Program

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Georgia State University College of Law Alumni Reception

7:00 am - 7:00 pm Registration

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

7:30 am - 5:30 pm Contemplative Space for Registrants

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Arc of Career Program
Practicing What We Teach: Using Restorative Justice “Circle Process” to Discuss Difficult Issues

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
A Pathway Forward: Pipeline Programs as Key Responses to the Elimination of Affirmative Action in Admissions: A Tool for Law Schools to Shape Democracy

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Hot Topics in Opioids, Bankruptcy, and Public Health

8:00 am - 9:40 am Africa
Redefining Investment Dynamics: Africa's Influence on the Evolving Landscape of ISDS and the AfCFTA Investment Protocol

8:00 am - 9:40 am Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Professionals
Tales of Standard 303c Implementation: What Worked, and What We Would Do Differently

8:00 am - 9:40 am Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Minority Groups, and Poverty Law
Emerging Issues in Retirement Equity

8:00 am - 9:40 am Firearms Law
The Second Amendment & Sensitive Places

8:00 am - 9:40 am Institutional Advancement
From Transactional to Transformational - Advancing Your Major Gifts Program

8:00 am - 9:40 am Jewish Law
The Proposed Judicial Overhaul and Israeli Democracy

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law in the Americas, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law and International Human Rights
Legal Education in the Americas

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law School Admission Council Program
Where They Live and Learn: Environmental Context as a Guide in Law School Admissions

8:00 am - 9:40 am National Conference of Bar Examiners Program
Drafting the NextGen Bar Exam

8:00 am - 9:40 am Part-Time Division Programs, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, and Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
Embracing Alternatively Scheduled Students: Unexpected Benefits for Faculty & the Legal Profession

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

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Discussion Group
Can Companies Help?: Furthering Racial Equity Through Corporate & Securities Laws and Disclosures

10:00 am - 11:40 am Biolaw, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care and Law and Mental Disability
Patient Privacy and Health Information Confidentiality at a Crossroads

10:00 am - 11:40 am Comparative Law
Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order

10:00 am - 11:40 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Reconsidering Johnson v. McIntosh and the Doctrine of Discovery

10:00 am - 11:40 am Institutional Advancement, Co-Sponsored by Student Services
Engaging Alumni Across Different Generations, Experiences, and Affinities

10:00 am - 11:40 am Internet and Computer Law
The Supreme Court's Newfound Interest in Internet Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law and Sports, Co-Sponsored by Alternative Dispute Resolution
Is Arbitration the Best Way?: Resolving Disputes in Sports

10:00 am - 11:40 am Legislation & Law of the Political Process, Co-Sponsored by Election Law
Legislation, Governance, and Democratic Fragility

10:00 am - 11:40 am Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, and Technology, Law and Legal Education
Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice

10:00 am - 11:40 am National Security Law
Defending Democracy: Re-focusing the National Security Lens to Examine Threats from Within

10:00 am - 11:40 am Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, Co-Sponsored by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals
Defending Democracy by Defending Diversity: The Ramifications of the Students for Fair Admissions

10:00 am - 11:40 am Property Law and Real Estate Transactions Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Community Economic Development, Clinical Legal Education, and State and Local Government
Corporate Acquisition of Rental Housing & Public Policy Responses

10:00 am - 11:40 am Socio-Economics
The Future of Socio-Economics in Legal Education and Higher Education - Open Forum

10:00 am - 11:40 am Taxation
Tax and Democracy

10:00 am - 11:40 am Torts and Compensation Systems
Liability for Gun Violence

11:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Global Engagement
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Institutional Advancement
Business Meeting

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

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Student Services
Awards Ceremony

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

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

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm AALS Hot Topic Program
Title IX, Sexual Harassment, Transgender Rights & Reproduction: 50+ Years, Two Rulemakings & Seemingly Infinite Controversies

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Agency, Partnership, LLC's and Unincorporated
Ethical Behavior in Unincorporated Business Associations and Agency Relationships

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Poverty Law
Preparing for the Demands of an Aging Population

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Clinical Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Communication, Media and Information Law, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, Technology, Law and Legal Education, and Women in Legal Education
Panel 1: Collaborating to Defend Democracy in Communities Under Attack: Panel Discussion

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Clinical Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Communication, Media and Information Law, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, Technology, Law and Legal Education, and Women in Legal Education
Collaborating to Defend Democracy in Communities Under Attack

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

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm European Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law and Taxation
EU Fiscal Federalism and the U.S. Perspective

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm For the Law School Dean, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups
Diversity, Accreditation, and ABA Standard 206: A Discussion on Compliance

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Global Engagement
Beyond the Pandemic: What's Next for Global Engagement in Legal Education and Practice?

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Insurance Law, Co-Sponsored by Internet and Computer Law
Emerging Technologies and Insurance

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm International Human Rights
A Transitional Justice Perspective on the Trump Prosecutions

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Law and Religion
Groff v. DeJoy: Title VII, Employment Accommodations, and Lessons for Broader Exemption Regimes

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law and State and Local Government
Super-Wicked Problems: Managing Natural Resources Across Institutions and Scales

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Critical Theories, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Property Law, and Women in Legal Education
Structural Barriers and Systemic Interventions for Economic and Social Mobility

1:00 pm - 2:10 pm Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Critical Theories, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Property Law, and Women in Legal Education
Part I: New Voices in Poverty Law

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Student Services
The Pandemics Era’s Impact on Law Students, the Classroom, and the Legal Academy

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Taxation - CANCELLED
Fiscal Federalism - CANCELLED

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education and Law Libraries and Legal Information Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
AI & Jurisprudence: Challenges, Risks & Opportunities

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education and Law Libraries and Legal Information Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence - RESCHEDULED
Panel 1: Law’s Rule: The Nature, Value, and Viability of the Rule of Law

2:15 pm - 3:25 pm Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Critical Theories, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Property Law, and Women in Legal Education
Part II: Poverty Law Scholars

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

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Clinical Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Communication, Media and Information Law, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, Technology, Law and Legal Education, and Women in Legal Education
Panel 2: Collaborating to Defend Democracy in Communities Under Attack: Workshop Session

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Comparative Law
Teaching Comparative Law in the 21st Century

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Criminal Law
Criminal Law Section Works-in-Progress

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

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by International Law
New Voices in International Human Rights Law & International Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Internet and Computer Law
Law and Technology Section Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Jewish Law - CANCELLED
New Scholarship in Jewish Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law and Sports
Law and Sports Section Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Law Professors with Disabilities Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Program

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Litigation - CANCELLED
Litigation Section Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Minority Groups
Infrastructures of (In)justice

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law -RESCHEDULED
Works-In-Progress: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources

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

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Securities Regulation
Securities Regulation Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Socio-Economics
E-Commerce, Crypto-Assets and Financial Regulation

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Taxation
Should AI Impact How We Teach Tax?: Methods, Pros, and Cons

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education and Law Libraries and Legal Information Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
Panel 2: AI & Jurisprudence: Challenges, Risks & Opportunities

3:30 pm - 4:40 pm Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Critical Theories, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Property Law, and Women in Legal Education
Part III: Poverty Law Pedagogy

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?

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Clinical Legal Education
Business Meeting

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Employment Discrimination Law
Business Meeting

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm State and Local Government Law
Business Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AALS Reception for New Law Teachers

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm North Carolina Central University School of Law's New Dean Welcome Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law Reception

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Alumni Law Professors Reception

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Mixer for Alumni and Friends

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Section on Poverty Law Mixer

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Section on Women in Legal Education Reception Hosted by Georgetown University Law Center

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Washington and Lee University School of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Carolina Academic Press Reception for Authors and Friends
The Carolina Academic Press Reception includes a brief ceremony to honor the publication of Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial, by Ronald K. L. Collins.

7:00 am - 8:00 am Institutional Advancement -RESCHEDULED
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am International Human Rights
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am Jewish Law
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am Leadership
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 7:00 pm Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am Scholarship
Business Meeting

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

7:30 am - 5:30 pm Contemplative Space for Registrants

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Discussion Group
Democracy Demands Diversity

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Discussion Group
From Scholarship to Impact: Breaking Out of the Ivory Tower at the Speed of Tech

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Open Source Program
Political Crime

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

8:00 am - 9:40 am Civil Rights - CANCELLED

8:00 am - 9:40 am Conflict of Laws
Conflict of Laws and Corporate Governance

8:00 am - 9:40 am Criminal Law
Unraveling the Threads of Failure: The Anatomy of Unsuccessful Criminal Law Reforms

8:00 am - 9:40 am Education Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law and Law and Interpretation
Affirmative Action and the Way Forward

8:00 am - 9:40 am Institutional Advancement
What Administrators and Faculty Members Need to Know About Working with the Media

8:00 am - 9:40 am International Human Rights
Forgotten Crises in International Human Rights Law

8:00 am - 9:40 am Islamic Law
Islamic Law and Constitutionalism

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
A New Look at Mental Health Parity

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law School Administration and Finance
Trends in Law School Administration and Finance

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law School Admission Council Program
Why Law? Prelaw through Admission LSAC Insights

8:00 am - 9:40 am Leadership, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility
Defending Democracy Through Effective Leadership Education

8:00 am - 9:40 am Securities Regulation
Gary Gensler’s SEC At Year Three: Wins and Fails So Far

8:00 am - 9:40 am Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Internet and Computer Law
AI Bill of Rights: Emerging Issues in AI Regulation

9:00 am - 6:30 pm AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place

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

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Presidential Opening Plenary Session
A Conversation with Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's 43rd Secretary of State

11:50 am - 1:00 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Welcome & Luncheon Discussion: Free Speech vs. Non-Discrimination: A Discussion on 303

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession - CANCELLED
Awards Ceremony

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

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law and South Asian Studies
Awards Ceremony

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care - RESCHEDULED
Awards Ceremony will be at the beginning of the Law, Medicine and Health Care Program on Friday 1/5 at 10am.

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

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Pro-Bono & Access to Justice
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
Where Do I Go From Here: The Path of a Clinical Professor

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Open Source Program
ABA Standard 303(c): A Workshop on Developing Outcomes & Assessment Tools

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Open Source Program
How Do We Teach the Rule of Law? Making the Rule of Law an Essential Dimension of Law School Education

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Alternative Dispute Resolution, Co-Sponsored by Legislation & Law of the Political Process and Professional Responsibility
Difficult Conversations in Polarized Times: The Dining Room, Conference Room, or Town Square

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Art Law
Authenticating Art

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research, Co-Sponsored by Education Law
Academic Integrity and Technology: What to Do About AI

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Business Associations, Co-Sponsored by Transactional Law and Skills
The Intersection of Corporate Law & Democracy

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Community Economic Development and State and Local Government Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Property Law, Real Estate Transactions, and Natural Resources and Energy Law
State and Local Government Responses to Population Changes

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Constitutional Law
Democracy at the Podium: Arguing the Rules of Politics Before Today's Supreme Court

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Professional Identity in the Legal Academy

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law
Race Consciousness in the Workplace

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Family and Juvenile Law
Reproductive Justice in a Post-Dobbs World

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 MInute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-A

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 MInute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-B

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Immigration Law
Immigrants Defending Democracy and Resisting Dictatorship

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law Libraries and Legal Information
Security of Position for Law Librarians

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies and Scholarship Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education
The Role of Self-Narrative in Legal Scholarship

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Co-sponsored by Professional Responsibility and Student Services
Rhetoric of Disagreement: Toward a Civil Zealous Advocacy

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education
Everything Old is New Again

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Teaching Methods
Inclusivity in Assessments

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Welcome Remarks by AALS President-Elect, Dean Melanie D. Wilson, Washington and Lee University School of Law

4:45 pm - 6:30 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Panel: The Future of Student Loan Cancellation, State Standing,and the Major Questions Doctrine after Biden v. Nebraska

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

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

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Duke University School of Law Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Georgetown University Law Center Alumni & Faculty Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Law Alumni Networking Event

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Roger Williams University School of Law Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Seattle University School of Law Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Southeastern Conference (SEC) Law Schools Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The George Washington University Law School Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm University of Washington School of Law UW Law Dawgs Alumni Reception

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Vermont Law School Tastes of Vermont Reception

6:30 pm - 7:45 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Reception

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Philadelphia Law Schools Reception (Drexel, Penn, Temple and Villanova)

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm The Charleston School of Law Alumni & Friends Reception

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm The University of Michigan Law School Alumni Reception

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of California, Berkeley School of Law Alumni Reception

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of Houston Law Center Alumni Reception

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm University of San Diego School of Law Reception for Faculty, Administrators and Alumni

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law - Craft & Conversations Happy Hour: Cleaning Up AI in Trial Advocacy Classes

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and Legal Writing Institute (LWI) 2024 Blackwell Award Reception

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm The University of Texas School of Law "Texas Law Party"

7:00 am - 8:00 am Constitutional Law
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am Family and Juvenile Law
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am Islamic Law
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 8:00 am Labor Relations and Employment Law
Business Meeting

7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration

7:30 am - 5:30 pm AALS Law School Deans Forum Program
Deaning Through an Inflection Point in Legal and Higher Education

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

7:30 am - 5:30 pm Contemplative Space for Registrants

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Legal Education in a World Without the Bar Exam

8:00 am - 11:40 AALS Open Source Program
Online Legal Education: Advancing Inclusive Pedagogy

8:00 am - 9:40 am Antitrust and Economic Regulation
Does Antitrust Have a Role in Defending Democracy?

8:00 am - 9:40 am Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals, Student Services, and Teaching Methods
The Connection Between Well-Being, Antiracism, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

8:00 am - 9:40 am Communication, Media & Information Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
The Future of New York Times v. Sullivan

8:00 am - 11:40 am Contracts
The Restatement of Consumer Contracts

8:00 am - 9:40 am Criminal Procedure
Are Most Search Warrants for Electronically Stored Information Unconstitutional General Warrants?

8:00 am - 9:40 am Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law
McDonnell Douglas at 50

8:00 am - 11:40 am Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law
Confronting Climate Migration: Public Accountability (A Film Screening and Discussion)

8:00 am - 9:20 am Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law
Panel 1: Climate Change Impacts Film Screening

8:00 am - 9:00 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law and South Asian Studies, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law and International Human Rights
Are Courts in South Asia Defenders of Democracy?

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law and the Humanities
Democracy and the Threat of Fascism

8:00 am - 9:40 am Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
The AI Era: Leveraging Large Language Models to Improve the Lawyer’s Craft

8:00 am - 9:40 am Minority Groups
Democracy in Crisis: A Pedagogical Response in the Legal Academy

8:00 am - 9:40 am Remedies
Constitutional Remedies in a Transformed Judiciary

8:00 am - 9:40 am Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Law Libraries and Legal Information - CANCELLED
Postema Panel Law’s Rule, The Nature, Value, and Viability of the Rule of Law

8:00 am - 9:40 am Trusts and Estates
The Strategic Use of Trusts for Wealth Preservation

9:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place

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

9:00 am - 10:45 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference: Consideration of Race After SFFA v. Harvard

9:30 am - 10:15 am Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law
Panel 2: Q&A with Film Director

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Discussion Group
Leveling the Playing Field of Legal Education & Law Practice with Generative AI

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Open Source Program
Brown, Equal Education and the Future of Democracy: Honoring the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

10:00 am - 11:40 am Education Law, Co-sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance in the Crosshairs

10:00 am - 11:40 am Evidence and Law and the Social Sciences Joint Program
Daubert at 30: Reflecting on the Past, Present, and Future of Expert Evidence

10:00 am - 11:40 am Federal Courts
Thirteen Laboratories of Appellate Adjudication

10:00 am - 11:40 am Institutional Advancement
Fostering Diversity in Legal Education: From Recruitment to Graduation & Beyond

10:00 am - 11:40 am International Law, Co-Sponsored by International Human Rights
The Right to Protest Under International Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Jurisprudence
General Jurisprudence and Legal Doctrine

10:00 am - 11:40 am Labor Relations and Employment Law, Co-Sponsored by Employment Discrimination Law
Whistling a Different Tune: Shifts in Retaliation & Whistleblower Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Disability Law, and Poverty Law
The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned and the Future of Pandemic Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Law Libraries and Legal Information, and Student Services
Learning with Our Students: Adjusting to Our Developing Understanding of the NextGen Bar Exam

10:00 am - 11:40 am New Law Professors
Swimming Like the Sharks: Planning a High-Impact Academic Career

10:00 am - 11:40 am Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law
Recent Scholarship in Nonprofit & Philanthropy Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Professional Responsibility, Co-Sponsored by Pro-Bono & Access to Justice
The Duties of Lawyers to Constitutional Governance Justice

10:00 am - 11:40 am Society of American Law Teachers and American Constitution Society Cover Workshop: Stepping Out of the Ivory Tower: How Academic Activists Can Make a Difference in the Real World

10:00 am - 11:40 am Transactional Law and Skills
Experiential Exercises for Business & Transactional Courses

10:00 am - 11:40 am Women in Legal Education
Obstacles to Gender Equality in the Legal Academy

10:25 am - 11:25 am Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law
Panel 3: Climate Push and Push: How Must Domestic Laws Adapt to International Climate Change-induced Migration?

11:00 am - 12:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 MInute Presentation Works in Progress Panel 2-A

11:00 am - 12:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference 7 MInute Presentations Works in Progress Panel 2-B

11:25 am - 11:40 am Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law
Business Meeting

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color

12:00 pm - 12:10 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Welcome and Introduction

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Antitrust and Economic Regulation - CANCELLED
Antitrust and Economic Regulation Section Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education
Balance & Well-Being Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Business Associations
Business Law Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Clinical Legal Education
Clinical Legal Education Section Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Constitutional Law
Teaching Stare Decisis - From the Warren Court (and Before) to the Roberts Court (and Beyond)

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Criminal Law
Unshackled: Stories of Redemption and Hope in Post-Conviction Work in Parole & Clemency Case

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Section Works-in-Progress Incubator

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program
New & Emerging Voices in Workplace Law

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Family and Juvenile Law
Family and Juvenile Law Section Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Immigration Law
New Voices in Immigration Law

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law and Student Services
Best Practices for the Law Student with a Disability Experience

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Section Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Property Law - CANCELLED
Stuff You'll Want to Steal: Property Law Pedagogy

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues - CANCELLED
Political Hostilities and the Teaching of LGBTQ Rights

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education
Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Works-in-Progress

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm Women in Legal Education
Feminism, the Development of Professional Identity, and Implementing Standard 303(b)

12:10 pm - 12:55 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session One: On Being an “Other” in the Classroom, Law School, and University

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Luncheon Panel: The Role of Markets in an Era of Climate Change and Grid Reliability Challenges

12:55 pm - 1:50 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session Two: Navigating the Path to Tenure and Promotion

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

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm AALS Discussion Group
Understanding Professional Identity Formation and Integrating Professional Identity Formation into the Required Curriculum (including In Professional Responsibility and Ethics Courses)

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm AALS Hot Topic Program
The Israel-Gaza War from the Perspective of International Law

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm AALS Symposium Program
Panel 1: Global Crisis

2:00 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Symposium Program
Global Crises: International Law Norms in Defense of Democratic Principles

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Academic Support, Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research and Student Services
Post-COVID Professionalism: Confronting and Embracing the New Normal

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Animal Law, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law, Criminal Law, and Environmental Law
Defending Direct Action: Breaking the Law to Protect Animals and the Environment

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Civil Procedure
Rule 24: The Power and Politics of Intervention

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Commercial and Consumer Law
Consumer Law in the Spotlight

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Constitutional Law
Reviving Article V: A Structural Approach to Defending Democracy

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Defamation and Privacy
Privacy Risks for Vulnerable Populations

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Reproductive Rights Meets Disability Justice

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
State Sovereignty and Political Legitimacy in East Asia

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Financial Regulation, Co-Sponsored by Securities Regulation
Financial Regulation Under Stress

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Institutional Advancement, Co-Sponsored by Balance & Well-Being In Legal Education, For the Law School Dean, and Student Services
Leading your Community Through National or Global Issues

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Intellectual Property Co-Sponsored by Communication, Media & Information Law and Internet and Computer Law
Artificial Intelligence and IP in the 21st Century: Who owns what?

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Labor Relations and Employment Law, Co-Sponsored by Contract Law, Commercial and Consumer Law, and Employment Discrimination Law
Are Antitrust and Consumer Law the New Work Law?

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Law and Anthropology, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Prison Abolition From The Inside

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Pro-Bono & Access to Justice
Gideon – 60 Years Later, Still Seeking Access to Criminal and Civil Justice

2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Legislative Attacks on LGBTQ Equality

2:05 pm - 3:00 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session Three: Teaching

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

2:45 pm - 4:45 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations

3:00 pm - 3:55 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session Four: Scholarship

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm AALS Symposium Program
Panel 2: Transitional Justice Norms in Defense of Democratic Principles

3:55 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Closing Remarks

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Academic Support
ASP Writes!

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Constitutional Law
The Many Voices of Constitutional Law

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure on the Next Gen Bar

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm East Asian Law & Society
East Asian Law & Society Section Works-in-Progress

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education
Teaching Reproductive Justice

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Financial Regulation
Financial Regulation New Voices

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Law Libraries and Legal Information
Law Libraries and Legal Information Section Works-in-Progress: Scholarship of Law Librarians

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care
New Voices in Law, Medicine and Health Care

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law, Animal Law, and Environmental Law
Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law, Animal Law, and Environmental Law Section Works-in-Progress

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Reception for Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Remedies
Teaching Remedies in Contentious Times

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Scholarship
New Voices on Methods of Defending Democracy Research and Scholarship

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Socio-Economics
History of Capitalism

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Teaching Methods
Inclusivity Interactions: How to Have Productive Interactions In and Out of the Classroom

4:00 pm - 5:40 pm Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education and Teaching Methods
Innovations in Technology Across the Curriculum: Ideas, Implementations, Opportunities for Change

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Civil Rights
Business Meeting

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Education Law
Business Meeting

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference Panel: Independent Agencies and Financial Regulation

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm International Law
Business Meeting

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

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm American Bar Foundation Fellows Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm New York University School of Law Faculty and Alumni Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law Reception

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) 50th Anniversary Celebration

7:00 am - 3:00 pm Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am Section Leadership Information Session and Continental Breakfast

7:30 am - 1:00 pm AALS and LSAC Advanced Workshop for Experienced Deans

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Discussion Group
Discussing Polarizing Topics in a Polarizing Time: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
AI & Defending Multiracial Democracy

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Hot Labor Summer and Beyond: Strikes, Contracts, and the Future of Industrial Democracy

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Sharing Strategies to Teach and Engage Students During the 2024 Election Cycle

8:00 am - 9:40 am AALS Open Source Program
Higher Education Access and the Future of Student Debt Relief

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

8:00 am - 9:40 am Criminal Procedure
The Future of Miranda in the Roberts Court

8:00 am - 9:40 am Critical Theories, Co-Sponsored by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals
Does ABA Standard 303 Compliance Require Criticality?

8:00 am - 9:40 am Economic Globalization and Governance - CANCELLED
Topic to be announced

8:00 am - 9:40 am Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility
Big Money Unleashed: Author-Meets-Reader with Ann Southworth

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law and Economics
Law & Economics Junior Faculty Forum

8:00 am - 11:40 am Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal History
The Uses and Misuses of History: The Roberts Court and Its Constitutional Revolution

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal History
The Uses and Misuses of History: The Roberts Court and Its Constitutional Revolution - Panel 1

8:00 am - 9:40 am Law School Administration and Finance, Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Panel 1: Administration & Finance Bootcamp

8:00 am - 11:40 am Law School Administration and Finance, Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Administration & Finance Bootcamp

8:00 am - 9:40 am Legal History
New Voices in the Legal History of Capitalism

8:00 am - 9:40 am Minority Groups
The Exigent Mental Health Impact

8:00 am - 9:40 am National Conference of Bar Examiners Program
NextGen Bar Exam Update

8:00 am - 9:40 am National Security Law - CANCELLED
Author Interview with 2024 Recipient of the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship

8:00 am - 9:40 am Post-Graduate Legal Education
Leveraging Post-Graduate Law Programs to Expand Access and to Diversify the Legal Community

8:00 am - 9:40 am Teaching Methods
Using Netflix to Teach Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

8:30 am - 12:00 pm Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education and Poverty Law Service Project
Service Project: DC Central Kitchen

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

9:30 am - 1:00 pm Environmental Law Field Trip, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law, Animal Law, and Natural Resources and Energy Law
Rock Creek Park Adventure and Service Activity

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Arc of Career Program
The Experiential Sabbatical: How a Semester in Practice Can Reignite Your Career and Inspire Your Students

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students
Reimagining Law School Faculty Recruitment

10:00 am - 11:40 am AALS Hot Topic Program
Judicial Rights and Legislative Equality: The Future of Public Accommodations and the Polycentric Constitution after 303 Creative v. Elenis

10:00 am - 11:40 am Administrative Law
Politics, Expertise, and Accountability in Regulatory Review

10:00 am - 11:40 am Admiralty and Maritime Law - CANCELLED
Regulating Submersibles

10:00 am - 11:40 am Agricultural and Food Law, Co-Sponsored by Animal Law and Environmental Law
Whose Food System Is It Anyway? The Role of Corporations and Government in Shaping What We Eat

10:00 am - 11:40 am Art Law, Co-Sponsored by Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Protecting and Repatriating Indigenous Cultural Heritage

10:00 am - 11:40 am Children and the Law
Children's Rights & Voices in the Era of Parents' Rights

10:00 am - 11:40 am Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Research Methods in Bankruptcy: A Panel Discussion

10:00 am - 11:40 am Criminal Law
Surveillance and Policing in Racialized Spaces

10:00 am - 11:40 am Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
Policing and Surveillance of People with Disabilities

10:00 am - 11:40 am Election Law
Multiracial Democracy After Allen v. Milligan and Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard College

10:00 am - 11:40 am Immigration Law
Teaching Critical Mobilization

10:00 am - 11:40 am Islamic Law - CANCELLED
Author Meets Reader: Sherman Jackson and "The Islamic Secular"

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal History
The Uses and Misuses of History: The Roberts Court and Its Constitutional Revolution - Panel 2

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law and the Social Sciences
New Fronts in Equality Law and Social Sciences

10:00 am - 11:40 am Law School Administration and Finance, Co-Sponsored by Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Panel 2: Administration & Finance Bootcamp

10:00 am - 11:40 am National Security Law
New Perspectives on National Security Law

10:00 am - 11:40 am Scholarship
Defending Democracy in the Law School

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Antitrust and Economic Regulation -CANCELLED
Awards Ceremony

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

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Civil Procedure
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
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 Law and Economics
Awards Ceremony

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law and the Social Sciences
Business Meeting

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care - RESCHEDULED
Awards Ceremony

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

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm AALS Meeting of the House of Representatives

2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee with Colleagues

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm ABA Task Force for American Democracy Program

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

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure Section Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Critical Theories
Teaching Critical Theory: Resources, Resilience, and Reflection

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Natural Resources and Energy Law
Teaching Tool: En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator, Co-Developed by MIT and Climate Interactive

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Emerging Scholars Panel

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm International Law
Normative Development & Standard 303 - Next Gen Students Develop the Next Gen International Order

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Law and Economics
Law & Economics Section Works-in-Progress Forum

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm New Law Professors, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
Designing Our Teaching to Support All Students

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

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Remedies
Remedies Section Works-in-Progress

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues - CANCELLED
New Voices in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law

3:00 pm - 4:40 pm Women in Legal Education
Exploring the Taboo

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm AALS Reception for Legal Educators from Law Schools Outside the United States

2:00 pm - 5:15 pm Workshops

2024 AALS Annual Meeting

Date: January 3 – 6, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

Meeting Home Speakers Registration

Extended Programs

Sessions by Date & Time

Program

2024 AALS Annual Meeting Date: January 3 – 6, 2024 Location: Washington, DC Meeting Home Speakers Registration

Extended Programs

Sessions by Date & Time

2024 AALS Annual Meeting

Date: January 3 – 6, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

Meeting Home Speakers Registration