Event Sessions

2009 Annual Meeting

  • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events

    "The Meeting Place"

  • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Boston College Law School Alumni and Faculty Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:00 pm AALS Registration
    Type: AALS Registration

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: Resume

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events

    "The Meeting Place"

  • 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Sections on Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law Joint Field Trip
    Type: Section Field Trips

    A Visit to Scripps Research Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Intersections of Science and Law: The Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  • 8:45 am - 5:00 pm Section on Socio-Economics, Co-Sponsored by Section on Women in Legal Education
    Type: Extended Program 3

    Socio-Economic Ways to a Just and Prosperous Society

  • 8:45 am - 5:00 pm Student Services
    Type: Extended Program 4

    Pluralism and the Student Services Professional

  • 8:45 am - 5:15 pm Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Across the Curriculum: The Challenges of Keeping Law Schools Current with Recent Developments in LGBT Issues

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Academic Support and Teaching Methods Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Teaching to the Entire Class: Innovative and Effective Instruction to Engage Every Student

  • 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Institutional Advancement
    Type: Extended Program 1

    Sharing Best Practices in a Changing Field: An Opportunity for Deans, Advancement Professionals, and Faculty to Learn from Each Other

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Institutional Advancement Luncheon and Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs

    Broadening Your Community of Support: Connecting Athletics and Academics: A Case Study for Communications, Alumni Relations and Development Professionals

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Clinical Legal Education Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Law Libraries Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm AALS Workshop Luncheon
    Type: Day-long Workshops

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Socio Economics Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities Service Project
    Type: Section Field Trips

    A Visit to Third Avenue Charitable Organization

  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm AALS Committee on Curriculum Issues Program
    Type: Half-day Program 6

    Workshop on Redesigning Legal Education

  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students
    Type: Half-day Program 7

    Best Practices for the Recruitment of Minority Law Professors II

  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Clinical Legal Education and Professional Responsibility Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Celebrating and Reflecting on the Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility (CLEPR): What Have We Learned About Legal Education and Where Are We Headed?

    (Program to be published)

  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm International Human Rights
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    New Voices in Human Rights

  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pre Legal Education and Admission to Law School
    Type: Half-day Program 4

    A Change in the Air: The Impact of New Ethnicity Categories on Law School Recruitment and Admissions Policies and Practices

  • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Property Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Hernando de Soto and Property in a Market Economy

  • 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm First Meeting of AALS House of Representatives
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm AALS Reception for Law School Teachers of the Year and Emeriti Faculty Members
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Academic Support Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Balance in Legal Education Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm International Human Rights Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Cornell Law School Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Hamline University School of Law Reception*
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Loyola University, Chicago School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm St. John's University School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm University of California at Davis School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm University of Iowa College of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Alumni, Faculty and Friends Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Columbia University School of Law ALA Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Duke University School of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Location to be announced.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Emory University School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Georgetown University Law Center Reception with Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hofstra University School of Law Reception for Members of the AALS Section on Immigration Law, Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Lambda Legal Reception
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Reception for Current and Former Trustees
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Michigan State University College of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Seattle University School of Law Washington Wine Tasting
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Stanford Law School Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm The John Marshall Law School-Chicago Alumni and Friends Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of California, Berkeley School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of Colorado School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Vermont Law School Taste of Vermont Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Widener University School of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm University of Southern California Gould School of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Harvard Law School Alumni Dinner for Law Teachers
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Santa Clara University School of Law Reception for Alumni, Faculty and Friends and for Members of the AALS Section on Socio-Economics
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility 40th Anniversary Celebration
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Location to be announced.

  • 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Carolina Academic Press Reception for Authors and Friends
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm Samford University, Cumberland School of Law 16th Annual Deans Dessert on Yacht America
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Academic Support Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Membership Meeting
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am National Security Law Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO) Program and Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Topic: the Case for Institutional Repositories

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Special Meeting and Continental Breakfast for Beginning Law Teachers
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Stetson University College of Law Associate Deans of Faculty Development and Research Breakfast
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Breakfast for International Law Faculties
    Type: Member School Events

    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 National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Breakfast for Members of the AALS Section on Student Services
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: Resume

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events

    "The Meeting Place"

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Committee on Sections and Annual Meeting Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs

    Academic Leadership

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

    Educating Lawyers and Best Practices for Legal Education: A Mandate to Humanize the Law School Experience.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Employee Benefits, Law and the Social Sciences, Minority Groups, Poverty Law, Socio-Economics, and Women in Legal Education
    Type: Section Programs

    The Growing Disconnect Among Work, Family, and Marriage

    (Program to be published in Washington & Lee University Journal of Civil Rights & Social Justice)

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Hot Topic Program: Pulpit Freedom?: On Taxes, Elections, and Religious Freedom
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Pulpit Freedom?: On Taxes, Elections, and Religious Freedom

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
    Type: Section Programs

    New Directions for International Law and Indigenous Peoples

    (Program to be published in Idaho Law Review)

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

    Intersections and Connections with the Legal Academic Study of Jewish Law

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Law Professor Narratives of Mental Illness

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

    The Emerging Nexus Between Sports and Immigration Law

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

    E-Discovery: A Litigation Revolution?

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

    National Security Law Advice to the New Administration

    (Program to be published in Journal of National Security Law & Policy)

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

    So You're a Law Professor...Now What?

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Post-Graduate Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers and Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    After the LL.M.: Career Options, Building Alumni Networks, and Development Strategies

  • 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Institutional Advancement
    Type: Extended Program 5

    Sharing Best Practices in a Changing Field: An Opportunity for Deans, Advancement Professionals, and Faculty to Learn from Each Other

  • 9:30 am - 10:30 am Posters Sponsored by Section on Teaching Methods
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am Posters Sponsored by Section on Clinical Legal Education
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Committee on Bar Admission and Lawyer Performance Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs

    Unwrapping the Shroud of Secrecy: What Law Professors Can Learn from Bar Examiners

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

    Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles?

    (Program to be published in Quinnipiac Occasional Papers in International Law)

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

    Is American Constitutional Law in Crisis?

    (Program to be published in Constitutional Commentary)

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Donative Transfers, Fiduciaries and Estate Planning
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    New Voices in Trusts and Estates

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

    Campus Violence: Prevention, Response and Liability

    (Program to be published in Journal of College and University Law)

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Employee Benefits
    Type: Section Programs

    The Role of Employers in Achieving Universal Health Care Coverage

    (Program to be published in Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics)

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm International Legal Exchange and North American Cooperation Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    Cooperative Efforts to Maximize Study Abroad Opportunities: Can U.S. Law Schools Work Together?

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and Anthropology
    Type: Section Programs

    Origins and Solutions to the Indian Freedmen Disputes

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

    Civil Case Outcomes: Theory and Reality

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

    Librarian as Scholar

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Legislation and the Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Programs

    Legislating the Curriculum: Legislation and Statutory First-Year Reforms

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm State and Local Government Law
    Type: Section Programs

    The City as an Economic Actor

  • 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm AALS Luncheon
    Type: AALS Programs

    The Virtues of Pluralism

  • 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Presidential Program I
    Type: AALS Programs

    Institutional Pluralism

  • 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Presidential Program II
    Type: AALS Programs

    Religiously Affiliated Law Schools

  • 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm AALS Presidential Program III
    Type: AALS Programs

    Associational Pluralism

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm AALS Scholarly Paper Presentation
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Administrative Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Breaking the News About the Regulatory State to Today's Law Students

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Africa, Co-Sponsored by National Security Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Economic Development in Africa

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Aging and the Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Consumer Protection Law and the Elderly: What's New - What's Needed

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Defamation and Privacy, Co-Sponsored by Immigration Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Immigration, Databases, Credentials and Privacy

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers
    Type: Section Programs

    The Changing Role of U.S. Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    Out with the Old, in with the New, or Same Old Same Old?: Exploring What Lessons, if any, the 2008 Elections Taught Us About Race, Gender, Class and Citizenship

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Part-Time Division Programs
    Type: Section Programs

    Academic Engagement: Creative Options for Teaching Part-Time Students

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Posters Sponsored by Section on Professional Responsibility
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Pro-Bono and Public Service Opportunities, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Opportunities for Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Learning: Medical-Legal Partnerships

  • 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Taxation
    Type: Section Programs

    The Family and Taxation

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Association of American Law Schools Gala Reception
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm North Carolina Central University School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Alternative Dispute Resolution Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School Alumni and Friends Breakfast
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Labor Relations & Employment Law Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Law, Medicine and Health Care Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Vermont Law School Breakfast for Academic Deans
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am Women in Legal Education Continental Breakfast
    Type: Section Programs

    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 American Society of International Law Teaching International Law Interest Group Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Topic: Developing an International Law Curriculum

  • 8:00 am - 2:00 pm AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
    Type: Exhibit Events

    "The Meeting Place"

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Executive Committee Program - Democracy’s Dilemma: The Case of Proposition 8
    Type: AALS Programs

    Democracy’s Dilemma: The Case of Proposition 8

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am AALS Site Evaluators Workshop
    Type: AALS Committee Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    What is Agricultural Law?

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

    Socio-Economic Rights: Comparative Perspectives and Criticisms

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

    Immutable Rules and Contract Law

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

    Environmental Justice on the U.S.-Mexico Border

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

    The Financial Crisis

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

    Free and Open Source: Next Generation Issues

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

    Learning from Legal Texts: Can Words Regain Their Meaning?

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

    Legal Outsiders in American Film

    (Program to be published in Suffolk University Law Review)

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Open Program on South Asia
    Type: Open Programs

    Gathering to Consider Formation as an AALS Section.

  • 8:30 am - 10:15 am Open Source Program - The Business of Tax Patents: At the Crossroads of Patent, Tax and Business Law (a program competitively selected by the AALS Committee on Open Source Programs)
    Type: AALS Open Source Programs

    The Business of Tax Patents: At the Crossroads of Patent, Tax, and Business Law

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

    Junior Property Scholars Works-in-Progress

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

    The Cleopatra Syndrome: Golda, Indira, Bella, Shirley, Margaret, Geraldine and Hillary—-Educating Women for Leadership Roles in the21st Century

  • 9:30 am - 10:30 am Poster Sponsored by Section on Evidence
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:30 am - 10:30 am Poster Sponsored by Section on Law & Social Sciences
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:30 am - 10:30 am Posters Sponsored by Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm AALS Committee on Research Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs

    Citations, SSRN Downloads, U.S. News, Carnegie, Bar Passage, Careers: Competing Methods of Assessing Law Schools

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Civil Procedure, Co-Sponsored by Litigation
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    The Changing Shape of Federal Pretrial Practice

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Commercial and Related Consumer Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Institutional Pluralism and the Development of Commercial Law

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Comparative Law and Law and Economics Joint Program
    Type: Section Programs

    The Doing Business Reports by the World Bank and the Legal Origins Thesis: Is Economics Replacing Comparative Law?

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

    If It Is Broken, Then Fix It: Needed Reforms to Employment Discrimination Law

    (Program to be published in Employee Rights and Employment Policy)

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Hot Topic Program: What's Race Got To Do With Post Racialism?
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    What's Race Got To Do With Post Racialism?

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law and Religion, Co-Sponsored by Islamic Law and Jewish Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Scriptual Interpretation and Constitutional Interpretation

    (Program to be published in Michigan State Law Review)

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Law, Medicine and Health Care
    Type: Section Programs

    Comparative Health Law: What Can the U.S. Learn from Other Countries?

    (Program to be published in Journal of Health Care Law & Policy)

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

    Assessing Acts of Collaboration and Plagiarism and Exploring Techniques that Move Students from Forbidden to Extolled

    Program to be published in Journal of the Association of Legal Wri)

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

    The Mass Speech of American Democracy: Getting What We Deserve?

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

    New Challenges in Dynamic Markets

  • 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Torts and Compensation Systems
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Foreign Tort Law: Beyond Europe

    (Program to be published in University of Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law)

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Criminal Justice Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Evidence Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Financial Crisis Containment

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Jurisprudence Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Luncheon
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Poster Sponsored by Section on Insurance Law
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Posters Sponsored by AALS Committee on Sections & Annual Meeting
    Type: Poster Sessions

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm AALS Committee on Libraries and Technology Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs

    Roundtable Discussion: Using Libraries to Help Transform Legal Education

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Agency, Partnership, LLCs and Unincorporated Associations
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Application of Modern Theories and Methods of Business Associations to Agency and Unincorporated Firms

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Alternative Dispute Resolution
    Type: Section Programs

    Envisioning Dispute Resolution in 2050 (Or Even 2025) and Preparing Our Students for It

    (Program to be published in Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution)

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Antitrust and Economic Regulation
    Type: Section Programs

    Emerging Antitrust Regimes: Challenges and Approaches

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Children and the Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Children, Sex and the Law

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Civil Rights
    Type: Section Programs

    Remedies for Exonerated Prisoners

    (Program to be published in Public Interest Law Journal)

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Conflict of Laws
    Type: Section Programs

    Choice of Law Reforms in the EU: A Model for the U.S. or a Cautionary Tale? Reflections by Scholars and Suggestions for Teachers

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

    The Health Care System and Disability

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

    Evidentiary Foul Play: Deception, Destruction, and Just Desserts

    (Program to be published in Commentaries on Evidence)

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Does Modern Financial Institution Regulation Work? Reflections on Deregulation and Internationalization of Supervisory Standards

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

    Crossing Borders, Creating Borders: Nations, Migrants, and Constuctions of Law

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Law and Communitarian Studies, Co-Sponsored by Law and Religion
    Type: Section Programs

    Community and Subsidiarity in Domestic and International Relations

  • 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Open Program on Biolaw
    Type: Open Programs

    Gathering to Consider Formation as an AALS Section

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Art Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Comic Art and the Law

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Continuing Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Institutional Advancement
    Type: Section Programs

    Working Together: How Advancement and CLE at Law Schools Can Cooperate To Raise Funds, Friends and Reputation

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Programs

    The Model Penal Code Sentencing Proposals

    (Program to be published in Florida Law Review)

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Federal Courts
    Type: Section Programs

    Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm for the Law School Dean
    Type: Section Programs

    The Dean and the Faculty: Establishing Relationships and Setting Boundaries

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Hot Topic: Proposition 8, Legal Challenges and The Future of Marriage Between Same-Sex Couples
    Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Insurance Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Insurance Policies: What Are They, and How Should They Be Interpreted

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm International Law
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Taking International Law Seriously: Will the United States Abide by International Law that is a Law of Rules?

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Jurisprudence
    Type: Section Programs

    Authority and Obligation

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Labor Relations and Employment Law
    Type: Section Programs

    At the Border and Beyond: California and the Evolving Workplace

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Legal History
    Type: Section Programs

    Backbone of the Federal Judiciary: The Study and Biography of Federal Appellate Judges

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Natural Resources Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Sustainability and Natural Resources: The Law, The Law Curriculum, and the Law School

  • 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Poverty Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Privatization: Promise and Pitfall at the Intersection of Law, Markets and Poverty

  • 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm Second Meeting of AALS House of Representatives
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Meeting
    Type: Section Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Annual Dinner
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm AALS Reception for Legal Educators from Law Schools Outside of the United States
    Type: AALS Programs

    Legal educators from law schools outside the United States are invited to attend this reception held in their honor.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: AALS Programs

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Whittier Law School Alumni Reception*
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Animal Legal Defense Fund Reception for Members of the AALS Section on Animal Law
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Pace University School of Law Reception for AALS Section on Criminal Justice for Mentoring New Members
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Suffolk University Law School Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm American University Washington College of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington Alumni and Friends Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm New York University School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Taste of Texas Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tulane University School of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of California, Irvine School of Law Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

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

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Willamette University College of Law Alumni Reception
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Legal Writing Institute (LWI) and Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Golden Pen Award/Thomas H. Blackwell Memorial Award Ceremony
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Pepperdine University School of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 pm - 12:00 am Marquette University Law School Margarita Party
    Type: Member School Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 8:30 am CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Breakfast and Annual Members Meeting
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:00 am - 9:00 am Workshop and Continental Breakfast for 2008 and 2009 Section Officers
    Type: AALS Programs

    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 American Bankruptcy Institute Breakfast
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am American Law Deans Association (ALDA) General Meeting
    Type: Other Organization Events

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am Twelve Step Meeting
    Type: Resume

    Short description is not available at this time.

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Animal Law
    Type: Section Programs

    All Law is Animal Law: Teaching Animal Law Across the Cirriculum

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Criminal Justice
    Type: Section Programs

    Crimmigration: At the Intersection of Criminal and Immigration Law

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Intellectual Property Law
    Type: Section Programs

    Liability for Intermediaries Under Copyright and Trademark Law

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Law Libraries
    Type: Section Programs

    Workshop for New Academic Law Library Directors: Making Scholarship a Reality

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Legislation and the Law of the Political Process
    Type: Section Programs

    Post-Mortem: Legal Issues in the 2008 Presidential Election

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Minority Groups
    Type: Section Programs

    Hiring, Retaining and Promoting Law Professors of Color

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Nonprofit and Philanthrophy Law
    Type: Section Programs

    New Research in Nonprofit Law

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am Scholarship
    Type: Section Programs

    Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship, the Demography of the Legal Academy, and the Future of Straddling the Academic-Professional Divide

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm AALS Committee on International Cooperation Program
    Type: AALS Committee Programs

    The Role of Law Schools in the Promotion of Human Rights and Legal and Curricular Reform Abroad

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Business Associations
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    What, If Anything, Can Finance Teach Law (and vice versa)

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Creditors' and Debtors' Rights and Real Estate Transactions Joint Program
    Type: Section Call for Papers

    Real Estate Transactions in Troubled Times

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Islamic Law
    Type: Half-day Program 10

    Muslims and Secularism: A Conversation about the Future of Islamic Law, Pluralism, Democracy, and Liberal States