Program

2023 AALS Annual Meeting

Date:
January 3 – 7, 2023
Location: San Diego, CA


 

Extended Programs


Sessions by Date & Time

2:00 pm - 8:00 pm AALS Registration

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Coffee with Colleagues

7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration

7:30 am - 9:00 am Coffee with Colleagues

8:30 am - 9:30 am AALS Presidential Opening Plenary Session
A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

9:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee with Colleagues

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS American Law School Deans Study Program
The Deanship: Looking Past to Look Forward

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Arc of Career Program
Reverse-Engineering the Recipes for Success of Recently Promoted BIPOC Skills-Based Professors

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
The Future of Law and Multiracial Democracy

10:00 am - 11:40 am Africa
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, Cultural Expressions, and Genetic Resources

10:00 am - 11:40 am Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADR’s on the Bar! Now What?

10:00 am - 11:40 am Business Associations, Co-Sponsored by Securities Regulation
Corporate Governance in a Time of Global Uncertainty

10:00 am - 11:40 am Communication, Media & Information Law, Co-Sponsored by Defamation and Privacy and Technology, Law and Legal Education
Does the Dearth of Media Diversity Contribute to Disinformation, Defamation and Disserve Democracy?

10:00 am - 11:40 am Education Law, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Family and Juvenile Law, and State and Local Government
Governance and Politicization of Primary and Secondary Public Schools

10:00 am - 11:40 am Firearms Law
Gun Rights and Regulation after Bruen

10:00 am - 11:40 pm Global Engagement, Co-Sponsored by International Law, Law in the Americas, and Post-Graduate Legal Education
Global Legal Engagement in the Era of Crises – Making the Right Choices for Now and the Future

10:00 am - 11:40 am Part-Time Divisions, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support and Teaching Methods
Substantially Similar? Building Educational Equity into Evening, Weekend, and Part-Time J.D. Programs

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm AALS Discussion Group
Multifaceted Strategies for Expanding the Pipeline of Diverse Law Students and Attorneys of Color: Law School, Bar Association, and Judicial Commission Collaboration

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Admiralty and Maritime Law
Decarbonization of the Shipping Industry: The IMO's New Carbon Emission Regulations.

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Agency, Partnership, LLC's and Unincorporated Associations
Agency & Fiduciary Law: Emerging Issues and Pedagogical Approaches

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Employment Law, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
Access to Justice in Aging & The Law: How Law Schools Can Make A Difference

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
LLM (Law, Learning & Motivation): Transforming Legal Education via Learning & Motivation Principles

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Associate Deans: Making a Difference in Legal Education

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Coffee with Colleagues

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by East Asian Law & Society
The Comparative Classroom

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Contracts, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law
The Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreements Act ("UREA") and Emerging State Law

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm European Law - CANCELLED
The War in Ukraine and the Future of the European Union - CANCELLED

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Federal Courts, Co-Sponsored by Conflict of Laws
Panel 1 - Dispelling the Myth: The Business of the Federal Judicial System, Today

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Federal Courts, Co-Sponsored by Conflict of Laws
Dispelling the Myth: The Business of the Federal Judicial System, Today

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Internet and Computer Law
The Internet of War

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Law and Religion
Religion, Law, and the Russian War against Ukraine

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Legal History, Co-Sponsored by Jewish Law, Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Legacies of Exclusion in Legal Education & Licensing

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Co-Sponsored by Law School Admission Council
Socially Conscious: Understanding the Next Generation of Law Students

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Co-Sponsored by Law School Admission Council
The Law Student Experience: Understanding the Next Generation of Law Students

1:50 pm - 2:40 pm Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Spreading the Love: Best Practices for Implementing ABA Standard 303 Across Your Law School

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee with Colleagues

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Civil Rights
New Voices in Civil Rights Against The Second Redemption

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Community Economic Development
Community Economic Development Law Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Criminal Law, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
Teaching Criminal Justice with Open Educational Resources and Other Innovative Materials

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Joint Program
New and Emerging Voices in Workplace Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm European Law
New Scholarship in EU Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Federal Courts, Co-Sponsored by Conflict of Laws
Panel 2 -Section Business Meeting

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Immigration Law
New Voices in Immigration Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Law Professors as Relatives Across the Medicine Line

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Intellectual Property
The Recorded Classroom

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Internet and Computer Law
New Voices in Internet and Computer Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law School Admission Council Program
The Law Student Experience: Fostering Growth from Prelaw Through Practice

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care
New Voices in Law, Medicine and Health Care

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Legal History Co-Sponsored by Administrative Law and Constitutional Law
Panel 2 - Misreading the Record: The Use (and Abuse) of History in Recent Federal Court Cases about the Administrative State

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Pedagogy Pivots: Leading Legal Education's Transition to the NextGen Bar Exam

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Legislation & Law of the Political Process New Scholars in Legislation
Emerging Scholars in Legislation & Law of the Political Process

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm New Law Professors
Beginnings, Middles, and Endings: Ideas for Your Classes and Your Courses

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Taxation
Teaching Tax: Methods and Approaches for the Modern Student

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm AALS Arc of Career Program
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 - 7:00 pm Clinical Legal Education Section Business Meeting and Reception
Business Meeting and Reception

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Comparative Law
Business Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Employment Discrimination Law
Business Meetings

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Federal Courts - CANCELLED
Business Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Jewish Law
Business Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Twelve Step Meeting

7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration

7:30 am - 9:00 am Coffee with Colleagues

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Discussion Group
Russia v. Ukraine: Implications for a New Global Order

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
The Future of Race in Admissions

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Open Source Program - Author Meets Readers
Women Trailblazers in Legal Education

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Site Evaluation Workshop

8:00 am - 9:40 am Biolaw
Breaking Out of the Law School Silo: Interdisciplinary and Empirical Research in Law

8:00 am - 9:40 am Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure Casebook Offerings and Pedagogical Approaches

8:00 am - 9:40 am Immigration Law
Racism in Immigration Regulation

8:00 am - 9:40 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples, Co-Sponsored by Intellectual Property
Indigenizing Intellectual Property

8:00 am - 9:40 am Jewish Law
Jewish Communal Use of American Law for Its Own Ends

8:00 am - 9:40 am Jurisprudence Co-Sponsored by Criminal Law
Book Roundtable: Tommie Shelby's "The Idea of Prison Abolition"

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law and the Humanities, Co-Sponsored by Legal History
Visions and Models of Autonomy, Care, Resistance and Community After Roe v. Wade

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Requesting Accommodations as a Law School Employee

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law School Administration and Finance
Administrative Boot Camp for New and Aspiring Deans and Associate Deans

8:00 am - 9:40 am Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law
Current Issues in Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law

8:00 am - 9:40 am Real Estate Transactions, Co-Sponsored by Community Economic Development, Commercial and Related Consumer Law, and Property Law
COVID-19's Continuing Effect on the Commercial and Residential Real Estate Market

8:00 am - 9:40 am Transactional Law and Skills
How Transactional Lawyers Can Impact the World

8:30 am - 12:00 pm American Constitution Society (ACS) Junior Scholars Workshop
A workshop focused on emerging public law scholarship that promotes the fundamental constitutional values at the core of ACS's mission.

9:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee with Colleagues

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Discussion Group
The Future of Law School Rankings

10:00 am - 11:40 am Civil Rights
Integrating Critical Pedagogies to Fulfill the Promise of Revised Standard 303

10:00 am - 11:40 am Clinical Legal Education
Experiential Mainstreaming in the Law Curriculum

10:00 am - 11:40 am Contracts
Roundtable on New Scholarship in Contract Law & Theory

10:00 am - 11:40 am Criminal Law
Works-in-Progress

10:00 am - 11:40 am Education Law
COVID-19 Equity Impacts on Schools

10:00 am - 11:40 am Election Law, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
New Voices in Election Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Immigration Law
Leveraging Service Opportunities to Maximize Student Learning in Immigration Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law and Sports
Works-in-Progress

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Junior Faculty Works-in-Progress

10:00 am - 11:40 am Minority Groups
The Transformative Power of Humanistic and Holistic Legal Knowledge

10:00 am - 11:40 am National Security Law
Current Voices in National Security Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
New Voices in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education - CANCELLED
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Communication, Media & Information Law - CANCELLED
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Evidence
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Family and Juvenile Law
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm International Law
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Minority Groups
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Torts and Compensation Systems
Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Coffee with Colleagues

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Awards Ceremony

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee with Colleagues

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Arc of Career Program
So You Want to Write a Book with Impact?

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Criminal Law
Leaving Carcerality Behind: Thoughts on Intervention with Gender Violence

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Environmental Law
Carrots and Sticks, from Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and Beyond

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Evidence, Co-Sponsored by Law and Anthropology
Critical Legal Theories in the Field of Evidence

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm For the Law School Dean
Creating a Welcoming Climate for Our Faculty, Staff, Students in This Polarized World

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Institutional Advancement
Collaborative Cultivation: Attracting External Funding to Centers and Institutes

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law Libraries and Legal Information
DEI, Recruitment & The Future of Law Librarianship

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care
Public Health Law at a Crossroads: Legal Debates, Policy Controversies & Social Justice Solutions

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Legislation & Law of the Political Process
Statutory Interpretation in the Era of "High Textualism"

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm National Conference of Bar Examiners Program
The Next Generation of the Bar Exam

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm National Security Law
The War Against Ukraine and National Security Unpredictable Temporal and Geographic Boundaries

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Constitutional Law, and Family and Juvenile Law
LGBTQ Youth Under Attack: How Centering LGBTQ Youth Enhances Equality for All

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Taxation
Tax Reform at the Midterm: Reflections and Opportunities

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, and Minority Groups
Don’t Stop at the D: Incorporating the E(quity) and I(nclusion) of DEI Into Law School Teaching

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Torts and Compensation Systems
Opioid Litigation: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm AALS Opening Reception

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Twelve Step Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Big 10 Law School Reception

7:00 am - 6:00 pm AALS Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am East Asian Law and Society
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am State and Local Government Law
Business Meeting

7:30 am - 9:00 am Coffee with Colleagues

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Arc of Career Program
The COVID Care Crisis in Legal Academia

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Biden v. Texas and the Federal-State Battle over Immigration Law

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
The Law of Unjust Enrichment, the First Immortal Human Cell Line, and the Henrietta Lacks Case

8:00 am - 9:40 am Academic Support, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
Proactive Planning Across the Curriculum for the NextGen Bar Exam

8:00 am - 9:40 am Animal Law
Interconnected Justice: Animal Law in the Classroom and Beyond

8:00 am - 11:40 am Civil Rights and Minority Groups Joint Program
Stirring the Ashes, Saving the Coals: Civil Rights after 2022

8:00 am - 9:40 am Civil Rights and Minority Groups Joint Program Panel: Stirring the Ashes, Saving the Coals: Civil Rights After 2022 | Joint Program Panel 1
Stirring the Ashes, Saving the Coals: Civil Rights After 2022 | Joint Program Panel 1

8:00 am - 9:40 am Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights, Co-Sponsored by Civil Procedure
Developments in Mass Tort Bankruptcy

8:00 am - 9:40 am Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals
Best(?) Practices Diverse Approaches to Implementing ABA Standard 303

8:00 am - 9:40 am Institutional Advancement
Who's Following You? – A How-to for Faculty Seeking to Develop a Social Media Persona and Influence

8:00 am - 9:40 am New Law Professors
Beginnings, Middles, and Endings: Planning Your Classes, Your Courses, and Your Career

8:00 am - 9:40 am Post-Graduate Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Global Engagement
Legal Education Programs for Non-Licensed Legal Professionals

8:00 am - 9:40 am Scholarship
The Methodologies of Interdisciplinary Law Scholarship

8:00 am - 11:40 am Socio-Economics
The Lawyer as Public Citizen: An Ethical Foundation for New Law and Economics

9:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee with Colleagues

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Committee on Recruitment & Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students
After the Statements of Support: Moving Beyond DEI to Implementing Meaningful Approaches to Anti-Racism within Law Schools

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Assessing the Impact of President Biden’s Marijuana Actions

10:00 am - 11:40 am Art Law, Co-Sponsored by Contracts, Intellectual Property, and Trusts and Estates
When Taking a Donation in Return for Naming Rights Becomes a Liability

10:00 am - 11:40 am Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, Student Services, and Teaching Methods
Addressing the New ABA Standard 303: Strategies for Implementing Professional Identity Initiatives

10:00 am - 11:40 am Civil Rights and Minority Groups Joint Program: Panel:Critical Leadership, Accountability, and Justice Within Organizations | Joint Program Panel 2
Critical Leadership, Accountability, and Justice Within Organizations | Joint Program Panel 2

10:00 am - 11:40 am Commercial and Consumer Law
Digital Assets, Virtual Currencies, & UCC Reform: An Update

10:00 am - 11:40 am Constitutional Law
Reproductive Rights and Constitutional Crisis

10:00 am - 11:40 am Disability Law
The Rehabilitation Act at 50

10:00 am - 11:40 am East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
Asia and the Changing Global Legal Order

10:00 am - 11:40 am Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services, Co-Sponsored by Securities Regulation
Financial Regulation in a Time of Global Uncertainty

10:00 am - 11:40 am International Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law, Global Engagement, and International Human Rights
Conflict in Ukraine: Can Prosecuting Atrocity Crimes Make a Difference?

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law and Sports
The Future of the NCAA - Is the Sky Really Falling

10:00 am - 11:40 am Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law
Disability: Engaging with an Often Overlooked Diversity Dimension in our Classrooms

10:00 am - 11:40 am Property Law and State and Local Government Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Community Economic Development and Real Estate
Homes, Neighborhoods, and the Future of Residential Land Use: Who Should Decide Where and How We Live

10:00 am - 11:40 am Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co- Sponsored by Communication, Media & Information Law and Transactional Law and Skills
Cyber Security: Tech and Ethical Considerations for Tomorrow’s Lawyers

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law and Economics
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Pro Bono & Access to Justice
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Professional Responsibility
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Women in Legal Education
Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm AALS Hot Topic Program
Vaccine Mandates: Continued Controversy and Litigation in a Multitude of Settings

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Symposium Program
How Law Schools Can Make a Difference: DEI work in the Curriculum, in the Classroom, and in the Courtroom

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm AALS Symposium Program - Panel 1:DEI Work in the Curriculum
Panel 1: DEI Work in the Curriculum

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Administrative Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
Visions of Democracy in the Regulatory State

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Coffee with Colleagues

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Community Economic Development, Co-Sponsored by Poverty Law, Property Law, and State and Local Government
Community Development for Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Criminal Law
Perception v. Reality: How Evolving Understandings of Technology Influence Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Election Law
Federalism and Voting

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support and Community Economic Development
Post-Pandemic Empirical Questions: Measuring How Law Schools Make a Difference

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by International Law
International Human Rights and the Sanctions on Russia for its Aggressive War on Ukraine

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Labor Relations and Employment Law, Co-Sponsored by Employment Discrimination Law
From Buffalo to JFK8 to NLRB HQ: A New Era in Labor Law?

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Reimagining Law and Policy Affecting Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
The Judiciary—Making the Least Democratic Branch of Government More Respected, Less Political

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Professional Responsibility
50th Anniversary of the PR Section: Looking Forward, Lawyering in the Next 50 years

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Women in Legal Education
“Less Than a Fully Adult Human”: Moving Forward Without Roe

2:20 pm - 3:20 pm AALS Symposium Program - Panel 2 :DEI Work in the Classroom
Panel 2 :DEI Work in the Classroom

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee with Colleagues

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Business Associations
New Law Teacher: Works-In-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Comparative Law
Comparative Law Works-in-Progress on the Cutting Edge of a Plural & Global World Disorder

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Section on the Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession WIP "Incubator" Program

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Family and Juvenile Law
Cutting Edge Scholarship in Family and Juvenile Law: Works in Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services
Emerging and New Voices in Financial Regulation: Works-in-Progress Panel

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Intellectual Property
Emerging Voices in Intellectual Property

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm International Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law, Global Engagement, and International Human Rights
How Can Students and Faculty Make a Difference via Teaching and Clinical Work in Times of Crisis?

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Islamic Law - CANCELLED
Islamic Law Works-in-Progress: Translating Traditions of Justice and Equity

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Newer Scholars' Workshop and Scholarship Celebration

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Professional Responsibility
Professional Responsibility New Voices Program 2023

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Property Law
Stuff You'll Want to Steal: Ideas for Teaching Topics in Property Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education
Incorporating Emerging Technology Discussions in Traditional Doctrinal Classes

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Women in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Balance in Legal Education
Teaching Towards Equity: The Use of Pedagogy to Overcome Barriers

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Symposium Program - Panel 3 :DEI Work in the Courtroom:
Panel 3 :DEI Work in the Courtroom

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Family and Juvenile Law
Business Meeting

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Reception for AALS Fellows

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Twelve Step Meeting

7:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am Twelve Step Meeting

8:00 am - 9:30 am Coffee with Colleagues

8:00 am - 9:40 am Student Services
Panel 1: Keynote Address by Jennifer Rikard, PhD

8:00 am - 4:40 pm Student Services
Making a Difference – Creating a Sense of Belonging in Law Schools and the Legal Profession

8:30 am - 10:10 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Reframing Fair Use: Warhol, Transformative Visual Art, and the New Supreme Court

8:30 am - 10:10 am AALS Open Source Program
Who Are We: Racism at the Heart of Admission into the Legal Profession

8:30 am - 10:10 am Children and the Law Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law, Poverty Law and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Seventy Years in the Making: Brown v. Board of Education from a Children's Perspective

8:30 am - 10:10 am Evidence - CANCELLED
Critical Legal Theories in the Field of Evidence

8:30 am - 10:10 am Insurance Law
Insurance and Social Justice: Selected Issues in Health Care

8:30 am - 10:10 am International Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law, Global Engagement, International Human Rights, and Litigation
Global War and Conflict in Ukraine and Beyond: An Effective and Balanced Response?

8:30 am - 10:10 am Islamic Law - Cancelled and merged with 1 pm Islamic Law session
This session has been canceled and merged with the 1 pm Islamic Law session.

8:30 am - 10:10 am Law and Anthropology Co-Sponsored by Evidence
Evidence of Discrimination

8:30 am - 10:10 am Law and Economics
Crime and Policy: A Law and Economics Perspective

8:30 am - 10:10 am Law and the Social Sciences
Social Sciences Research Strategies and Methods

8:30 am - 10:10 am Leadership
How Teaching Leadership Can Make a Difference

8:30 am - 10:10 am Legislation & Law of the Political Process, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
Intersection of Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation Post-Dobbs

8:30 am - 10:10 am Socio-Economics
The Context-Dependent Meaning of Economic Literacy: Calls for Chapters, Essays, Comments and Critiques

8:30 am - 10:10 am Trusts and Estates
Teaching Tools and Questions of Inequality in the Wills and Trusts Classroom

9:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee with Colleagues

10:00 am - 11:40 am Student Services
Panel 2: Positioning Ourselves to Make a Difference: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of the Law Student Services and Student Services Section Business Meeting

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Comparative Law
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm East Asian Law & Society
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm International Human Rights
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law and Sports - Cancelled
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law Libraries and Legal Information
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Teaching Methods
Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm AALS Discussion Group
What a Difference a Difference Makes: Empowering Students through Self Determination Theory

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Antitrust and Economic Regulation
New Threats to Antitrust Enforcement

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Constitutional Law
Affirmative (Re)Action: Diversity's Future

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Defamation and Privacy
The Future(s) of Defamation Law

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Economic Globalization and Governance - CANCELLED
Topic to be announced

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm International Human Rights
New Voices in Human Rights

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Islamic Law - CANCELLED
Author Meets Readers: The Racial Muslim - When Racism Quashes

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Law and South Asian Studies, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
Does the U.S. Constitution have an Unamendable Core?

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Law Libraries and Legal Information
DEI, Recruitment & The Future of Law Librarianship, Part II

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm National Security Law
Privacy and Cybersecurity in National Security Developments and Prospects

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Student Services - Panel 3 CANCELLED
Panel 3: Enhancing Your Capacity for DEI Work

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education
Three's a Crowd -- Or Is It? Enhancing Technology Skills Teaching with Third Party Vendors

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee with Colleagues

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Administrative Law
New Voices in Administrative Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Children and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Pedagogical Lessons from ICWA: Incorporating Indigenous Frames into Child & Family Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
Hot Topics in Post-COVID Asia: Priorities and Strategies for Recovery and Growth

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, New Law Professors and Teaching Methods
Urgent Issues in Human Rights Law in a Post-Pandemic World: Has the Pandemic Changed What and How We Teach Human Rights?

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Minority Groups
New Voices in Justice and Inequality

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Property Law
New Voices in Property Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Securities Regulation
Emerging Voices in Securities Regulation

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Socio-Economics
Teaching Economic Literacy in Law School and Other University Courses

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Student Services - Panel 4 Cancelled
Panel 4: Positioning Ourselves to Make a Difference: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of the Law Student Services Profession

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education
Works in Progress - Intersection of Law and Technology

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Trusts and Estates
Works in Progress in Trusts & Estates

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Women in Legal Education
Emerging Voices in Feminist Theory

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm Civil Procedure Co-Sponsored by Creditors’ & Debtors' Rights, Litigation, and Remedies
What’s In, What’s Out: How to Teach Civil Procedure in an Increasingly Crowded Curriculum

7:30 am - 8:30 am Meditation Session

AM23 Program