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111th AALS Annual Meeting
Date: Tuesday, January 3 – Saturday, January 7, 2017
Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
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Sessions by Date & Time:
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm AALS Registration
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm 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?
7:00 pm - 10:15 pm AALS Law and Film SeriesThe Feature Film Selection: Anatomy of a Murder
7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion GroupThe Central American Refugee Crisis: A Discussion of the Current Response and Evaluation of U.S. Legal Obligations under Domestic and International Law
8:30 am - 10:15 am Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and ResearchRole of the Associate Deans in Shaping a Law School Identity, With Breakouts (Academic Deans on "Managing People" and Research Deans on "Post-Tenure Scholarship")
8:30 am - 10:15 am Continuing Legal EducationLaw School CLE: Mission Critical Education for the Profession That Promotes Development, Admissions, Career Services, and Student Enrichment
8:30 am - 10:15 am Jewish Law, Co-Sponsored by Islamic LawPresident Trump and Freedom of Religion - Is There Room in the U.S. Legal System for Halacha and Sharia? Family Law, Commercial Disputes, and Arbitration
8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and EconomicsThe Law and Economics of Regulatory Complexity
8:30 am - 10:15 am NEW: AALS Hot Topic ProgramPresident Trump and Freedom of the Press
8:30 am - 10:15 am Part-Time Division ProgramsPart Time Student: The Modern Law School Learner
8:30 am - 10:15 am Pro-Bono and Public Service OpportunitiesBridging the Gaps: Using Technology to Increase Access to Justice and Law School Engagement
8:30 am - 10:15 am RemediesIndemnification and Insurance: How the Deterrent Voice of Remedies Is Muffled and Amplified
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Student ServicesWhy Student Services Matters: Preparing Students for Leadership, Service, and Learning
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Socio-EconomicsExploring Law and Economic Issues Faced By Real People In Social Context
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Immigration Law Field Trip to Angel Island MuseumAngel Island Museum, Angel Island, San Francisco
10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Arc of Career ProgramBranching Out in Your Post-Tenure Career
10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Discussion GroupCommunity Development Law and Economic Justice: Why Law Matters
10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramThe Securities and Exchange Commission and Sustainability Disclosure
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Creditors' And Debtors' RightsThe Supreme Court's Bankruptcy Jurisprudence
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Insurance Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Law, Medicine and Health CareHealth Insurance and Access to Healthcare After the Affordable Care Act
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and the Social SciencesHow Can Social Science Improve Judicial Decisionmaking?
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law School Administration and FinanceUpdate on Non-J.D. Degree Programs: Continuing the Conversation About Impact on Law School Academic, Administrative, and Financial Resources
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental LawNatural Resource, Energy, and Environmental Implications of “Leave It In the Ground” Policies
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law, and Legal EducationUsing Technology to Unlock Engagement and Learning
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Socio-Economics LuncheonWhy Socio-Economics Matters
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Arc of Career ProgramThe Legal Writing Lateral
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Discussion GroupStudent Assessment: Tips and Tricks from the Trenches
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Hot Topic ProgramDeclining Bar Exam Scores, the New Bar Pass Accreditation Standard, and Ensuring New Lawyer Competence: A Perfect Storm
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Antitrust and Economic Regulation, Co-Sponsored by Intellectual PropertyAnt-I-Trust: the Centrality of Innovation To the Competition Discourse
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Art LawArt, Separability and the Future of Copyright for Designs
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm BiolawAssessing Neurolaw: Promise, Accomplishments, and Limits
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Federal CourtsInter-Governmental Disputes and Justiciability
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Law and ReligionIs Secularism a Non-Negotiable Aspect of Liberal Constitutionalism?
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Legal History, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional LawPolicing the Revolution: Readers Respond to Risa Goluboff's Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm ScholarshipScholarship and Activism: Writing to Protest and for Social Change
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Balance in Legal EducationUnderstanding and Connecting the Student Experience
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Criminal JusticeCriminal Law and Procedure Works in Progress
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Law, Medicine and Health CareFurthering Liberty for People With Disabilities Post-Meyer v. Nebraska
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and ResearchNew Scholars Showcase
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Legislation & Law of the Political ProcessNew Voices in Legislation Works in Progress
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Professional ResponsibilityProfessional Responsibility Works-in-Progress Workshop
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Property LawProperty Law Works in Progress
7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Academy ProgramNew Directions in Access to Justice Research – Measuring Outcomes
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Arc of Career ProgramBuilding and Sustaining Academic Communities Through Blogging and Other Tools
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion GroupIntroducing Leadership Development into the Law School Curriculum
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Hot Topic ProgramFederal Power Over Immigration
8:30 am - 10:15 am Civil ProcedureThe Roberts Court and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
8:30 am - 10:15 am Clinical Legal EducationAddressing Implicit Bias in Teaching
8:30 am - 10:15 am Economic Globalization and GovernanceThe Corporate Stake in Climate Change Response
8:30 am - 10:15 am Election Law Lessons from the 2016 Elections (and Implications for the Future)
8:30 am - 10:15 am Indian Nations and Indigenous PeoplesThe Supreme Court's Recent Indian Law Jurisprudence
8:30 am - 10:15 am Prelegal Education and Admission To Law SchoolCreating a Unified Social Media Campaign for Your Law School
8:30 am - 10:15 am Real Estate TransactionsKeeping the "Real" World in Real Estate Transactions: New Ideas, Best Practices, and Partnership Opportunities to Strengthen Teaching and Scholarship
8:30 am - 10:15 am Trusts and EstatesSex, Death, and Taxes: The Unruly Nature of the Laws of Trusts and Estates
10:30 am - 12:00 pm AALS Plenary ProgramPreparing a Diverse Profession to Serve a Diverse World
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Academy ProgramStill Victims: Continuing the Trauma of Victims of Military Sexual Assault
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Arc of Career Program, Co-Sponsored by Section for the Law School DeanSo…You Want to be a Dean? Why Considering a Deanship Matters
1:30 pm - 5:15 pm AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and StudentsMaking Room for More: Theorizing Educational Diversity and Identifying Best Practices in the Age of Fisher
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Discussion GroupLaw School Curricula and Practice-Readiness: Perfect Partners or Strange Bedfellows?
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS President's ProgramGreat Expectations: The Competencies, Skills and Attributes that Employers Seek in our Graduates
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Children and the LawChildren As Decisionmakers: Legal, Social, and Scientific Perspectives
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Conflict of LawsNew Voices in Conflict of Laws
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Criminal Justice"The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society" – Fifty Years Later
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Immigration Law, Co-Sponsored by Admiralty and Maritime Law and International LawAsylum from Persecution by Non-State Actors: Upholding and Updating Refugee Protection
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Internet and Computer LawArtificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Social Values
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and ResearchExperiential Learning in Legal Writing Programs
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Professional ResponsibilityTeaching Professional Responsibility in a New World of Practice
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Administrative LawNew Voices in Administrative Law Works in Progress
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and the Social SciencesEmpirical Methods for Lawyers
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law, Medicine and Health CareWorks-in-Progress for New Health Law Teachers
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm National Security LawNew Voices in National Security Scholarship Works in Progress
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm NEW: AALS President's ProgramWhy Law Matters: The 2017 U.S. Presidential Transition
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Poverty LawCharting the Past, Projecting the Future: New Directions in Poverty Law Works in Progress
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Socio-EconomicsPrinciples of Socio-Economics in Teaching, Scholarship and Service
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Employment Discrimination LawAuthor Meets Reader: Celebrating Recent Books on Employment Discrimination
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm AALS Law and Film SeriesThe Documentary Film Selection: La Jaula de Oro (The Cage of Gold/ The Golden Dream)
7:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Registration
7:15 am - 8:30 am University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Annual Breakfast for International Law FacultiesGoing Glocal: Linking the Two Worlds in Legal Education, Scholarship and Initiatives
7:30 am - 4:00 pm AALS Deans Forum ProgramEffective Engagement: Strategies and Insights for Deans in 2017
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Institutional AdvancementWhy Advancement Matters
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Arc of Career ProgramChartering New Waters: Clinicians' Post-Tenure Reflections
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion GroupSalman v. United States and the Future of Insider Trading Law
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion GroupWhy [Transactional] Law Matters
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Hot Topic ProgramNew Frontiers in Reproductive Rights and Justice
8:30 am - 10:15 am Academic SupportWhy Academic Support Matters
8:30 am - 10:15 am Defamation and PrivacyGoverning Privacy: How Governance Theory Provides Insight Into Privacy Law and Policy
8:30 am - 10:15 am European LawCurrent Developments in Rights Protection in the European Union: Anti-Discrimination Measures, The Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the Refugee Crisis
8:30 am - 10:15 am Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial ServicesThe Tenth Anniversary of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis: The State of Financial Reform and Consumer Financial Protection
8:30 am - 10:15 am Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property in Conflict or Concert with Community Values
8:30 am - 10:15 am International LawImplementing the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities on the Road Ahead
8:30 am - 10:15 am Law Libraries and Legal InformationLaw Library Services in 2020: Evolution and Revolution
8:30 am - 10:15 am Legislation & Law of the Political ProcessJustice Scalia and Statutory Interpretation: A Retrospective Assessment
8:30 am - 10:15 am Technology, Law and Legal EducationDisrupting Law School: Using Technology in Course Design and Assessment
9:00 am - 10:30 am Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Professional ResponsibilityEthical and Moral Dimensions of Lawyering for Clients with Limited Capacity
9:00 am - 12:15 pm Islamic Law and Law and South Asian Studies Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative LawIslamic Law and Comparative Constitutional Law in South Asia in the 21st Century
10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Academy Program#BlackLivesMatter: Balancing Security with Dignity in American Policing
10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Arc of Career ProgramTransitions: Preparing For Life Beyond the Legal Academy
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Commercial and Related Consumer Law and Contracts Joint ProgramContracts, Commercial and Consumer Law in Action
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Constitutional Law and Poverty Law Joint ProgramThe Constitution in an Era of Increasing Inequality
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Education LawNew Horizons: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Title IX Compliance
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers, Co-Sponsored by International Legal Exchange Bridging the Gap Between Graduate Law and J.D. Programs: Fostering Inclusion Through Curriculum and Program Design
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Institutional Advancement Leveraging the Rise of the Law in Popular Culture
10:30 am - 12:15 pm National Security Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative LawDomestic Responses to Declared and Undeclared National Security Emergencies
10:30 am - 12:15 pm New Law ProfessorsGetting by with a Little Help from My Friends: Mentorship in Teaching and Scholarship
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Securities RegulationSecurities Regulation and Technological Change
10:45 am - 12:15 pm Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health CareOld Age In the Digital Age: How New Ideas and Technology Are Disrupting Aging
10:45 am - 12:15 pm Islamic Law and Law and South Asian Studies Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative LawPanel 2: Comparative Constitutional Law in South Asia: Sources, Methods, and Applications
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Academy ProgramDoes Anyone’s Law Matter at the Border? Shootings, Searches, Walls, and the U.S. Constitution
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS and European Law Faculties Association Joint ProgramCurrent Issues Affecting the Rule of Law and Legal Education in Europe
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Administrative LawAdministrative Law's Hidden Dynamics - New Trends in Scholarship
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Africa, Co-Sponsored by East Asian Law & SocietyChina in Africa: Legal, Political and Development Issues in China's Growing Influence in the African Continent
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Agricultural and Food LawFarmland Tenure: Who Owns the Global Food System
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Alternative Dispute Resolution, Co-Sponsored by Comparative LawComparative Commercial Arbitration: U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Balance in Legal EducationTransformative Learning: Helping Students Discover Motivation, Values and Voice
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by JurisprudenceThe Work of Professor William Eskridge on Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by JurisprudencePanel I: The Work of Professor William Eskridge on Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity IssuesSetting the Post-Obergefell Agenda
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm TaxationFiscal Federalism: Balancing Tax Policies at the Federal, State, and Local Levels
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Torts and Compensation SystemsGun Regulation and Private Law
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by JurisprudencePanel II: The Work of Professor William Eskridge on Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Institutional Advancement ReceptionWith Special Guest Dean Strang
7:00 am - 12:00 pm AALS Registration
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion GroupThe Future of Tax Administration and Enforcement
8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Hot Topic ProgramThe Juliana v. U.S. Atmospheric Trust Litigation: Will the Children Save the Planet?
8:30 am - 10:15 am Comparative LawBrexit and Its Consequences
8:30 am - 10:15 am East Asian Law & SocietyResearch in Progress: Call for Papers
8:30 am - 10:15 am Employee Benefits and Executive CompensationBroken Contracts: How Secure is the Promise of Retirement Income?
8:30 am - 10:15 am Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property and Federalism
8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and SportsHedging Their Bets: Can Fantasy Sports and Sports Gambling “Play” the Feds, the States and the Leagues?
8:30 am - 10:15 am Law Libraries and Legal InformationAll Technology Considered: From the Classroom to the Law Firm
8:30 am - 10:15 am Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Antitrust and Economic RegulationWhat To Do About Concentration in the Healthcare Sector: Antitrust and Beyond
8:30 am - 10:15 am National Association for Law PlacementBeyond The New York Times: An Update on the Legal Employment Market for New Law School Graduates
8:30 am - 10:15 am Transactional Law and SkillsTransactional Law and Entrepreneurship: Training Entrepreneurial Counsel and Counsel to Entrepreneurs
8:30 am - 10:15 am Women in Legal EducationSpeed Mentoring
9:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS SymposiumWhy the Decline of Law and Legal Education Matters (And What We Might Do About It?)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Civil Rights - CANCELLED Navigating Intersections: Law, Race, Speech, Place
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Institutional AdvancementWhy Advancement Matters
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Criminal JusticeFalse Confessions in Context
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers, Co-Sponsored by Post-Graduate Legal EducationDesigning Bar Readiness Programs for International LL.M. Students
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and Anthropology, Co-Sponsored by Law and the Social SciencesQualitative Data and Legal Advocacy, Research, and Teaching
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and South Asian Studies, Co-Sponsored by Islamic LawFundamental Rights and Constitutional Transitions in South Asia
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and ResearchWhat Would Bono Do?: Igniting Interpersonal Respect, Cross-Cultural Empathy, and Global Inclusion through Legal Writing Teaching
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Mass Communication LawDemocratizing Legal Information: The Promise and Pitfalls of Freely Circulating Law on the Internet
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law and Election LawPresidential Politics and the Future of the Supreme Court: Post-Election Reflections and Forecasts for the "Post-Racial" Post-Obama White House
10:30 am - 12:15 pm Socio-EconomicsEconomics, Poverty, and Inclusive Capitalism
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