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Program

2021 Conference on Clinical Legal Education

Date: April 28 – May 2, 2021

Location: Virtual Eastern Daylight Time

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Extended Programs

Track information is not available at this time.

Sessions by Date & Time

11:00 am - 11:15 am Conference on Clinical Legal Education Welcome and Introduction

11:15 am - 12:15 pm Opening Keynote Presentation: A Conversation with a Voting Rights Activist

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Beyond Burnout: Teaching Engagement as Self-Care

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Incorporating Compassionate Release Advocacy in the Law School Curriculum

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Lessons from Learning Theory: How Clinics Can Help With the Bar Exam

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Obstacles and Opportunities in Clinical Team-Teaching

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Students as Clients: Reflections on Models of University Based Legal Services

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm The Basics of Conducting Empirical Research to Shape Pedagogy or Promote Policy Change

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education M. Shanara Gilbert Award and Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award Presentations; Recognition of New Clinicians

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Building Our Students’ Foundation in Intersectionality

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Community Engagement as a Foundational Lawyering Skill

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Cultivating Sustained Attention as an Emerging Skill for the New Generation of Digital Natives

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Leveraging Successes to Build Our Future Together Across All Law Schools

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Navigating New Boundaries in Teaching Lawyering and Supervising Students

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Practicing What We Preach: From Theory to Action in Mindfulness, Wellness, and Resilience

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm “Presentation Principles”: Connecting Core Lawyering Skills to a Contemporary Lawyering Framework in the Digital Age

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Believe It or Not: Teaching Credibility and Corroboration Across Clinics

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Building Student Capacities During Reflective Supervision

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Confronting Emotional Depletion: Making the Case for Rational Compassion

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Race, Lawyering & the Experiential Curriculum

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Reflecting on Successes and Identifying Roadblocks to Robust Cross-Clinic Collaborations

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Same-day Representation Clinics

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Directive vs. Non-Directive Supervision: Disagreement or Misunderstanding?

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Empathy: More Than a Feeling

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Fortifying Experiential Education and Ourselves Through Leadership in the Clinical Community

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Harmonizing the Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Lawyers and Social Workers in Clinical Practice

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Navigating Trauma in Clinical Legal Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Trauma Stewardship and Trauma-Informed Lawyering as Practical Legal Skills

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussion - Alternative Dispute Resolution

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussion - Associate Deans of Experiential Learning (Group 1)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussion - Associate Deans of Experiential Learning (Group 2)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussion - Civil Rights/Discrimination/Race/LGBTQ

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussion - Clinic Administrators

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussion - Community Economic Development

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Community Lawyering

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Consumer Law & Tax

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Criminal Law (Group 2)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Criminal Law (Group 1)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Criminal Law / Reentry

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Critical Theory

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Education

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Elder/Disability/Health

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Environmental

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Externships (Group 1)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Externships (Group 2)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Family/Domestic Violence

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Housing

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Immigration (Group 1)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Immigration (Group 2)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - International Human Rights

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Juvenile Law

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Legislative/Policy

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Medical-Legal Partnership/Interdisciplinary Clinics

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Mindfulness & Self-Care

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Poverty Law/Public Benefits

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Transactional Law/Small Business (Group 1)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Transactional Law/Small Business (Group 2)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Working Group Discussions - Veterans

10:00 am - 10:45 am Mindfulness/Contemplative Session

10:00 am - 11:00 am Networking Session: Learned Hand - Help Build an AI Legal Issue Spotter

10:00 am - 11:00 am New Clinicians Coffee Break with Membership, Outreach and Training (MOT) Committee

10:00 am - 11:00 am Policy Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 11:00 am Scholarship Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 11:00 am Transactional Law Committee Meeting

11:00 am - 11:45 pm Building for the Future and Advancing Social Justice in the Community Through Collaborative Impact Litigation and Systemic Reform

11:00 am - 11:45 am Flying a Plane While Building It: Adapting to New Clinic Realities in a COVID-19 World

11:00 am - 11:45 am Gender in Jail, Prison, & Coming Home: Intersectional & Innovative Approaches to Advocacy

11:00 am - 11:45 am Planning for Resilience

11:00 am - 11:45 am Teaching Family Separation Across Practice Areas

11:00 am - 11:45 am The Shadow Muslim Ban: Situs of Clinical Practice

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Delivering Water Justice: Case Studies In Respectful, Sustainable, Multi-Semester, Nontraditional Lawyering

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Developing an Open Records Act Strategy at a Public University Clinic

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Introducing Students to a Science-Focused Model of Self Care & Mindfulness

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Making a House a Home: Professional Development of Clinical Adjunct Faculty

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Who’s Teaching Who? Using Collaborative Inter-Clinic Rounds for Student and Faculty Development

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm “Stop, Collaborate, and Listen”: The Art of Teaching Student Collaboration

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Law Students and Incarcerated Students Re-Imagining the Criminal Legal System from the Inside-Out

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Starting from Scratch: Collaboratively Designing a New Online Educational Program for Immigrant Advocates

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Advising Social Enterprise Clients in a Transactional Clinic

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Clinical Attachment: Collaborations Among the Samuelson/Glushko Family of IP Law & Technology Clinics

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm From the Clinic to the Community: Leveraging Empirical Analysis to Advance Social Justice

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Increasing Equity and Diversity in Clinical Faculty Ranks

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Teaching 1619: The Legacy of the First Landing as a Frame for Clinical Teaching

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Clinics and Community – Engaging in Local Politics as a Way to Further Clinic Reach and Depth

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Critically Examining and Countering Reliance on Criminal Convictions in Family Court and Domestic Violence Proceedings

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Foster Improved Student Understanding and Scale Clinical Assistance for Underserved Populations

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Teaching Students the Art of Giving (and Receiving) Feedback

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Timekeeping Lightning Session: .5 Well-Spent

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: Collaboration at the Border and Across Disciplines

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: First Year Lab at University of New Mexico

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: Incorporating Mindfulness Makes One a Better Negotiator

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: Pro Bono with 1Ls as a Wellness Practice

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: Sources of Tribal Law

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: Why UI? A Case To Take On Another Case

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Poster Presentation: Two Takes on the Border: How Cross-Clinic Collaborations Can Support the Work of Nonprofits Representing Migrants along the Southern U.S. Border While Enhancing the Student Learning Experience

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm 2020 Vision(aries)

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Fostering Wholehearted Lawyers through Clinical Legal Education

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Human Rights Basics for Clinicians

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Observing (In)justice: Court Observation Projects in Clinical Practice

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Racism, Racial Trauma, and Clinics: Reimagining Clinical Work Through a Racial Justice Lens

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm The Clinic’s Role in Building Resilience: Preparing Students for Failure

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm Externships Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 11:00 am AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Clinicians of Color Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 10:45 am Mindfulness/Contemplative Session

10:00 am - 11:00 am Networking Session: Challenging White Supremacy for Non-BIPOC Clinicians

11:00 am - 11:45 am Building the Future Through Development of Leadership and Professional Identity in Clinical Programs

11:00 am - 11:45 am Clinical Legal Education For All, Not For The Few: One UK Law School’s Approach To Legal Pedagogy

11:00 am - 11:45 am From #MeToo to #RealChange: Addressing Gender Violence at the Community Level

11:00 am - 11:45 am Large-Scale Litigation in Law School Clinics

11:00 am - 11:45 am Onward and Upward? Moves Between Status Tracks In the Academy

11:00 am - 11:45 am Turning Down the Static: Fine-tuning Feedback, Supervision and Difficult Conversations

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CLEA Awards (Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers and Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project Awards)
CLEA Awards (Outstanding Advocate and Outstanding Project Awards) Per Diem Award Presentation

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Alternative Dispute Resolution

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Associate Deans of Experiential Education (Group 1)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Associate Deans of Experiential Education (Group 2)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Civil Rights/Discrimination/Race/LGBTQ

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Clinic Administrators

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Community Economic Development

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Community Lawyering

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Consumer Law & Tax

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Criminal Law (Group 1)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Criminal Law (Group 2)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Criminal Law / Reentry

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Critical Theory

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Education

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Elder/Disability/Health

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Environmental

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Externships (Group 1)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Externships (Group 2)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Family/Domestic Violence

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Housing

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Immigration (Group 1)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Immigration (Group 2)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - International Human Rights

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Juvenile Law

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Legislative/Policy

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Medical-Legal Partnership/Interdisciplinary Clinics

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Mindfulness & Self-Care

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Poverty Law/Public Benefits

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Transactional Law/Small Business (Group 1)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Transactional Law/Small Business (Group 2)

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Working Group Discussions - Veterans

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Lawyering over the Line

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm NLSVCC: Taking Collaboration to the Next Level

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Round and Round We Go: Options for How to Structure & Facilitate Rounds

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Striking the Balance: Teaching Social Justice in Higher-Volume Clinics

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Plenary Session: Are We (Almost) There Yet? Clinical Programs and the Academy as Anti-Racist Institutions

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Works in Progress

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Bellow Scholars Reports on Projects

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 1 Fair Housing & Affordable Housing

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 2 Housing Conditions and Pre-trial Detention

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 3 Family Law: Termination of Parental Rights & Family Separation

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 4 Family Law: Children's Rights & Child Advocacy

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 5 Criminal Justice: Decarceration

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 6 Criminal Justice: Rights & Ethics

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 7 Criminal Law & National Security

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 8 Immigration

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group # 9 Immigration and Human Trafficking

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #10 Racial Justice: Policing & Political Community

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #11 Experiential Education

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #12 Disability Rights

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #13 Access to Justice

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #14 Racial Justice & Health Law

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #15 IPV & Title IX

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #16 Contracts

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #17 Entrepreneurship, Small Business & Local Government

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #18 Criminal Justice & Resentencing

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #19 Lawyering & Elder Care

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #20 Restorative Justice & Racial Justice Transportation Gap

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Works in Progress Group #21 Family Law Reentry & Clinical Pedagogy

10:00 am - 11:00 am ADR Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 11:00 am Bellow Scholars Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 11:00 am Interdisciplinary Committee Meeting

10:00 am - 10:45 am Mindfulness/Contemplative Session

10:00 am - 11:00 am Networking Session: Listening Session for 2022 Planning Committee

10:00 am - 11:00 am Teaching Methodologies Committee Meeting

11:00 am - 11:45 am Designing Student-Based Language Interpreter Programs to Ensure Language Accessible Clinics

11:00 am - 11:45 am Enhancing Empathy and Resilience by Combining Doctrinal Teaching, Process Drama, and Live Client Work

11:00 am - 11:45 am How Global Clinical Education Collaboration Can Benefit Our Students, Our Clients, and Ourselves

11:00 am - 11:45 am Implicit Bias 201: Strategies for Incorporating Implicit Bias Training Throughout a Course

11:00 am - 11:45 am Preventing and Responding to Vicarious Trauma in Law School Clinics

11:00 am - 11:45 am Training the Next Generation of RURAL Lawyer Leaders - Where have we been and where are we going with rural practice opportunities?

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Cultivating Professional Identity in the First Year of Law School

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Fostering Healthy Lawyers: Implementing Well-Being as a Learning Outcome for Ourselves and Our Students

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Seizing the Moment and Supporting the Movement: Defund the Police & Feminist Theory and Practice

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Taking Experiential Learning on the Road: The Benefits of Service Learning Projects

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm The Stories that Built Us: Using a Clinic Produced Podcast to Develop Skills, Collaboration, and Community Impact

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm What's Love Got to Do With It? Injecting Health and Happiness into a Clinic or Externship Part 1 & Part 2

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Scholarship Support Workshop

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Workshop: Clinicians of Color Workshop

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Workshop: Learning Law through Experience and By Design

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Workshop: Navigating the Complexities of the Clinical Teaching Market

3:50 pm - 4:35 pm Clinicians of Color Workshop: Navigating the Transition from Clinician to Administration

3:50 pm - 4:35 pm Clinicians of Color Workshop: What I Wish I had Known When I was Starting Out