American Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching in the Crosshairs: Attacks on DEI and the Future of Legal Pedagogy

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Issues in Law, Medicine, and Health Care Works in Progress Program

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Legislation and Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Legislation

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Abolition

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM National Security Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    National Security Works-in-Progress Panel

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono & Access to Justice
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Poverty Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Professional Responsibility Section New Voices Workshop

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Property Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Property Law New Voices

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Securities Regulation
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Scholars, Works-in-Progress in Securities Regulation

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights and Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    What Does the Future of Legal Technology Hold?

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Navigating Classroom Disruptions and Interruptions

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    The Legal Academy’s Role in Re-Imagining Legal Education

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Children and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Education Law, Civil Rights, and Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Law & the Political Participation of Children and Youth

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Good Mirrors and Steady Bridges: Connections Among East Asian Legal Systems

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Islamic Law, Co-Sponsored by International Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Islamic Law and Social Movements

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Programs

    Philosophical Foundations of the Market

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    Lawyering for the Global Majority

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Modern Monetary Theory, Pedagogy, and the Future of Socio-Economics

  • 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 European Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM State and Local Government Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    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.

  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    There Ought to Be a Law: Turning Your Scholarship into Legislation Through the Uniform Laws Process

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students
    Type: AALS Programs

    Difficult Conversions: Ideas for Navigating Conflicts in a Polarized World

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Teaching State Constitutional Law– Why, How and, Who?

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Africa
    Type: Section Programs

    African Perspectives on Human Rights

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Art Law, Co-Sponsored by Property Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Graffiti: Property Rights v. Artist Rights

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Administrative Law and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Programs

    The Administrative State and Disability Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Jewish Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Uses and Limits of Definitions of Antisemitism for Addressing Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism on Campus

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and the Social Sciences
    Type: Section Programs

    Courage and Insights in Action: Leveraging Social Science for Legal Transformation

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law School Administration and Finance, Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Administration and Finance Bootcamp, Parts 1 & 2

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Leadership, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Programs

    The Courageous Intersection of Leadership Education, Professional Responsibility, and Professional Identity Formation

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Pro Bono & Access to Justice, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Poverty Law, and Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    AI and Access to Justice: Promise or Peril?

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Securities Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    AI, Securities Regulation, and Using Big Data to Explore Securities Regulation Issues

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Student Services
    Type: Section Programs

    That “Safe” Word: Moving Students from Feeling Unsafe to Engaging Bravely in Discourse

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Presidential Keynote Plenary Session
    Type: AALS Programs

    Courage in Action

  • 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Environmental Law Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Angel Island

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM East Asian Law and Society and Comparative Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Business Meeting and Swag Swap

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM International Human Rights
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Leadership
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM AALS Awards Ceremony
    Type: AALS Programs

    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.

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    The Parenting Professor Penalty

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Social Media and the First Amendment

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Criminal Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Shaping Law Through Applied Legal Storytelling, Critical Theories, and Epistemology

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law and Education Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Rights, Regulation, and Resistance: Parents, Children, and the State

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
    Type: Section Programs

    Empowering Tribal Nations: 50 Years of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Deans & Development Officers Program

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Journal Legal of Education
    Type: AALS Programs

    Roundtable Discussion

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Labor Relations and Employment Law and Socio-Economics Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Employment Discrimination Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Socio-Economics and the Future of Labor Rights

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Politics, Courts, and Health Equity

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Legislation and Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Programs

    Methodological Realignments in Statutory Interpretation?

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues
    Type: Section Programs

    LGBTQI+ Courageous Actors: A Historical Perspective on LGBTQI+ Crusaders in Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Speed Rounds: Exploring Legal Technology Teaching

  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Reception
    Type: AALS Programs

    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 - 6:00 PM Nursing Parents Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM National Security 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 - 4:15 PM AALS Deans Forum Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Constitutional Law in a Polarized World: Mandates, Academic Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Criminal Procedure
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Criminal Procedure Beyond the Casebook

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Employment Discrimination Law, and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Ideas in Workplace Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Environmental Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Climate in Environmental Law and Beyond

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress in Family and Juvenile Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Donor Investor Imperative

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Intellectual Property, Co-Sponsored by Internet and Computer Law, Technology, Law and Legal Education, and Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Intellectual Property Professors' Responsibilities: Legal Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Section on Internet and Computer Law Works-In-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and the Humanities, Co-Sponsored by Legal History and Scholarship
    Type: Section Programs

    Constructing Tradition: How the Humanities Inform the Role of Tradition in the Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law in the Americas, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law, Global Engagement, and Teaching Methods
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Modern Approaches to Transnational Collaborations & Instructional Design

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Courage in the Classroom: Embracing the New

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Race and Private Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Private Law and Race Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono & Access to Justice
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Poverty Law Pedagogy

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Property Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Property Pedagogy: Stuff You'd Like To Steal

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Law Libraries and Legal Information and Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Supporting the Student Scholar

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Socio-Economics and Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

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

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

    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.

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Oops, Did it Again: Embracing Risk Taking and Mistake-Making

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Site Visit Workshop
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Academic Support
    Type: Section Programs

    Enhancing Inclusivity: Reaching More Students Without Reinventing the Wheel

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Civil Rights, Co-Sponsored by Litigation and Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    The Future of Private Civil Rights Enforcement

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Criminal Law, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Procedure, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Pregnancy Crimes: New Research and Advocacy

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Law and Mental Disability and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Programs

    The 25th Anniversary of Olmstead

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Education Law, Co-Sponsored Children and the Law and Family and Juvenile Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Role of Law and Policy in Supporting Student Mental Health

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Reporter Roundtable: Media Trends and Legal Reporting

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Litigation in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and South Asian Studies
    Type: Section Programs

    Book Talk: Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India (by Chandra, Kalantry, and Hubbard)

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Post-Graduate Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Global Engagement
    Type: Section Programs

    Is Post-Graduate Legal Education in the U.S. Still Globally Attractive?

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Law and the Humanities
    Type: Section Programs

    Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Law and the Humanities - “Law and . . .”: Legal Scholarship and Interdisciplinary

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Programs

    The Challenging Role of Trust and Estate Fiduciaries

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Aging and the Law
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Law in the Americas
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Litigation
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Minority Groups
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Scholarship
    Type: Section Award Ceremony

    Award Ceremony

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    The ABA Reexamines Faculty Employment Security and Status, and the Academy Needs to Pay Attention

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care and Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Programs

    Marginalization of Older Adults

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Criminal Procedure, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Law
    Type: Section Programs

    New Perspectives on Fourth Amendment Suspicion

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Environmental Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The Future of Transportation: Environmental Law in Motion

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Global Engagement, Co-Sponsored by Law in the Americas and Post-Graduate Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    A.I. and International Law Students: The Promise and the Pitfalls

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Immigration Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Immigration Policy

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Maximizing Social Media Impact for Law Schools

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Minority Groups, Law and Mental Disability, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues and Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Identity in the Legal Academy: How Law Professors’ Sense of Self Shapes Their Work

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Civil Procedure and Remedies
    Type: Section Programs

    Forum Shopping in the Courts: Courage or Cowardice?

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM National Security Law and Insurance Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Insurance and National Security: Strange Bedfellows?

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM New Law Professors
    Type: Section Programs

    Actionable Advice for Course Planning, Teaching, and Assessment

  • 12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Supporting the Mid-Career and Senior Scholar

  • 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color - Welcome and Introduction
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 PM - 5:15 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color
    Type: AALS Programs

    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.

  • 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color -Session Two: Navigating the Path to Tenure and Promotion
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Transcending Law School Faculty Hierarchies

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    Lessons from Reproductive Justice: What the Movement Can Teach Other Doctrines

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    Crisis and Opportunity in Empirical Research and Advocacy: The Key Role of Scientific Legal Mapping

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Administrative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Swimming Against the Tide: New Administrative Law Scholarship in an Era of Judicial Formalism

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Antitrust and Economic Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    The Big Tech Antitrust Cases

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Programs

    Procedural Innovations

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 1

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Co-Sponsored by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals, Law and the Social Sciences, and Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 1: What We Know About Diversity in Legal Education Before and After the Students for Fair Admissions Decision

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Financial Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    Courage in the Face of Crisis

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    All Hand's on Deck: Collaborative Pathways to Alumni Engagement

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM National Security Law
    Type: Section Programs

    National Security Law in the News Roundtable

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law, Property Law, and State and Local Government Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Water, Woe, and Wizardry in the Era of Climate Change

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by New Law Professors
    Type: Section Programs

    Strangers in Our Classroom: Reconciling Reality With Expectations to Meet Students Where They Are

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    New Technologies: Problems and Opportunities in Practice and Education

  • 2:40 PM - 6:00 PM Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    Advancing Academic Excellence Through ABA Standards on Academic Freedom, Antiracism, and Diversity

  • 2:40 PM - 6:00 PM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Co-Sponsored by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals, Law and the Social Sciences, and Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    The End of Affirmative Action and the Future of Legal Education and the Legal Profession

  • 2:40 PM - 6:00 PM Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Commercial and Consumer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Good News for Workers? Progressive Developments in Workplace Law

  • 3:20 PM - 4:15 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color -Session Three: Teaching
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:15 PM - 5:10 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color -Session Four: Scholarship
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Critical Race Theory: Cultivating Courageous Pedagogies and Praxes to Protect our Democracy

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations, Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education and Transactional Law and Skills
    Type: Section Programs

    Technology’s Intersection with Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Animal Law, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Courageous Advocacy in Animal Law

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Evolution (or Revolution): Separation of Powers Jurisprudence and October Term 2023

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Contracts, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods, Transactional Law and Skills, and Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Teaching Contracts: NextGen Bar, the ABA and More

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Critical Theories
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 2

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Evidence
    Type: Section Programs

    Predictive Evidence: New Developments, New Concerns?

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Federal Courts
    Type: Section Programs

    Legal Polarization and the Federal Judiciary

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Issues Management Panel Discussion

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM International Human Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    Critical Perspectives on International Criminal Law

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Taxation
    Type: Section Programs

    The Expiration of the TCJA and the Future of Tax Policy

  • 5:10 PM - 5:15 PM AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color - Closing Remarks
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM AALS Reception for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Critical Theories
    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 Employment Discrimination Law
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Law and the Social Sciences
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Business Meeting

  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Section Leadership Breakfast & Information Session
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM AALS Registration
    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.

  • 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM AALS Advanced Workshop for Experienced Deans
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Academic Support
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Agricultural and Food Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress on Agriculture, Food, & Related Topics

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Balance and Well-Being Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Civil Rights, Co-Sponsored by Critical Theories
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    How to Teach Justice in the Face of Nihilism

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by European Law and East Asian Law and Society
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    How to Integrate Comparative Law in the Law School Curriculum

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Criminal Procedure
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Criminal Procedure Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Education Law, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching (Education) Law in a Time of Significant Legal Change

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Perspectives on Empirical Studies of Legal Education and the Legal Profession

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Financial Regulation
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging & New Voices in Financial Regulation Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Immigration Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Immigration Law

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM International Law
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Innovations in International Law Instructional Design

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and Economics
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Emerging Scholars Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Incorporating AI & the NextGen Bar into Legal Research Instruction

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Scholarship
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Here's My Idea…: Incubator Roundtable

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Brave Baby Steps: Taking Small Risks With Your Teaching

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Immigration Law Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Angel Island Immigration Station at Angel Island State Park

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Open Source Program
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    The Lawyers Justice Corps: A Link Between Access to Justice and Lawyer Licensing

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Alternative Dispute Resolution, Co-Sponsored For the Law School Dean, Leadership, and Student Services
    Type: Section Programs

    Serving Our Campus Communities: Using ADR Expertise to Help Prevent and Resolve Conflict

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Conflict of Laws
    Type: Section Programs

    Consent after Mallory

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    Uniformity and Local Rules

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Criminal Law, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights and Criminal Procedure
    Type: Section Programs

    Prison Law: Operating in the Shadows

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Election Law, Co-Sponsored by Legislation and Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Programs

    The Voting Rights Act at 60

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Anthropology
    Type: Section Programs

    Plural Publishing Personas: Writing for Law and Non-Law Audiences

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Economics
    Type: Section Programs

    Emerging Scholars Forum

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Religion
    Type: Section Programs

    Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: Establishment Clause Law and Precedents After the Lemon Test

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law School Administration and Finance, Co-Sponsored by Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Trends in Law School Administration, Finance and Advancement

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Nonprofit Sector Regulation and Reform

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Programs

    The Future of Socioeconomics

  • 9:50 AM - 11:20 PM AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Developing Courageous Leaders: Trailblazing and Diverse Approaches to Leadership Education for Law Students

  • 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    GLBT Historical Society

  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Networking Field Trip to Sausalito

  • 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM AALS House of Representatives
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Coffee with Colleagues
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Administrative Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Administrative Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Business Associations
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Business Law Works-in-Progress

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Civil Rights
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Civil Rights

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Critical Theories
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Critical Thought and Pedagogy for Constitutional Law

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Defamation and Privacy
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Privacy and Racial Justice

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Election Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Election Law Section's Works-in-Progress Session

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Environmental Law & Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Environmental and Natural Resources Law Joint Works in Progress Session

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law and Sports
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Sports Law Section: Works-in-Progress

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Considering the ABA Standards for Law Libraries

  • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Taxation
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Teaching Tax: Textbooks, Tools, and Techniques

  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Reception for Legal Educators From Outside the US
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Admiralty and Maritime Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Legal Impediments to Offshore Wind Energy Turbines

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Art Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Recovering Long Lost Looted Art: Opportunities, Hurdles, and Statutory Protections

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Business Associations
    Type: Section Programs

    Courage in Business

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Community Economic Development, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Clean Energy and Community Economic Development

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Economic Globalization and Governance
    Type: Section Programs

    To Be Announced

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Title VII at 60: Where are we headed? Is this the time for a fresh start?

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Law in the Americas, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law, Global Engagement and International Human Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    Climate Change Activism & International Litigation

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Legal History
    Type: Section Programs

    The Role of History in the 2023-2025 Supreme Court Term

  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Race and Private Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Does Race Matter in Private Law