2012 AALS Clinical Conference Program

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Program

2012 Conference on Clinical Legal Education
Date: April 30 — May 3, 2012
Location: Westin Bonventure

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Sessions by Date & Time:

9:00 am - 7:00 pm
AALS Registration - California Foyer, 2nd Floor

10:00 am - 12:00 pm
New Clinician Program

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Welcome and Introduction

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Plenary Session - Structuring Clinics in a Changing Environment

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Working Group Discussions

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
AALS Reception with Posters

7:30 am - 9:00 am
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committees

9:00am - 10:30am
Adapting to a Changing Environment: Serving Clients and Teaching Students through Limited Legal Representation
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4 l Takeaway 5 l Takeawy 6 l Takeaway 7 l Takeaway 8-

9:00am - 10:30am
Enhancing Support and Balance for Clinicians through Program Design

9:00am - 10:30am
Law School Clinics and the Challenges of Emergencies

9:00am - 10:30am
LGBT in the Heartland: Planning for the Future Through Clinics, Externships and Interdisciplinary Partnerships

9:00am - 10:30am
Mind the Gap: (Re)Designing Clinical Teaching to Serve Cross-Generational Student Needs

9:00am - 10:30am
The Golden Mean: Evaluating Student-Clinician Ratios in Field Placement Programs
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4-

9:00am - 10:30am
The Intentional Mentor: Employing Mentoring Frameworks to Aid the Professional Development of New Clinicians
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10:30 am
Refreshment Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Plenary Session - Teaching Lawyering Skills in the 21st Century

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
AALS Luncheon

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Working Group Discussions

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Affinity Groups
Click the 'Affinity Groups' link above to view the takeaways for each group.

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
AALS Reception Hosted by University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Loyola Law School, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Southwestern Law School

7:30 am - 9:00 am
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committees

9:00am - 10:30am
Clerkship-Ready: Preparing Students for Judicial Externships and Clerkships

9:00am - 10:30am
Community, Collaboration, and Narrative: A Workshop at the Intersections of Scholarship, Teaching, and Practice

9:00am - 10:30am
Fear of Numbers? Teaching Financial Planning Skills in a Transactional Clinic

9:00am - 10:30am
Preparing Lawyers for the Twenty-First Century: Teaching the Law from a Problem-Solving Perspective
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4-

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Scholarship for Social Change

9:00am - 10:30am
Teaching Cross-Professional Communication and Ethics Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration

9:00am - 10:30am
Teaching Investigation/Investigating Teaching: Ideas on Developing Persuasive Fact Analysis Techniques for Law Students

9:00am - 10:30am
Teaching Students to Manage Stress Effectively and Minimize Vicarious Trauma

9:00am - 10:30am
Walking in Lawyer and Client Shoes: Self-Contained Interactive and Experiential Curriculum Enhancements You Can Drop Into Your Syllabus This Fall
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4 l Takeaway 5-

10:30 am - 10:45 am
Refreshment Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Plenary Session - Teaching and Evaluating Self Assessment: Takeaways from Different Clinical Models (Simulations, Externships/Field Placements, In-House)

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
AALS Luncheon

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Working Group Discussions

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committees

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
AALS Reception Hosted by Pepperdine University School of Law

7:30 am - 9:00 am
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committees

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Bellow Scholars Program Report on Projects
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3-

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Works in Progress
Topics in Mediation Takeaways: -Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4 l Takeaway 5 l TakeAway 6-

Delivering Legal Services Effectively Takeaway: -Takeaway 1-

10:30 am - 10:45 am
Refreshment Break

10:45am - 12:15pm
Clinic as Studio: Storyboarding as an Approach to Trial Preparation

10:45am - 12:15pm
Examining the Role of Clinician Bias and Preference in Student Assessment

10:45am - 12:15pm
Intersecting Subordination and Poverty Law: Reexamining Our Teaching Goals

10:45am - 12:15pm
Measuring the Magic

10:45am - 12:15pm
Millennials, Technology, and Client Confidentiality: Finding a Working Solution
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4-

10:45am - 12:15pm
Promoting Self-Awareness and Mindfulness in our Classroom Discussions of the Role of Race and Privilege in Lawyering

10:45am - 12:15pm
Supervising the Supervisors: What is the Law School's Role?
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4 l Takeaway 5 l Takeaway 6-

10:45am - 12:15pm
Teaching Deposition Skills
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10:45am - 12:15pm
The Promise and Challenges of Effective Outcome Measurement and Millenial Student Evaluation in the Medical Legal Partnership Clinical Context

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
AALS Luncheon

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Effectively Teaching Legislative and Policy Advocacy: The Pedagogical, Ethical and Structural Challenges

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Obedience, Conformity and the Professional Practice of Law

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Teaching and Defining Victory in Criminal Cases

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Teaching Takeaways: Teaching Identity in Non-Litigation Clinics

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Testimony and Teaching II: The Role of Religion in the Student-Teacher Experience
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2:00pm - 3:30pm
Training and Transforming Law Students into Lawyers in One-Semester
-Takeaway 1 l Takeaway 2 l Takeaway 3 l Takeway 4 l Takeaway 5 l TakeAway 6-

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Plenary Session - Final Takeaways from the Conference

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Concurrent Session: Cross-Fertilization Comes in Many Colors: Diverse Clinical Strategies to Address Family Violence