Sessions Information

  • June 10, 2012
    10:30 am - 11:30 am
    Session Type: AALS Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Location: N/A
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    Integrating materials relating to disasters can engage and enrich students’ understanding on a wide range of topics in the first year and upper level Torts courses.  The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and other mass compensation schemes may be enlisted in the study of damages or alternatives to litigation.   The special setting of disasters presents opportunities to consider challenging causation and duty issues.  The Bhopal or recent BP oil spill disasters can spark provocative discourse on the social consequences of mass disasters.  The panel speakers will offer their perspectives and insights on how to incorporate disasters into the Torts curriculum.  Small group breakout sessions will follow this panel, allowing participants to discuss and share their own ideas about teaching disasters.

Session Speakers
Wake Forest University School of Law
Speaker

University of Kansas School of Law
Moderator

University of South Carolina School of Law
Speaker Selected from Request for Proposals

Suffolk University Law School
Speaker

Session Fees

Fees information is not available at this time.