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Program

2025 AALS Annual Meeting

Date: January 7 – 11, 2025
Location: San Francisco, CA


 

Extended Programs

» Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support
» Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Clinical Legal Education Joint Program
» Critical Theories
» AALS Symposium
» Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Commercial and Consumer Law
» Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
» 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
» AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color

Sessions by Date & Time

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM AALS Registration

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM AALS Registration

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

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Information Desk

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM AALS Symposium
Panel 1: Justice Innovation

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Open Source Program
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
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
Reimagining Law and Policy Affecting Individuals with Substance Use Conditions

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Communication, Media and Information Law
Identifying and Addressing Current Threats to Journalism

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and Interpretation
To Be Announced

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and South Asian Studies - CANCELLED
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
Racial Terror and the Decline of the Liberal Legal Order

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Panel 1

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support
Panel 1: Courageous New Models: Innovative Alternatively Scheduled JD Programs – Hybrid Programs

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Remedies
Remedies at the Intersection of Public and Private Law

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Transactional Law and Skills
Teaching Transactional Law and Skills

8:00 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Symposium
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
The Courage to Change How We Educate Our Next Generation

8:00 AM - 11:20 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Teaching in the Age of Generative AI: Beyond the Basics

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

9:10 AM - 10:10 AM AALS Symposium
Panel 2: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ethical Legal Tech Innovation

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Discussion Group
Tightrope: Teaching Criminal Law to First-Year Students in a Polarized Moment

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
Building Capacity for Inclusive & Collaborative Dialogue

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Presidential Session
Law Faculty Appointments Amid Challenges to Diversity and Equity

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Agricultural and Food Law
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
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
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
Good, Bad, or Ugly: Is Intellectual Property Incentivizing the Wrong Kinds of Technologies?

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Sports
Intercollegiate Athletics: The Only Constant is Change

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Panel 2

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Law School Administration and Finance, Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, and Teaching Methods
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
A Year without Affirmative Action: Lessons & Next Steps from a Full Admission Cycle Post-SFFA

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Professional Responsibility
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
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
Understanding the Third Restatement’s Approach to Dignitary Harm

10:20 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Symposium
Panel 2: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ethical Legal Tech Innovation

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

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

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

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

12:50 PM - 1:50 PM AALS Arc of Career Program
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
“Professional Identity” as Teachers Accounting for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Commercial and Consumer Law
Standing Up for Commercial and Consumer Law in an Age of Misinformation

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Criminal Procedure, Co-Sponsored by Evidence
Looking Back—and Forward—After Twenty Years of Crawford v. Washington

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals
Making 303 Matter: Implementation in a Changing Landscape

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Election Law
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
Healthcare Benefits and Disability Insurance: 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
Border Externalization, Asylum, and the Rights of Others: European and U.S. Perspectives

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Firearms Law
Firearms and the Administrative State

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Internet and Computer Law
Financial Regulation in Cyberspace

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Islamic Law, Co-Sponsored by Law and South Asian Studies
Author-Meets-Readers: Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Law Libraries and Legal Information
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
Critiquing Courage in Action

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by European Law and East Asian Law and Society
New Frontiers in Comparative Law: A Works-in-Progress Showcase

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Constitutional Law
The Many New (and Newer) Voices of Constitutional Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Criminal Law
Criminal Law Junior Scholars' Works-in-Progress

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM European Law
New Scholarship in EU Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Family and Juvenile Law
Teaching Parents, Children, and the State

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Intellectual Property
Emerging Voices in Intellectual Property Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
New Voices in Human Rights and International Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Jewish Law
Works-in-Progress on Jews and Judaism in American Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
Emerging Issues in Law, Medicine, and Health Care Works in Progress Program

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Legislation and Law of the Political Process
New Voices in Legislation

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Minority Groups
Teaching Abolition

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM National Security Law
National Security Works-in-Progress Panel

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Professional Responsibility
Professional Responsibility Section New Voices Workshop

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Property Law
Property Law New Voices

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Securities Regulation
New Scholars, Works-in-Progress in Securities Regulation

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights and Internet and Computer Law
What Does the Future of Legal Technology Hold?

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Women in Legal Education
Navigating Classroom Disruptions and Interruptions

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
The Climate Emergency and AI: Rethinking the Use of AI in Law Schools and Beyond

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Open Source Program
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
Law and the Political Participation of Children and Youth

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
Good Mirrors and Steady Bridges: Connections Among East Asian Legal Systems

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Islamic Law, Co-Sponsored by International Law
Islamic Law and Social Movements

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Jurisprudence
Philosophical Foundations of the Market

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Minority Groups
Lawyering for the Global Majority

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Socio-Economics
Modern Monetary Theory, Pedagogy, and the Future of Socio-Economics

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 - 6:30 PM Clinical Legal Education
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM European Law
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM State and Local Government Law
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Twelve Step

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM LSAC Special Updates Reception

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Reception co-hosted by University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and Stetson University College of Law
Better Together: Unlocking Opportunities through Doctrinal and Skills Teaching Collaboration

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Reception for Jesuit Law Schools
All members of Jesuit law schools are welcome to attend for an opportunity to network and celebrate.

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Albany Law School Alumni Dinner and Book Talk with Professor Ray Brescia
Associate Dean Ray Brescia will discuss his new book, The Private is Political, which exposes the threats to our personal and political identity in the age of surveillance.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Penn State Dickinson Law – Antiracist Development Institute Reception co-hosted by Roger Williams University School of Law
Gathering of book series participants, coalition partners, and friends of the Antiracist Development Institute.

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM AALS Registration

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

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Information Desk

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Arc of Career Program
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
Difficult Conversions: Ideas for Navigating Conflicts in a Polarized World

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Discussion Group
Teaching State Constitutional Law– Why, How and, Who?

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
A Shot in the Dark: Executive Authority Over the Military in Elections and Beyond

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Africa
African Perspectives on Human Rights

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Art Law, Co-Sponsored by Property Law
Graffiti: Property Rights v. Artist Rights

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Jewish Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
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
Courage and Insights in Action: Leveraging Social Science for Legal Transformation

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Leadership, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility
The Courageous Intersection of Leadership Education, Professional Responsibility, and Professional Identity Formation

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Securities Regulation
AI, Securities Regulation, and Using Big Data to Explore Securities Regulation Issues

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Student Services, Co-Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, and For the Law School Dean
That “Safe” Word: Moving Students from Feeling Unsafe to Engaging Bravely in Discourse

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

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Presidential Keynote Plenary Session
Courage in Action

10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Environmental Law Field Trip
Angel Island

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

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

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Institutional Advancement
Business Meeting and Swag Swap

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

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

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Leadership - CANCELLED
Award Ceremony

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

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

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM AALS Awards Ceremony

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Discussion Group
The Parenting Professor Penalty

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
The Impact of Donald Trump’s Election on the War in Ukraine

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
Preparing for the New Age of Bar Licensure: A Guide for Law Schools

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
The Transformative Impacts of Emerging Technology on the Practice of Law, Ethical Rules and Law School Curriculum

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Constitutional Law
Social Media and the First Amendment

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Criminal Law
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
Rights, Regulation, and Resistance: Parents, Children, and the State

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Empowering Tribal Nations: 50 Years of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Institutional Advancement
Deans & Development Officers Program

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Journal of Legal Education
A Discussion About the Future of the Journal of Legal Education

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law, Medicine and Health Care
Politics, Courts, and Health Equity

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Legislation and Law of the Political Process
Methodological Realignments in Statutory Interpretation

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Technology, Law and Legal Education
Speed Rounds: Exploring Legal Technology Teaching

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Reception

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Twelve Step

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM University of California College of the Law, San Francisco AALS Annual Meeting Reception
Shuttles provided from Hilton 6 – 9 pm at Mason St. entrance (between O’Farrell and Ellis St.) Take hotel guest elevator to Garage Level “G” and walk across garage to Mason St. RSVP required.

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award Ceremony and Reception
The Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Legal Writing is given jointly by both ALWD and LWI.

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Registration

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM National Security Law
Business Meeting

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

7:30 AM - 4:15 PM AALS Deans Forum Program

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM AALS Information Desk

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
Beyond the Facts: Teaching Law in the Age of Information Chaos

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Constitutional Law
Teaching Constitutional Law in a Polarized World: Mandates, Academic Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure Beyond the Casebook

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Environmental Law
Teaching Climate in Environmental Law and Beyond

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Institutional Advancement
Fundraising: Best Practices for Law Schools and Legal Services

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Internet and Computer Law
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
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
Modern Approaches to Transnational Collaborations & Instructional Design

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Courage in the Classroom: Embracing the New

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Property Law
Property Pedagogy: Stuff You'd Like To Steal

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Socio-Economics
New Voices in Socio-Economics and Law

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

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

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Discussion Group
Oops, Did it Again: Embracing Risk Taking and Mistake-Making

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
Domestic Use of the Military

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
Social Justice in the Administrative State in a Post-Chevron World

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Site Visit Workshop

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Academic Support
Enhancing Inclusivity: Reaching More Students Without Reinventing the Wheel

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Civil Rights, Co-Sponsored by Litigation and Minority Groups
The Future of Private Civil Rights Enforcement

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Education Law, Co-Sponsored Children and the Law and Family and Juvenile Law
The Role of Law and Policy in Supporting Student Mental Health

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Institutional Advancement
Reporter Roundtable: Media Trends and Legal Reporting

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program
Litigation in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and South Asian Studies
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
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
Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Law and the Humanities - “Law and . . .”: Legal Scholarship and Interdisciplinarity

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Trusts and Estates
The Challenging Role of Trust and Estate Fiduciaries

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Cover Workshop
Reclaiming Constitutional Democracy in the Age of the Roberts Court

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Aging and the Law - CANCELLED
Award Ceremony

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Civil Procedure
Award Ceremony

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Evidence
Award Ceremony

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Law in the Americas
Business Meeting

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Litigation
Award Ceremony

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

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Scholarship
Award Ceremony

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM AALS Discussion Group
The ABA Reexamines Faculty Employment Security and Status, and the Academy Needs to Pay Attention

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Criminal Procedure, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Law
New Perspectives on Fourth Amendment Suspicion

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Environmental Law
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
A.I. and International Law Students: The Promise and the Pitfalls

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Immigration Law
Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Immigration Policy

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Institutional Advancement
Maximizing Social Media Impact for Law Schools

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Civil Procedure and Remedies
Forum Shopping in the Courts: Courage or Cowardice?

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM National Security Law and Insurance Law Joint Program
Insurance and National Security: Strange Bedfellows?

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM New Law Professors
Actionable Advice for Course Planning, Teaching, and Assessment

12:50 PM - 2:20 PM Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education
Supporting the Mid-Career and Senior Scholar

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Arc of Career Program
Transcending Law School Faculty Hierarchies

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Open Source Program
Crisis and Opportunity in Empirical Research and Advocacy: The Key Role of Scientific Legal Mapping

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Open Source Program
Lessons from Reproductive Justice: What the Movement Can Teach Other Doctrines

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Administrative Law
Swimming Against the Tide: New Administrative Law Scholarship in an Era of Judicial Formalism

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Antitrust and Economic Regulation
The Big Tech Antitrust Cases

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Civil Procedure
Procedural Innovations

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Critical Theories
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
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
Courage in the Face of Crisis

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Institutional Advancement
All Hands on Deck: Collaborative Pathways to Alumni Engagement

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law and Religion
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: Establishment Clause Law and Precedents After the Lemon Test

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM National Security Law
National Security Law in the News Roundtable

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by New Law Professors
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
New Technologies: Problems and Opportunities in Practice and Education

2:40 PM - 6:00 PM Critical Theories
Advancing Academic Excellence Through ABA Standards on Academic Freedom, Antiracism, and Diversity

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Discussion Group
Critical Race Theory: Cultivating Courageous Pedagogies and Praxes to Protect our Democracy

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
Protecting Public Accommodations

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
New Evidence of the Widespread Harm of Abortion Bans

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
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
Courageous Advocacy in Animal Law

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Constitutional Law
Evolution (or Revolution): Separation of Powers Jurisprudence and October Term 2023

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Critical Theories
Panel 2

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Evidence
Predictive Evidence: New Developments, New Concerns?

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Federal Courts
Legal Polarization and the Federal Judiciary

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Institutional Advancement
Issues Management Panel Discussion

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM International Human Rights
Critical Perspectives on International Criminal Law

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Taxation
The Expiration of the TCJA and the Future of Tax Policy

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Twelve Step

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Critical Theories
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Education Law
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Employment Discrimination Law
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Labor Relations and Employment Law
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Law and the Social Sciences
Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Big 10 Law Schools Reception

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Emory University School of Law Dean's Reception
Join new Emory Law Dean Richard D. Freer for Emory Law School's return to the west coast. All Emory law alumni, faculty, and staff are invited.

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Twelve Step

7:00 AM - 1:00 PM AALS Registration

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

7:30 AM - 12:00 PM AALS Information Desk

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
Teaching Law in a Time of Trump: Taking a Stand for the Law, Academic Freedom, and Our Community

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM AALS Hot Topic Program
Collaboration and Specialization in Pathways: Using Data Informed Practices Towards a Diverse Legal System

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Agricultural and Food Law - CANCELLED
Works-in-Progress on Agriculture, Food, & Related Topics

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Civil Rights, Co-Sponsored by Critical Theories
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
How to Integrate Comparative Law in the Law School Curriculum

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

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Education Law, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
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
New Perspectives on Empirical Studies of Legal Education and the Legal Profession

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Financial Regulation
Emerging and New Voices in Financial Regulation Law

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Immigration Law
New Voices in Immigration Law

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM International Law
Innovations in International Law Instructional Design

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and Economics
Emerging Scholars Works-in-Progress

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law Libraries and Legal Information
Incorporating AI & the NextGen Bar into Legal Research Instruction

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Scholarship
Here's My Idea…: Incubator Roundtable

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Brave Baby Steps: Taking Small Risks With Your Teaching

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

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Immigration Law Field Trip
Angel Island Immigration Station at Angel Island State Park

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM AALS Open Source Program
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
Serving Our Campus Communities: Using ADR Expertise to Help Prevent and Resolve Conflict

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Conflict of Laws
Consent after Mallory

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Creditors' and Debtors' Rights - CANCELLED
Uniformity and Local Rules

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Criminal Law, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights and Criminal Procedure
Prison Law: Operating in the Shadows

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Anthropology
Plural Publishing Personas: Writing for Law and Non-Law Audiences

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law and Economics
Emerging Scholars Forum

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Law School Administration and Finance, Co-Sponsored by Institutional Advancement
Trends in Law School Administration, Finance and Advancement

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law - CANCELLED
Nonprofit Sector Regulation and Reform

9:50 AM - 11:20 AM Socio-Economics
The Future of Socioeconomics

9:50 AM - 11:20 PM AALS Discussion Group
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
GLBT Historical Society

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Institutional Advancement Field Trip
Field Trip to Sausalito

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM AALS House of Representatives

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM AALS Hot Topic Program
Untraceable Firearms and the Future of Gun Control: Constitutional, Regulatory, and Social Implications of the Supreme Court's Ghost Gun Case

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Administrative Law
New Voices in Administrative Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Business Associations
Business Law Works-in-Progress

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Civil Rights
New Voices in Civil Rights

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Critical Theories
Critical Thought and Pedagogy for Constitutional Law

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Defamation and Privacy - CANCELLED
Privacy and Racial Justice

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Election Law - CANCELLED
Election Law Section's Works-in-Progress Session

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Environmental Law & Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program
Works-in-Progress: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources

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

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Law Libraries and Legal Information
Considering the ABA Standards for Law Libraries

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM Taxation
Teaching Tax: Textbooks, Tools, and Techniques

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Admiralty and Maritime Law - CANCELLED
Legal Impediments to Offshore Wind Energy Turbines

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Art Law
Recovering Long Lost Looted Art: Opportunities, Hurdles, and Statutory Protections

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Business Associations
Courage in Business

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Community Economic Development, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law
Clean Energy and Community Economic Development

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Economic Globalization and Governance -CANCELLED
To Be Announced

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law
Title VII at 60: Where are we headed? Is this the time for a fresh start?

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Legal History
The Role of History in the 2023-2025 Supreme Court Term

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Race and Private Law
Does Race Matter in Private Law
AM25 Program