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AALS Symposium
Reconstructing the Second Founding
Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center Paper:Barnett, R.E. 2017, “The continuing relevance of the original meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment”, Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1.
Arc of Career
So You Want to Publish a Book
Sandra Dijkstra, Founder, Owner, and President, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Handout: Advice on Submitting to a Literary Agent
Comparative Law & South Asian Studies Joint Program
Global Trends in Election Law: Comparative Perspectives
Global Trends in Election Law and Reform
Kim Lane Scheppele, Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University
Presentation: Election Law for Autocrats
Institutional Advancement
Digital Communications for Development and Stewardship
Deborah Rider, University of San Diego School of Law
Presentation: Stewardship Through Electronic and Social Media
Open Source Program
Mainstreaming Feminism
Anastasia M. Boles, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
Paper: Seeking Inclusion from the Inside Out: Towards A Paradigm of Culturally Proficient Legal Education
Linda A. Malone, William & Mary Law School
Paper: Environmental Justice Reimagined Through Human Security and Post-Modern Ecological Feminism: A Neglected Perspective on Climate Change
Visual and Popular Culture Imagery in Legal Education
Michael D. Murray, University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth
Presentation: The Sharpest Tool in the Toolbox: Visual Legal Rhetoric
Student Services
Advancing Excellence for Our Students and Ourselves
Email, Social Media, and Online Student Interactions
Jan Jacobowitz, University of Miami School of Law
Presentation: Social Media Savvy: It’s a Matter of Competence
Hot Topics Program
Melissa Berry, University of Washington School of Law
Presentation: Coaching Toolkit
Richard Moberly, University of Nebraska College of Law
Presentation: Build Your Character: Educating Well-Rounded Lawyers
Timothy Borsch, University of California San Diego
Presentation: Hope Scholars Program
Orientation Toolkit
Tammy Briant, Stetson University College of Law
Jennifer T. DiSanza, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Rebecca Henley, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Rosemary Queenan, Albany Law School
Marcia Sells, Harvard Law School
Presentations
Section for the Law School Dean
Crisis Communication: You Need a Plan
Danielle Holley-Walker, Howard University School of Law
Alicia Ouellette, Albany Law School
Kathryn R.L. Rand, University of North Dakota School of Law
Scenarios
Section on Administrative Law
New Voices in Administrative Law
Reeve T. Bull, Research Director, Administrative Conference of the United States
Handout: ACUS 2.0 Bibliography
Section on Agriculture & Food Law
Legal and Policy Tools for Dairy in a Changing Climate
Mary Jane Angelo, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Presentation: Climate Change and Agricultural Resiliency in Animal Feed Production
Abigail May, Attorney, California Air Resources Board
Presentation: California’s Efforts to Reduce Dairy Methane
Margot Pollans, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law Presentation: Daries & Diet
Laurie Ristino, Vermont Law School
Presentation: Dairy and Voluntary Conservation
Section on Animal Law
Corporate Transparency, Accountability, and Animal Welfare
Matthew Liebman, Director of Litigation, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Presentation: Slapp Suits
Sarah J. Morath, University of Houston Law Center
Presentation: Private Governance & Animal Welfare
Nicole Negowetti, Harvard Law School
Presentation: Animal Welfare Certification: Corporate Transparency, Accountability, and Animal Welfare
Delcianna Winders, Cambridge, MA
Presentation: USDA Blackout: E-FOIA and the Animal Welfare Act
Section on Art Law
Co-Sponsored by Intellectual Property
Pop Culture and Fan Art
Jon M. Garon, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law Paper: Free Speech and the First Amendment for Cons and Festivals Paper: Fandom and Creativity, Including Fan Art, Fan Fiction, and Cosplay
Section on Balance in Legal Education
Applying Positive Psychology and Strengths-Oriented Approaches in Teaching
Debra Austin, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Handout: Using Positive Psychology to Improve Law Student Well-being, Character Development & Performance
Promotional Material: Using Positive Psychology to Improve Law Student Well-being, Character Development & Performance
Heidi K. Brown, Brooklyn Law School
Handout: Seven-Step Process
Promotional Material: The Introverted Lawyer
Section on Continuing Legal Education
The Value of CLE in Fostering Alumni Relations
Daniel McCarroll, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Presentation: UMKC Law School Continuing Legal Education Overview for AALS 2018
Section on Criminal Justice
Terry at Fifty: On the Books and On the Ground
Rachel A. Harmon, University of Virginia School of Law
Paper: Proactive Policing and the Legacy of Terry
Sean O’Connor, University of Washington School of Law
Paper: Terry v. Ohio and the (Un)Forgettable Frisk
Section on Disability
Co-Sponsored by Election Law; Law & Mental Disability; and Legislation & Law of the Political Process
Could We Pass the ADA Today? Disability Rights in an Age of Partisan Polarization
Laura F. Rothstein, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Presentation: Overview
Section on East Asian Law & Society
Research in Progress on East Asian Law and Society
Yu-Jie Chen, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica
Paper: Localizing Human Rights Treaty Monitoring: Case Study of Taiwan as a Non-UN Member State
Ayako Hatano, Visiting Scholar, U.S. – Asia Law Institute, New York University School of Law
Presentation: Can Strategic Human Rights Litigation Complement Social Movements? A Case Study of the Anti-Hate Speech Movement in Japan
David S. Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Paper: Constitutional Dissonance in China
Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Empirical Studies on Legal Education and the Legal Profession: Framing an Agenda for the Work to Come
Raul Ruiz, Florida International University College of Law
Handout: Learning, Thinking, and Data Mining: How We Raised The Bar Passage Rate at Florida International University
Section on European Law
The European Union and the Rise of Populist Nationalism
Ralf C. Michaels, Duke University School of Law
Presentation: The PRIDE of Transnational Law
Section on Evidence
Daubert After 25 Years: A Prospective Look at the Next Great Challenges in Expert Reliability
Sandra G. Thompson, University of Houston Law Center
Presentation: How Houston’s Crime Lab is Transforming Criminal Justice
Section on Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers
Co-Sponsored by International Legal Exchange and North American Cooperation
Focus on the Facts: Teaching Civil-Law Trained Lawyers to Work with Facts in U.S. Legal Writing
Michael D. Murray, University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth
Presentation: Crossing the Divide: Teaching Narrative Reasoning and Explanatory Synthesis to Civil Law-Trained Lawyers and LL.M.S
Section on Immigration Law
Immigration Adjudication in an Era of Mass Deportation
Jason Cade, University of Georgia School of Law
Presentation: Sanctuaries and Legitimacy in an Era of Mass Immigration Enforcement
Immigration Law Works in Progress
David Abraham, University of Miami School of Law
Paper: Circumcision: Immigration, Religion, History, and Constitutional Identity in Germany and the U.S.
Section on Indian Nations & Indigenous Peoples
150 Years Later: The 1868 Treaties and Modern Sovereignty
Monte T. Mills, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Presentation: Looking Race Horse in the Mouth: A New Front in the Old Battle over Off Reservation Hunting in Wyoming
Section on Intellectual Property
International IP Law in a Post-TPP/TTIP, Post-Brexit World
Graeme Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, New York University School of Law
Paper: Brexit and IP: The Great Unraveling?
Raphael Zingg, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Paper: Protection Heterogeneity in a Harmonized European Patent System
Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care
Co-Sponsored by Aging and the Law, Biolaw, and Law and Mental Disability
From Obamacare to Trumpcare: The Future of American Healthcare
Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Presentation: Continued Inequality: Medicaid and Work Requirements
Section on Law & Economics
Stephen F. Diamond, Santa Clara University School of Law
Paper: Are the Stock Markets “Rigged”? An Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Change
Daniel M. Klerman, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Paper: Reputational Economies of Scale
Presentation: Reputational Economies of Scale
Joshua C. Teitelbaum, Georgetown University Law Center
Paper: Tort Liability and Unawareness
Section on Law & the Humanities
Blade Runners, Hosts, and Lawyers: Communicating Images of Access to Rights and Justice for Robots and Other Artificial Intelligence
Brian L. Frye, University of Kentucky College of Law
Paper: The Lion, the Bat & the Thermostat: Metaphors on Consciousness
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, & Research
Designing Legal Writing Problems Incorporating “Access to Justice”
Tonya Kowalski, Washburn University School of Law
Presentation: Getting Real: Using Live Federal Court Files to Design Social Justice Briefing Problems
Andrea McArdle, City University of New York School of Law
Presentation: Developing a Language of Justice: Designing Legal Writing Assignments Across Gender and Racial Differences as a Critical Component of Social-Justice Lawyering
Samantha A. Moppett, Suffolk University Law School
Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Suffolk University Law School
Presentation: Virtual Legal Research Assistance as a Means to Provide Access to Justice
New Scholars Showcase
Jane Grise, University of Kentucky College of Law
Presentation: Criticial Reading Instruction
Scott Fraley, Baylor University School of Law
Moderator Presentation
Anne Ralph, The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Presentation: Narrative-Erasing Procedure
Section on Natural Resources and Energy Law
Co-Sponsored by Environmental Law and State and Local Government Law
Clean Energy Policies: International, Federal, State, and Local Conflicts, Opportunities, and Constraints
Mark James, Vermont Law School
Presentation: Creating Additionality in City-Driven Renewable Energy Pledges
Paper: Do You Know Who Owns Your Solar Energy? The Growing Practice of Separating Renewable Attributes From Renewable Energy Development and Its Impact on Meeting Our Climate Goals
Section on New Law Professors
Enhancing Your Teaching Before, During, and After Class
Paula A. Franzese, Seton Hall University School of Law
Paper: The Power of Empathy in the Classroom
Howard E. Katz, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University
Paper: Teaching Legal Analysis Using the “Unified Field Theory” A Systematic Method for Instructing Students in the Fundamental Skill Handout: Course Sequencing and Design
Presentation: Outline
Kevin Francis O’Neill, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University
Handout: Problems for In-Class Analysis
Presentation: Direct and Cross Examination Exercises
Section on North American Cooperation
Co-Sponsored by Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers and International Legal Exchange
What Would a New NAFTA Look Like?
Hoi L. Kong, Associate Professor, McGill University
L. Kinvin Wroth, Vermont Law School
Speech draft: Renegotiating NAFTA: Threat or Opportunity for Sustainability?
Section on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues
Relationships Between Religious Exemptions and Principles of Equality and Inclusion
Douglas NeJaime, Yale Law School
Paper: Religious Accommodation, and Its Limits, in a Pluralist Society
Paper: Conscience Wars in Transnational Perspective: Religious Liberty, Third-Party Harm, and Pluralism
Paper: Conscience Wars: Complicity-Based Conscience Claims in Religion and Politics
Section on Socio-Economics
The Case for a Job Guarantee
Philip L. Harvey, Rutgers Law School
Presentation: Job Guarantee Legislation
Section on State & Local Government Law
Intergovernmental Relations During the Trump Administration
Paul A. Diller, Willamette University College of Law
Presentation: Cities in the Age of Trump: The Best & Worst of Times
Section on Teaching Methods
Learning Together: Diverse Models of Collaborative Learning in Law School
Jodi S. Balsam, Brooklyn Law School
Presentation: Teaming Up to Learn in the Doctrinal Classroom
Something Borrowed: Using Cooperative Learning Strategies in Legal Education
Catherine Haras, Senior Director of the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning, California State University, Los Angeles
Presentation: Something Borrowed
Section on Technology, Law, and Legal Methods
Teaching Through Technology
Laura Norris, Santa Clara University School of Law
Selected Readings
Peter L. Strauss, Columbia Law School
Presentation: Technology Matters
Section on Torts & Compensation Systems
The Role of History in Tort Theory
Michael L. Rustad, Suffolk University Law School
Speech: Marshall S. Shapo, Prosser Award Recipient remarks
G. Edward White, University of Virginia School of Law
Speech: A Lost Search for a Generic Tort Action Protecting “Peace of Mind”
Section on Trusts & Estates
Historical and Empirical Evidence and the Law of Trusts and Estates: What Really Happened?
Robert H. Sitkoff, Harvard Law School
Paper: The Prudent Investor Rule and Market Risk: An Empirical Analysis