Meeting at-a-Glance

Program

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Workshop

7:00-8:30 a.m.
Law School Alumni and Organization Breakfasts

8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
AALS Registration and Information Center

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
AALS Exhibit Hall Open House
Exhibitors will display a variety of academic, teaching and administrative products and services of interest to those in legal education. Refreshments will be served in the morning and afternoon in the "Meeting Place" in the Exhibit Hall.

AALS Programs

7:15-8:30 a.m.
[5090] Special Meeting and Continental Breakfast for Beginning Law Teachers

8:30-10:15 a.m.
[5105] AALS Executive Committee
Topic: Problem Solving in the Law School Curriculum

[5100] AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers
Topic: Diversifying the Law School Faculty: Ideas for Expanding and Evaluating the Candidate Pool

AALS Section Programs

7:00-8:30 a.m.
Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law Continental Breakfast
(Advance ticket purchase is recommended. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 3. Code: 1410. Price: $21)

Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care Continental Breakfast
(Advance ticket purchase is recommended. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 3. Code: 1412. Price: $21)

Section on Women in Legal Education Continental Breakfast
(Advance ticket purchase is recommended. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 3. Code: 1417. Price: $21)

8:30-10:15 a.m.
[7100] *Joint Program of Sections on Africa, Constitutional Law and Minority Groups
Topic: Fifth Year Anniversary of the South African Constitution

[5110] Section on Agricultural Law
Topic: The Next Phase of Agricultural Regulation and Preservation

[5120] Section on Civil Procedure
Topic: The Big Idea: Teaching and Scholarship in Procedural Law

[5130] Section on Continuing Legal Education
Topic: The Role of the Law School in Life Long Learning: Revisiting the MacCrate Report

[5140] Section on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Topic: Teaching Scholarship and Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code

[5150] *Section on Employee Benefits
Topic: State, Local and Foreign Pensions: Implications for Social Security and Pension Reform

[5160] Joint Program of Sections on Intellectual Property Law and Law, Medicine and Health Care
Topic: Biotechnology and World Health

[5170] Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
Topic: Redefining Law and Research to Embody Rhetoric and Realism in the Age of the Internet

[5180] Section on Women in Legal Education
Topic: The New Majority: Building Common Ground Among Women in the Law

9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
[5190] Section on Institutional Advancement
Topic: New Realities in Law School Advancement

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
[5200] *Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation
Topic: Guilds at the Millennium: Antitrust and the Professions

[5210] Section on Art Law
Topic: Critical Issues in Public Art

[5220] *Section on Conflict of Laws
Topic: International Forum Shopping

[5230] Section on Constitutional Law
Topic: Putting the Constitution in Context: Adding History to Teaching Constitutional Law

[5240] Section on Donative Transfers, Fiduciaries and Estate Planning
Topic: Is There Anything Special About Fiduciary Relationships?

[5250] Section on Family and Juvenile Law
Topic: Court Reform, Family Law and the Role of Teaching and Scholarship

[5260] Joint Program of Sections on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and International Law
Topic: Dealing with International AIDS: A Case Study in the Challenges of Globalization

[5270] *Section on Indigenous Nations and Peoples
Topic: Incorporating Indian Law Into Other Law School Courses

[5280] *Joint Program of Sections on Insurance Law and Law and the Social Sciences
Topic: The New Insurance and Society Scholarship

[5290] *Joint Program of Sections on Law and Sports and State and Local Government Law
Topic: Stadium, Casinos and Theater: Where is the Money

12:15-1:30 p.m.
Section on Institutional Advancement Luncheon
(Advance ticket purchase is recommended. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until noon on Thursday, January 3. Code: 1409 Price: $35)

AALS Programs

12:30-2:00 p.m.
Association of American Law Schools Luncheon

Speaker: Mark Yudof, President, University of Minnesota

Mark Yudof became president of the University of Minnesota in July 1997. He received a bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1968. He joined the law faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1971, was named dean in 1984 and became executive vice president and provost in 1994.

Mr. Yudof is an authority on school finance and has written widely on such topics as contracts, constitutional law and property taxes. His book "When Government Speaks: Politics, Law, and Government Expression in America" won him the Meritorious Book Award from the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects in 1983 and a Certificate of Merit from the American Bar Association in 1984.

(Separate fee for attending this luncheon. See registration form to purchase tickets. Code: 1401. Price: $40)

2:15-4:00 p.m.
Association of American Law Schools Plenary Sessions (Four Concurrent Sessions)

[5300] The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
[5310] Legal Scholarship on Trial: Alice's Adventures in Publications Wonderland
[5320] Technology and Scholarship: The World of E-Publishing
[5330] The Role of Politics and Ideology in Legal Scholarship

AALS Section Programs

4:00-5:45 p.m.
[5355] Joint Program of Sections for the Law School Dean, Student Services and Teaching Methods
Topic: Teaching Through Tragedy

[5340] Section on Business Associations
Topic: Executive Compensation

[5350] Section on Criminal Justice
Topic: Is the Drug War De-Escalating?

[5360] *Section on Federal Courts
Topic: Federal Courts and Electoral Politics

[5370] Section on Law and Computers
Topic: Public Access, Private Barriers and Models of Information Regulation

[5380] Section on Law and the Social Sciences
Topic: Racial Classification and Anti-Discrimination Law: Latin American Perspectives

[5390] Section on Legislation
Topic: Omnibus Bills: A Challenge for Legislative Process and Statutory Interpretation

[5400] Section on Poverty Law
Topic: Teaching About Poverty, Class and Wealth Throughout the Law School Curriculum

[5410] *Section on Professional Responsibility
Topic: Recommitting to Teaching Legal Ethics: Shaping Our Teaching in a Changing World

[5420] *Section on Scholarship
Topic: The Philosophical Foundations of Rights

AALS Program

6:00-8:00 p.m.
[5430] Association on American Law Schools Gala Reception
With more than 15,000 animals, the Aquarium of the Americas is ranked one of the top five aquariums in the nation. Guests venture into “expeditions” that closely mirror the major aquatic habitats of North and South America: the Caribbean Sea; the Amazon Rainforest; the Mississippi River; and the Gulf of Mexico. The animal collection of fish, reptiles and birds includes rare paddlefish, swamp-dwelling alligators, and Gulf sea turtles, all of which are native to Louisiana waters. The Aquarium also features a seahorse gallery and sea otter exhibit.

AALS Section Business Meeting