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Tuesday, January 5
Sessions
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
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
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
AALS Hot Topic Program: COVID-19 and Religious Free Exercise
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Art Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law, Intellectual Property, and Property Law: Legal Responses to Street Art: A Comparative Analysis
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Commercial and Consumer Law, Co-Sponsored by Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services: Commercial Law in the 21st Century
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Family and Juvenile Law: Opting In and Opting Out, Trapped In and Locked Out of Family Law
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Federal Courts, Co-Sponsored by Employment Discrimination Law: Federal Courts Employment Reforms
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by Balance in Legal Education: Mindfulness in Legal Pedagogy
Section Awards and Section Networking
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Clinical Legal Education - Award Presentation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Law Libraries and Legal Education - Award Presentation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Family & Juvenile Law - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Family and Juvenile Law for informal conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Property Law - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Property Law for informal conversation.
Sessions
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
AALS Discussion Group: Post COVID-19 Online & Hybrid Learning Pedagogy Best Practices and Standards Development
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on European Law and Defamation and Privacy Joint Program: Comparing Data Protection Structures in the European Union and the United States
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services, Co-Sponsored by Commercial and Consumer Law: The Next Post-Crisis Financial Reform
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Jurisprudence and Torts and Compensation Systems Joint Program: From Personal Life to Private Law:  A Celebration of John Gardner's Jurisprudence
Sessions
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
AALS Hot Topic Program: What the 2020 Election Means for the Movement to End the War on Drugs
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
AALS Open Source Program The Power of Supply Chains
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Criminal Justice: Rescuing Law: On Fetal Harms, Moms, Migrants, and #MeToo
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law and Law and Religion: Building Bridges between Secular and Religious Human Rights Communities
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Litigation, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility: The Growth of Third-Party Litigation Finance: Opportunities and Challenges
Extended Section on Clinical Legal Education, Community Economic Development and Property Law Joint Program
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Clinical Legal Education, Community Economic Development and Property Law Joint Program: A Right to Housing! Law and Activism to Eradicate Homelessness
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Clinical Legal Education, Community Economic Development and Property Law Joint Program: Works in Progress
Extended Section on Environmental Law and Securities Regulation Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Business Associations and Natural Resources and Energy Law
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Sessions
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Art Law: New Voices in Art Law Scholarship: Art Law Works-in-Progress
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Business Associations: New Voices in Business Law
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Civil Rights Co-Sponsored by Criminal Justice: Teaching about Civil Rights During Incarceration
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Commercial and Consumer Law, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods and Technology, Law and Legal Education: Teaching Commercial Law in the 21st Century
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on East Asian Law & Society, Co-Sponsored by Law and South Asian Studies: East Asian Responses to Crises - Pandemics, Trade, Climate, and Beyond
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Intellectual Property: Communicating Intellectual Property Law
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5
 
Section on Professional Responsibility: Bright Ideas and Best Practices for Online Teaching in Professional Responsibility Courses
Wednesday, January 6
Sessions
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
AALS Discussion Group: Low-Tech Works: Teaching Data, Teaching Justice
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
AALS Hot Topic Program: States of Emergency: Executive Orders and Separation of Powers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Contracts: Contracting for Effort: The Law and Economics of Best and Reasonable Effort Clauses
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Leadership, and Poverty Law: Calling Out and Leaning In to Racial and Class Inequities in Experiential Learning Opportunities
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on East Asian Law and Society, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law: Bridging East-West Divides - The Role of Experts in an Age of Misinformation
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Election Law: Voting During a Pandemic: Lessons from 2020
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Minority Groups, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Law & the Social Sciences, Legal History, National Security Law, and Socio-Economics: White Terror, Then and Now: The Future of Race and Racism in Light of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education: Access to Justice: Bar Exam and Alternative Licensing
Extended Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School
11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School: Serving the Law Students of Today and Tomorrow
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School: Section Keynote
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School: Serving the Law Students of Today and Tomorrow
Inner Work and Structural Change: Personal Justice and Equitable Policies for Antiracist Law Schools


 
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School: Serving the Law Students of Today and Tomorrow
Building Community Across Social Distance: Workshopping Ideas, Innovations, and Inspirations
4:15 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School: Hot Topics in Law Student Services
5:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Student Services and Part-Time Division Programs Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Balance in Legal Education, Minority Groups, and PreLegal Ed. - Business Meeting
Section Awards and Section Networking
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities - Award Presentation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research - Award Presentation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Aging and the Law - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Aging and the Law for informal conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Real Estate Transactions - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Real Estate Transactions for informal conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on International Law - Networking Session
Network and enjoy informal conversation with colleagues from the AALS Section of International Law.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Minority Groups - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Minority Groups for informal conversation.
Sessions
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
AALS Arc of Career Program: The Lateral Experience - Deans and Hiring Committee Chairs
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Communication, Media & Information Law: The Press and the Separation of Powers: The News Media’s Relationships with Public and Private Power
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Comparative Law, Co-Sponsored by Africa, Constitutional Law, and International Human Rights: Socio-Economic Rights From a Global Perspective
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education, Law Libraries and Legal Information: The Future Has Arrived - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Legal Writing and Research
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Remedies: Remedies in Uncertain Times
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Women in Legal Education: Gender and Intersectionality In Times of Crisis
Extended Section on Institutional Advancement
1:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Institutional Advancement Welcome, Breakout Room Roulette, and Opening Plenary: True Colors
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Institutional Advancement Concurrent Sessions: Engaging Alumni in a Virtual World
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Institutional Advancement Concurrent Sessions: The New (Virtual) Journalism: Leveraging Technology to Expand the Reach of Your Professors and Programs and Help Reporters
Sessions
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
AALS Open Source Program, Co-Sponsored by Sections on Minority Groups and Women in Legal Education: Presumed Incompetent II: Documenting the Struggles (and Victories) of Women of Color in Academia
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Aging and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Disability Law, Family & Juvenile Law, Minority Groups, Poverty Law, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues, Trusts & Estates, Women in Legal Education: Intersectionality, Aging, and the Law
Intersectionality, Aging, and the Law
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Business Associations, Co-Sponsored by Securities Regulation and Transactional Law and Skills: Corporate Boards in the Age of COVID-19
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Global Engagement, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods, Technology and Law and Legal Education: Virtual Mobility: Innovating and Promoting Global Legal Education in Times of Crisis
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process: Is Congress Legitimate?
Extended Section on Academic Support and Real Estate Transactions Joint Program
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Academic Support and Real Estate Transactions Joint Program: The Changing Architecture of Legal Education: Real Estate Transactions as a Case Study
Extended Section on Civil Rights and Poverty Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Civil Rights and Poverty Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law: Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law
2:45 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Civil Rights and Poverty Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law: Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law
4:05 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Civil Rights and Poverty Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law: Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law
Section on State and Local Government Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law and Environmental Law
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
State and Local Government Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law and Environmental Law - Part 1: Exploring the Role of State and Local Government Laws in Environmental Sustainability
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
State and Local Government Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law and Environmental Law - Part 2: Considering Obstacles to State and Local Laws about Environmental Sustainability
Sessions
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law: New & Emerging Voices in Labor and Employment Law
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Criminal Justice: Beyond 2020: Decarceral, Anti-Racist and Non-Traditional Teaching
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Civil Rights: Works in Progress
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Commercial and Consumer Law: Works-in-Progress for Junior Consumer Law Scholars
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on European Law: Works-in-Progress Panel in European Law
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6
 
Section on Intellectual Property: New Voices in Intellectual Property Scholarship
Thursday, January 7
Sessions
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students: Legal Education in the Wake of George Floyd and Covid-19: A Conversation with Law School Deans and Faculty on Race, Inequality, and the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Open Source Program: Emerging Legal Challenges to Reproductive Rights and Justice
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Balance in Legal Education: The Growth Mindset; A New Vision for Legal Education and Resiliency in the Legal Profession
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law: How Trump's Divisive & Derogatory Rhetoric Has Affected Workplace Anti-Discrimination Enforcement
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Intellectual Property: Intellectual Property and Culture
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Leadership, Co-Sponsored by Professional Responsibility and Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities: Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste; The Pedagogy of Leadership During Crisis—Student Engagement
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Transactional Law and Skills, Co-Sponsored by Business Associations: The New Public Interest in Private Markets: Transactional Innovation for Promoting Inclusion
Section Awards and Section Networking
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Women in Legal Education - Award Presentation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Election Law - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Election Law for informal conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Evidence - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Evidence for informal conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information for informal conversation.
Extended Section on Institutional Advancement
1:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Institutional Advancement Welcome, Breakout Room Roulette, and Plenary
 
Plenary: Campaigns in Two Parts: Fundraising and Brand Raising Campaign
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Institutional Advancement Concurrent Sessions: Meeting the Moment
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Institutional Advancement Concurrent Sessions: Strategize the Case for Support - Not Just About Raising Money
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Institutional Advancement Reception: Virtual Happy Hour with Captain Scott Smith
Sessions
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Hot Topic Program: Breaking News in U.S. Legal Regulatory Reform
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Open Source Program: The Political Question Doctrine, Departmentalism, and the Limits of Justiciability
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Agency, Partnership, LLC's and Unincorporated Associations: Entrepreneurship and the Entity
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Effective Twitter Advocacy - Is it Possible?
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Immigration Law: Outsourced Borders and Invisible Walls
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples: Language of Traditional Power and Words of Colonization
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Internet and Computer Law, Co-Sponsored by National Security Law - Deep Surveillance
Deep Surveillance
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Law and Mental Disability - The Counselor is Not In: Providing Mental Health Services in the Pandemic Era
Sessions
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Discussion Group: How the Pandemic Made Me a Better Teacher - Lessons Learned and Plans for Change
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Open Source Program: Rhetoric, Justice and the Construction of Law
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Open Source Program, Author Meets Reader: Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors: A Discussion of Herma Hill Kay's Forthcoming Book
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Professional Responsibility, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination Law, Leadership, and Minority Groups: Legal and Judicial Ethics in the Post-#MeToo World
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights - Bankruptcy Law and the Problems of Democracy
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Empirical Study of Legal Education & the Legal Profession, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, PreLegal Education & Admission to Law School, and Student Services: An Empirical Look at Influences on Access to Legal Education & the Profession
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and Poverty Law: Health Care Coverage Reform in the Shadow of COVID-19
Extended Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Classroom, Climate, and Community: How Associate Deans Accommodate and Support Diverse Stakeholders - Welcome and Panel Discussion
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Classroom, Climate, and Community - Breakout Sessions
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Breakout Session - Faculty Scholarship
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Breakout Session - Bringing Speakers to the Community
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Breakout Session - Curriculum
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Breakout Session - University Policies
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research: Breakout Session - Alumni/Donors
Extended Section on Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint Program
2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint Program: Continuity, Change, and the Free Exercise Clause
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint Program: Continuity, Change, and the Establishment Clause
Sessions
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
AALS Open Source Program: Author Meets Reader Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows Of the Supreme Court
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Civil Rights: New Voices Panel
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Environmental Law, Co-Sponsored by Animal Law, Agricultural and Food Law, and Natural Resources and Energy Law: New Scholarship in Environmental, Energy, Natural Resources, Agricultural, Food, and Animal Law
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on International Law: Pedagogy Session: How to Pick an International Law Casebook
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Securities Regulation: Emerging Voices in Securities Regulation
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues: New Voices on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7
 
Section on Socio-Economics: New Developments in Socio-Economics - Does Shareholder Primacy Exacerbate Racial, Gender, and Economic Inequality?
Friday, January 8
Sessions
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Discussion Group: Race, Racism & the Language of Law School: Power of Words in Shaping Professional Identity
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Biolaw, Co-Sponsored by Intellectual Property: Science Fiction and the Law
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Law and Mental Disability, Minority Groups, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education: Celebrating 30 Years of Intersectionality and the ADA
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Islamic Law, Co-Sponsored by International Law and Law and Religion: Islam and the Modern International Legal Order
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Trusts and Estates: New Developments in Trusts and Estates
Section Awards and Section Networking
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Balance in Legal Education - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Balance in Legal Education for informal and fun conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Immigration Law - Networking Session
Let’s gather together to celebrate all that we have accomplished, remember those we have lost, and welcome our newest section members to the fold.  We’ll handle a little section business, but mostly, this will be time to reconnect after an extraordinary year. New section members strongly encouraged to attend!
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Socio-Economics - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Socio-Economics for informal conversation.
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color
1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color
1:15 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Introduction and Welcome
1:20 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session One: On Being an “Other” in the Classroom, Law School, and University
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Small-group Breakouts and Q&A
2:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Session Two: Navigating the Path to Tenure and Promotion
2:25 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Q&A
2:45 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
3:10 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Q&A
3:20 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: LSAC Presentation and Session Four: Scholarship
4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Q&A
4:10 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color: Closing
Sessions
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Education Law, Co-Sponsored by Immigration: The Future of Plyer v. Doe on its 40th Anniversary
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Evidence, Co-Sponsored by Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Minority Groups, and Law and the Social Sciences: Unregulated Evidence
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Jewish Law: Jewish Law Programs and Courses in American Law Schools
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Conflict of Laws: Corporations and Conflict of Laws
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on International Law: The United Nations at 75 and the Challenges Facing International Law
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, Co-Sponsored by Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Responding to the Pandemic at Work: Organizing, Litigation, and Enforcement
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Socio-Economics, Co-Sponsored by Business Associations, Minority Groups and Securities Regulation: For Whose Benefit Public Corporations? Perspectives on Shareholder and Stakeholder Primacy
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Taxation: Tax Law in an Age of COVID
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Extended Section on Institutional Advancement
1:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Institutional Advancement Welcome, Awards and Plenary: Speaking Each Other’s Language: Identifying How We Overcome Challenges and Collaborate as Distinct Professional Groups
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Institutional Advancement Conference Conclusion and Wrap-Up
Sessions
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
AALS Hot Topic Program: Disability and COVID-19 - Lessons from Disability, Lessons from the Pandemic
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Agricultural and Food Law: Law and Policy Measures to Achieve Equality in the Agricultural and Food System
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Children and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Law and Religion and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues: Intersection of Religion and Children's Issues
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law, and Law, Medicine and Health Care: Working in a New World - Employee and Worker Benefits Re-examined in a Time of Crisis
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Law and Economics: Economic Analysis of Law and Policy in the COVID-19 Pandemic
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Law and the Humanities, Co-Sponsored by Section on Criminal Justice and Section on Minority Groups: Encountering the State’s Punitive Powers: Seeing, Building, Reading, and Understanding the Impact of the Carceral State
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information: What Does the Modern Law Library Look Like?
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on New Law Professors: Spreading the Word - Law Professors as Teachers, Scholars, and Legal Influencers
Sessions
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Criminal Justice: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Works-in-Progress
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on International Human Rights, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law: New Voices in International Human Rights
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Teaching Methods: Best Practices for Creating and Administering Mid-term Exams
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8
 
Section on Women in Legal Education, Co-sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Legal Writing Reasoning, and Research and Teaching Methods: Gender Power, and Pedagogy in the Pandemic
Saturday, January 9
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Meeting for 2021-2022 Section Officers
Sessions
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Administrative Law, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law: The Future—and Past—of the Nondelegation Doctrine
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Insurance Law, Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law and Business Associations: Climate Change and the Insurance Industry
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Law and South Asian Studies, Co-Sponsored by East Asian Law & Society: Role of Public Health in Trade after the COVID Crisis
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues: Implications of the 2020 Supreme Court Title VII Decision in Bostock v. Clayton County
Section Awards and Section Networking
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Minority Groups - Award Presentation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Civil Procedure - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Civil Procedure for informal conversation. Although we cannot be together in person, please come and virtually see each other as the new year begins.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section for the Law School Dean - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on Dean, For the Law School for informal conversation.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care - Networking Session
Please join your colleagues from the Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care to honor our service award recipient, Jennifer D. Oliva, and for informal conversation. We look forward to seeing you!
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on PreLegal Education and Admission to the Bar - Networking Session
Take a break from formal programming and join your colleagues from the Section on PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School for informal conversation.
Sessions
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
AALS Arc of Career Program: Opportunities and Challenges for LGBTQ+ Persons in Leadership in Law Schools
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
National Conference of Bar Examiners Program: A Conversation With the Bar Examiners: A Conversation With the Bar Examiners Part 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on For the Law School Dean, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support: COVID-19 and the Bar Exam: Supporting Our Graduates
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School: Recognizing and Addressing Mental Health Issues in Prospective and Incoming Law Students
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, and Law and Anthropology: Defining Scholarship in the Twenty-First Century
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Socio-Economics, Co-Sponsored by Law, Medicine and Health Care and Minority Groups: Incorporating the Socio-Economics of Race, Poverty, Gender, and Economic Inequality, into Health Law Pedagogy
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
The Meeting of the AALS House of Representatives
Sessions
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
AALS Hot Topic Program: Actions Speak Louder than Words: Anti-Racism in Law Schools


 

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
National Conference of Bar Examiners Program: Testing Task Force Update
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Balance in Legal Education, Clinical Legal Education, and Leadership Joint Pedagogy: Teaching Leadership Skills in a Time of Crisis
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Law and Anthropology: Re-presenting Qualitative Scholarship
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Law and Sports: Amateurism and College Sports
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Law School Administration and Finance: Business Update: Economic, Admissions, and Placement
Sessions
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Administrative Law, Co-Sponsored by Legislation and Law of the Political Process: New Voices in Administrative Law and Legislation
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on International Law: New Voices in International Law and International Legal Research Update
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Poverty Law: New Voices Poverty Law
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Professional Responsibility: Works In Progress Workshop
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Taxation: New Voices in Taxation
4:30 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. EST
Saturday, January 9
 
Section on Election Law: Election Law Works-in-Progress, New Voices in Election Law