Sessions Information

  • January 8, 2016
    8:30 am - 10:15 am
    Session Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Hotel: New York Hilton Midtown
    Room: Mercury Ballroom
    Floor: Third Floor
    This hot topics session will broaden this year’s debate on whether trigger warnings, designed to protect students from disturbing content, are warranted in the law school classroom. For example, identifying best practices in teaching rape law in required criminal law courses is part of a broader discussion involving many other courses throughout the law school curriculum that strike a personally difficult chord with students. This panel will distinguish best practices in teaching sensitive topics in different pedagogical contexts -- from a large mixed audience in a required first year course to upper division required and elective courses to smaller experiential client-based courses.
Session Speakers
Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Moderator

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Speaker

Lewis and Clark Law School
Speaker

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Speaker

Session Fees
  • AALS Hot Topic Program - Let’s Talk About Trigger Warnings: Best Practices in Teaching Tough Topics: $0.00