Event Sessions

2017 Annual Meeting

  • Date: January 3 — 7, 2017
  • Location: Parc 55 San Francisco
  • 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Society of Socio-Economists (SOS) Annual Meeting
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm AALS Operations Office
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm A Session for First Time Meeting Attendees
    Type: AALS Programs

    What is AALS and Why Does It Matter for My Career? And How Do I Get the Most Out of the Annual Meeting?

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Balance in Legal Education Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Environmental Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Natural Resources and Energy Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 10:15 pm AALS Law and Film Series
    Type: AALS Programs

    The Feature Film Selection: Anatomy of a Murder

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Wolters Kluwer Breakfast for Law School Leadership (Invitation Only)
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Operations Office
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Education Law Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 9:00 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 5:00 pm AALS Speaker Ready Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Contemplative Space for Registrants
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    The Central American Refugee Crisis: A Discussion of the Current Response and Evaluation of U.S. Legal Obligations under Domestic and International Law

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    Role of the Associate Deans in Shaping a Law School Identity, With Breakouts (Academic Deans on "Managing People" and Research Deans on "Post-Tenure Scholarship")

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Continuing Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Law School CLE: Mission Critical Education for the Profession That Promotes Development, Admissions, Career Services, and Student Enrichment

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers, Post-Graduate Legal Education, and International Legal Exchange
    Type: Section Programs

    Global Paths of U.S. Law Schools in East Asia, and How They Matter: Law Schools, Students and Lawyer Careers

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Jewish Law, Co-Sponsored by Islamic Law
    Type: Section Programs

    President Trump and Freedom of Religion - Is There Room in the U.S. Legal System for Halacha and Sharia? Family Law, Commercial Disputes, and Arbitration

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and Economics
    Type: Section Programs

    The Law and Economics of Regulatory Complexity

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am NEW: AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    President Trump and Freedom of the Press

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Part-Time Division Programs
    Type: Section Programs

    Part Time Student: The Modern Law School Learner

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Pro-Bono and Public Service Opportunities
    Type: Section Programs

    Bridging the Gaps: Using Technology to Increase Access to Justice and Law School Engagement

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Remedies
    Type: Section Programs

    Indemnification and Insurance: How the Deterrent Voice of Remedies Is Muffled and Amplified

  • 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Student Services
    Type: Section Daylong Programs

    Why Student Services Matters: Preparing Students for Leadership, Service, and Learning

  • 9:00 am - 10:30 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Daylong Programs

    Exploring Law and Economic Issues Faced By Real People In Social Context

  • 9:00 am - 6:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Immigration Law Field Trip to Angel Island Museum
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Angel Island Museum, Angel Island, San Francisco

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Branching Out in Your Post-Tenure Career

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Community Development Law and Economic Justice: Why Law Matters

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    The Securities and Exchange Commission and Sustainability Disclosure

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS President's Program on Diversity
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Admiralty and Maritime Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law, Insurance Law, International Human Rights, International Law and National Security Law
    Type: Section Programs

    For Those in Peril on the Sea: Maritime Law, Criminal Law, and Human Rights in the Migrant and Refugee Crisis

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Creditors' And Debtors' Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    The Supreme Court's Bankruptcy Jurisprudence

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Constitution and the Family

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Insurance Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Subsessions

    Health Insurance and Access to Healthcare After the Affordable Care Act

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and the Social Sciences
    Type: Section Programs

    How Can Social Science Improve Judicial Decisionmaking?

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law School Administration and Finance
    Type: Section Programs

    Update on Non-J.D. Degree Programs: Continuing the Conversation About Impact on Law School Academic, Administrative, and Financial Resources

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Natural Resources and Energy Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Natural Resource, Energy, and Environmental Implications of “Leave It In the Ground” Policies

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm North American Cooperation, Co-Sponsored by Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers, and International Legal Exchange
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    What U.S. Law Professors Should Know About Legal Research in Canada and Mexico

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law, and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Using Technology to Unlock Engagement and Learning

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Legal History Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Socio-Economics Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Why Socio-Economics Matters

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Student Services Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS and National Academies of Sciences, Committee on Science and Technology and Law Joint Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Science Education Modules for Law School

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    The Legal Writing Lateral

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Student Assessment: Tips and Tricks from the Trenches

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Declining Bar Exam Scores, the New Bar Pass Accreditation Standard, and Ensuring New Lawyer Competence:  A Perfect Storm

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Site Evaluators Workshop
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Antitrust and Economic Regulation, Co-Sponsored by Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Programs

    Ant-I-Trust: the Centrality of Innovation To the Competition Discourse

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Art Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Art, Separability and the Future of Copyright for Designs

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Federal Courts
    Type: Section Programs

    Inter-Governmental Disputes and Justiciability

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Legal History, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Policing the Revolution: Readers Respond to Risa Goluboff's Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Subsessions

    Food Justice as Interracial Justice

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Scholarship
    Type: Section Programs

    Scholarship and Activism: Writing to Protest and for Social Change

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Biolaw
    Type: Section Programs

    Assessing Neurolaw: Promise, Accomplishments, and Limits

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Natural Resources and Energy Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Environmental Law in the New Administration

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm International Legal Exchange and Post-Graduate Legal Education Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, East Asian Law & Society, & Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers
    Type: Section Programs

    A Practical Approach to Developing and Assessing Experiential, Meaningful Placements for Incoming and Outgoing J.D. Law

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Law and Religion
    Type: Section Programs

    Is Secularism a Non-Negotiable Aspect of Liberal Constitutionalism?

  • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm AALS House of Representatives, First Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Special Events in the Exhibit Hall - CANCELLED
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Balance in Legal Education
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Understanding and Connecting the Student Experience

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Criminal Law and Procedure Works in Progress

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New and Emerging Voices in Workplace Law

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    New Scholars Showcase

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Legislation & Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Legislation Works in Progress

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Professional Responsibility Works-in-Progress Workshop

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Property Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Property Law Works in Progress

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Subsessions

    Furthering Liberty for People With Disabilities Post-Meyer v. Nebraska

  • 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Student Services Business Meeting
    Type: Subsessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm AALS Opening Reception
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Kuwait International Law School Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm University of Washington School of Law AALS Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM William & Mary Law School Reception Honoring Incoming AALS President, Paul Marcus
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm American University, Washington College of Law Alumni, Faculty and Friends Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm University of California, Los Angeles School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Association of Legal Writing Directors and the Legal Writing Institute Reception Honoring the 2017 Recipient of the Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Civil Procedure Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Employment Discrimination Law and Labor Relations and Employment Law Joint Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am International Legal Exchange and Post-Graduate Legal Education Joint Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Property Law Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Operations Office
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 9:00 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 2:00 pm Animal Law, Environmental Law, and Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    Farallon Islands Eco-Tour

  • 7:30 am - 5:00 pm AALS Speaker Ready Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Continental Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Contemplative Space for Registrants
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 6:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 8:45 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Welcome
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Academy Program
    Type: AALS Academy Programs

    New Directions in Access to Justice Research – Measuring Outcomes

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Building and Sustaining Academic Communities Through Blogging and Other Tools

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Introducing Leadership Development into the Law School Curriculum

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Federal Power Over Immigration

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Scholarly Paper Presentation
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Civil Procedure
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Roberts Court and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Clinical Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Addressing Implicit Bias in Teaching

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Economic Globalization and Governance
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Corporate Stake in Climate Change Response

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Election Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Lessons from the 2016 Elections (and Implications for the Future)

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Supreme Court's Recent Indian Law Jurisprudence

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by Africa
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Human Rights Outside the West

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Labor Relations and Employment Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law, Business Associations, and Contracts
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Classifying Workers in the "Sharing" and "Gig" Economy

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Prelegal Education and Admission To Law School
    Type: Section Programs

    Creating a Unified Social Media Campaign for Your Law School

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Real Estate Transactions
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Keeping the "Real" World in Real Estate Transactions: New Ideas, Best Practices, and Partnership Opportunities to Strengthen Teaching and Scholarship

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Trusts and Estates
    Type: Section Programs

    Sex, Death, and Taxes: The Unruly Nature of the Laws of Trusts and Estates

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Women In Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups, Balance in Legal Education
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Cultivating Empathy

  • 8:45 am - 10:15 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Panel: Corpus Linguistics and Legal Interpretation
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 10:30 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 11:45 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - 7 Minute Presentations of Works-in-Progress Panel 1-A
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 11:45 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - 7 Minute Presentations of Works-in-Progress Panel 1-B
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 11:45 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - 7 Minute Presentations of Works-in-Progress Panel 1-C
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm AALS Plenary Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Preparing a Diverse Profession to Serve a Diverse World

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Clinical Legal Education Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Criminal Justice and Evidence Joint Luncheon and Business Meeting
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Women in Legal Education Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Luncheon Debate: The Past and Future of the Criminal and Civil Jury
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Academy Program
    Type: AALS Academy Programs

    Still Victims: Continuing the Trauma of Victims of Military Sexual Assault

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Arc of Career Program, Co-Sponsored by Section for the Law School Dean
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    So…You Want to be a Dean? Why Considering a Deanship Matters

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Law School Curricula and Practice-Readiness: Perfect Partners or Strange Bedfellows?

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS President's Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Great Expectations: The Competencies, Skills and Attributes that Employers Seek in our Graduates

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Business Associations and Comparative Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Agency, Partnership, LLCs and Unincorporated Associations, and Labor Relations and Employment Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Business Law in the Global Gig Economy: Legal Theory, Doctrine, and Innovations in the Context of Startups, Scaleups, and Unicorns

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Children and the Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Children As Decisionmakers: Legal, Social, and Scientific Perspectives

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Conflict of Laws
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    New Voices in Conflict of Laws

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Programs

    "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society" – Fifty Years Later

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Responding to Fisher v. Texas

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Immigration Law, Co-Sponsored by Admiralty and Maritime Law and International Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Asylum from Persecution by Non-State Actors: Upholding and Updating Refugee Protection

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Internet and Computer Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Social Values

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Experiential Learning in Legal Writing Programs

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Teaching Professional Responsibility in a New World of Practice

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Property Law, Co-Sponsored by State and Local Government Law and Poverty Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Property and the Challenge of Housing Affordability

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Mixed Empirical Methods Workshop
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 5:15 pm AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students
    Type: AALS Programs

    Making Room for More: Theorizing Educational Diversity and Identifying Best Practices in the Age of Fisher

  • 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Special Events in the Exhibit Hall
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Administrative Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in Administrative Law Works in Progress

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law and the Social Sciences
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Empirical Methods for Lawyers

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Works-in-Progress for New Health Law Teachers

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm National Security Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    New Voices in National Security Scholarship Works in Progress

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm NEW: AALS President's Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Why Law Matters: The 2017 U.S. Presidential Transition

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Poverty Law
    Type: Section Works-in-Progress

    Charting the Past, Projecting the Future: New Directions in Poverty Law Works in Progress

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Pedagogy Programs

    Principles of Socio-Economics in Teaching, Scholarship and Service

  • 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm American Constitution Society Public Law Workshop (invitation only)
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:30 pm - 6:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Panel: The Thirteenth Amendment 150 Years Later
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm NELLCO Law Library Consortium, Inc. Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm University of Georgia School of Law Roundtable Discussion on Women's Leadership in Legal Academia
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm American Constitution Society Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Employment Discrimination Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Author Meets Reader: Celebrating Recent Books on Employment Discrimination

  • 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Indiana University, Maurer School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Duke University School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm University of Toledo College of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law "Cardozo by the Bay" Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Brooklyn Law School Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cornell Law School Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm New York University School of Law, Dean Morrison Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Stanford Law School Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The George Washington University Law School Dean's Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm University of California, Davis, School of Law Alumni and Friends Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm The University of Michigan Law School Alumni and Friends Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law San Francisco Alumni Cocktail Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of Pennsylvania Law School Cocktail Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm AALS Law and Film Series
    Type: AALS Programs

    The Documentary Film Selection: La Jaula de Oro (The Cage of Gold/ The Golden Dream)

  • 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm University of Houston Law Center Alumni & Friends Reception at City Club of San Francisco
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Carolina Academic Press Reception for Authors and Friends
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am State and Local Government Law Breakfast
    Type: Section Breakfasts

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Operations Office
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:15 am - 8:30 am University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Annual Breakfast for International Law Faculties
    Type: Member School Events

    Going Glocal: Linking the Two Worlds in Legal Education, Scholarship and Initiatives

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Academic Support Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Federal Courts Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Business Meeting
    Type: Section Business Meetings

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 9:00 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 4:00 pm AALS Deans Forum Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Effective Engagement: Strategies and Insights for Deans in 2017

  • 7:30 am - 5:00 pm AALS Speaker Ready Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 9:00 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Continental Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 12:15 pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 3:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall - The Meeting Place
    Type: Exhibit Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Daylong Programs

    Why Advancement Matters

  • 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Contemplative Space for Registrants
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Chartering New Waters: Clinicians' Post-Tenure Reflections

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Salman v. United States and the Future of Insider Trading Law

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    Why [Transactional] Law Matters

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    New Frontiers in Reproductive Rights and Justice

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Academic Support
    Type: Section Programs

    Why Academic Support Matters

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Defamation and Privacy
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Governing Privacy: How Governance Theory Provides Insight Into Privacy Law and Policy

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am European Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Current Developments in Rights Protection in the European Union: Anti-Discrimination Measures, The Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the Refugee Crisis

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Tenth Anniversary of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis: The State of Financial Reform and Consumer Financial Protection

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Programs

    Intellectual Property in Conflict or Concert with Community Values

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am International Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Implementing the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities on the Road Ahead

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Programs

    Law Library Services in 2020: Evolution and Revolution

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Legislation & Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Justice Scalia and Statutory Interpretation: A Retrospective Assessment

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am State and Local Government Law, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Justice, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Marijuana Law 2017: Federalism, Criminal Justice, and Health Care

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Technology, Law and Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Disrupting Law School: Using Technology in Course Design and Assessment

  • 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Order of the Coif Executive Committee Meeting
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Mixed Empirical Methods Workshop
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:45 am - 4:00 pm AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 10:30 am Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Ethical and Moral Dimensions of Lawyering for Clients with Limited Capacity

  • 9:00 am - 10:30 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 10:30 am Islamic Law and Law and South Asian Studies Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 1: Islamic Law Teaching in the 21st Century Global Law School

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - Panel: "Dear Colleague"/Guidance Letters, Consent Decrees, and other Administrative Innovations
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 12:15 pm Islamic Law and Law and South Asian Studies Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Islamic Law and Comparative Constitutional Law in South Asia in the 21st Century

  • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Leveraging the Rise of the Law in Popular Culture

  • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Legal Information Preservation Alliance LMN Steering Committee
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Academy Program
    Type: AALS Academy Programs

    #BlackLivesMatter: Balancing Security with Dignity in American Policing

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Arc of Career Program
    Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

    Transitions: Preparing For Life Beyond the Legal Academy

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Animal Law, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, and Law and Mental Disability
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Animals as Living Accommodations

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Commercial and Related Consumer Law and Contracts Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Contracts, Commercial and Consumer Law in Action

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Constitutional Law and Poverty Law Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Constitution in an Era of Increasing Inequality

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Education Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    New Horizons: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Title IX Compliance

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Evidence and Law and the Humanities Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Narrating Evidence

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers, Co-Sponsored by International Legal Exchange
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Bridging the Gap Between Graduate Law and J.D. Programs: Fostering Inclusion Through Curriculum and Program Design

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    MDL Problems

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm National Security Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Domestic Responses to Declared and Undeclared National Security Emergencies

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm New Law Professors
    Type: Section Programs

    Getting by with a Little Help from My Friends: Mentorship in Teaching and Scholarship

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Securities Regulation
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Securities Regulation and Technological Change

  • 10:45 am - 12:15 pm Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Old Age In the Digital Age: How New Ideas and Technology Are Disrupting Aging

  • 10:45 am - 12:15 pm Islamic Law and Law and South Asian Studies Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel 2: Comparative Constitutional Law in South Asia: Sources, Methods, and Applications

  • 11:00 am - 12:15pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - 7 Minute Presentations of Works-in-Progress Panel 2-A
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 11:00 am - 12:15pm Federalist Society Annual Faculty Conference - 7 Minute Presentations of Works-in-Progress Panel 2-B
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Law Libraries and Legal Information Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Minority Groups Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Institutional Advancement Luncheon
    Type: Section Luncheons

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel I: The Work of Professor William Eskridge on Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Academy Program
    Type: AALS Academy Programs

    Does Anyone’s Law Matter at the Border? Shootings, Searches, Walls, and the U.S. Constitution

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS and European Law Faculties Association Joint Program
    Type: AALS Programs

    Current Issues Affecting the Rule of Law and Legal Education in Europe

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Administrative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Administrative Law's Hidden Dynamics - New Trends in Scholarship

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Africa, Co-Sponsored by East Asian Law & Society
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    China in Africa: Legal, Political and Development Issues in China's Growing Influence in the African Continent

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Agency, Partnership, LLCs and Unincorporated Associations and Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Business Associations
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    LLCs, New Charitable Forms, and the Rise of Philantrocapitalism

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Agricultural and Food Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Farmland Tenure: Who Owns the Global Food System

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Alternative Dispute Resolution, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Comparative Commercial Arbitration: U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored by Criminal Justice, Immigration Law, Disability Law, Law and the Social Sciences, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Competence Revisited: The Changing Role of Mental Capacity in Criminal and Immigration Proceedings

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Setting the Post-Obergefell Agenda

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Taxation
    Type: Section Programs

    Fiscal Federalism: Balancing Tax Policies at the Federal, State, and Local Levels

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Programs

    Gun Regulation and Private Law

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Transactional Law and Skills, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Ethics in Business Transactions

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Balance in Legal Education
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Transformative Learning: Helping Students Discover Motivation, Values and Voice

  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Programs

    The Work of Professor William Eskridge on Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation

  • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Programs

    Panel II: The Work of Professor William Eskridge on Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation

  • 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm AALS House of Representatives, Second Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Institutional Advancement Reception
    Type: Section Programs

    With Special Guest Dean Strang

  • 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm Mid-America Law Library Consortium (MALLCO) Board Meeting
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AALS Reception for Legal Educators from Law Schools Outside the United States
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Law Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Whittier Law School Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Georgetown University Law Center Faculty & Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Columbia Law School's Reception for Alumni, Faculty, & Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Emory University School of Law Law Reception honoring Martha Finemen, recipient of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Access Group Law School Deans Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 12:00 pm AALS Information Desk
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 12:00 pm AALS Operations Office
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 12:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Planning Meeting and Continental Breakfast for 2016 and 2017 Section Officers
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 12:00 pm AALS Speaker Ready Room
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 9:30 am Attendee Refreshment Break
    Type: AALS Office

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Discussion Group
    Type: AALS Discussion Groups

    The Future of Tax Administration and Enforcement

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Hot Topic Program
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    The Juliana v. U.S. Atmospheric Trust Litigation: Will the Children Save the Planet?

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Comparative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Brexit and Its Consequences

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am East Asian Law & Society
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Research in Progress: Call for Papers

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
    Type: Section Programs

    Broken Contracts: How Secure is the Promise of Retirement Income?

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Intellectual Property
    Type: Section Programs

    Intellectual Property and Federalism

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by International Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Domestic Humanitarian Law

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and Sports
    Type: Section Programs

    Hedging Their Bets: Can Fantasy Sports and Sports Gambling “Play” the Feds, the States and the Leagues?

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law Libraries and Legal Information
    Type: Section Programs

    All Technology Considered: From the Classroom to the Law Firm

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Antitrust and Economic Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    What To Do About Concentration in the Healthcare Sector: Antitrust and Beyond

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am National Association for Law Placement
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Beyond The New York Times: An Update on the Legal Employment Market for New Law School Graduates

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Transactional Law and Skills
    Type: Section Programs

    Transactional Law and Entrepreneurship: Training Entrepreneurial Counsel and Counsel to Entrepreneurs

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Speed Mentoring

  • 9:00 am - 10:00 am Plenary Session 1 – What Have We Lost
    Type: Subsessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 10:15 am Institutional Advancement - The Constant Campaign in Light of Change
    Type: Subsessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Civil Rights - CANCELLED
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Navigating Intersections: Law, Race, Speech, Place

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Daylong Programs

    Why Advancement Matters

  • 9:00 am - 12:15 pm AALS Symposium
    Type: AALS Symposiums

    Why the Decline of Law and Legal Education Matters (And What We Might Do About It?)

  • 9:00 am - 1:45 pm Poverty Law, Pro-Bono and Public Service Opportunities, and Women in Legal Education Joint Service Project
    Type: Section Service Projects

    Service Project at St. Anthony’s Foundation

  • 10:10 am - 11:10 am Plenary Session 2 – Law Schools and the Rule of Law
    Type: Subsessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Programs

    False Confessions in Context

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers, Co-Sponsored by Post-Graduate Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    Designing Bar Readiness Programs for International LL.M. Students

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and Anthropology, Co-Sponsored by Law and the Social Sciences
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Qualitative Data and Legal Advocacy, Research, and Teaching

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and South Asian Studies, Co-Sponsored by Islamic Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Transitions in South Asia

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
    Type: Section Programs

    What Would Bono Do?: Igniting Interpersonal Respect, Cross-Cultural Empathy, and Global Inclusion through Legal Writing Teaching

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Mass Communication Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Democratizing Legal Information: The Promise and Pitfalls of Freely Circulating Law on the Internet

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law and Election Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Presidential Politics and the Future of the Supreme Court: Post-Election Reflections and Forecasts for the "Post-Racial" Post-Obama White House

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Socio-Economics
    Type: Section Programs

    Economics, Poverty, and Inclusive Capitalism

  • 11:20 am - 12:15 pm Plenary Session 3 - Preserving Legal Values Under Changed Conditions
    Type: Subsessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Reception Hosted by University of Colorado Law School and University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.