<html> <head><title>2003 Annual Meeting Information</title> <!--modifed on 12/26/02--> <style type="text/css"> <!-- BODY { font-family: verdana, sans serif} A:link {color:#3300ff} A:active {color:#00ffcc} A:visited {color:#00cccc} --> </style></head> <center> <table width=90% cellpadding=5> <tr> <td colspan=2> <center><img src="../am2002/logo.gif"></center><br> <p align=center> <font size=-1><b>Association of American Law Schools<br> 2003 Annual Meeting<br> Washington, D.C.<br> Thursday, January 2 - Sunday, January 5, 2003</b></font> <hr> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=20% valign=top> <img src="dc.gif"> </p> <p> <font size=-1> <b><a href=index.html>2003 Annual Meeting Home</a></b> </p> <p> <a href=glance.html>Meeting at A Glance</a></p> <p> <a href=program.html>Program</a><br> <font size=-2> <a href=thur.html>Thursday</a><br> <a href=fri.html>Friday</a><br> <a href=sat.html>Saturday</a><br> Sunday </font> </font> </p> <p> <font size=-1> <a href=workshop.html>Workshop</a> </p> <p> <a href=lunch.html>Luncheon</a> </p> <p> <a href=plenary.html>Plenary</a> </p> <p> <a href=info.html>Meeting Information</a> </p> <p> <a href=childcare.html>Child Care at the Annual Meeting</a></font> </p> </td> <td> <table cellspacing=5> <tr> <td> <b>Annual Meeting Program</b><br> <font size=-2> <i>An asterisk (&#042) before the name of a program indicates that the organizers have arranged for the publication of materials in a law review related to their program.</i></font> </p> <p> <b>Sunday, January 5, 2003</b> </p> <p><font size=-1> <b>7:00-8:30 a.m. </b><br> Law School and Alumni and Organization Breakfasts </p> <p> <b>7:30-8:30 a.m.</b><br> [7080] Twelve Step Meeting </p> <p> <b>8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.<br> AALS Registration and Information Center </p> <p> 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.<Br> AALS Exhibit Hall Open House</b><br> 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 at the  Meeting Place in the Exhibit Hall. </p> <p> <b>8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.<br> [7090] AALS Section Tables</b><br> AALS Sections have the opportunity to set up a table in a meeting room with other Sections. This will permit Sections to inform others of their positions on issues related to legal education. The requests for tables should be received no later than November 1st and will be made available on a first come, first served basis. </p> <p> <b>8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.<br> [7100] Informal Networking Sessions</b><br> Do you have a hot topic you want to discuss? Colleagues with similar interests or dilemmas you want to meet? If so, take charge! You can organize an informal gathering that could meet any time on Sunday, January 5 for one hour and forty-five minutes. Simply post a notice on the bulletin boards in the AALS Message Center area. Indicate the topic/interest you want to discuss and select a time to meet at a designated table assigned to one of the designated meeting rooms. Sign your name as moderator and see who joins you! </font></p> <p> <b>AALS Programs</p> <p> <font size=-1> 7:00-8:30 a.m.<br> [7110] AALS Workshop and Continental Breakfast for 2002 and 2003 Section Officers </p> <p> 8:30-10:15 a.m.<br> [7120] AALS Executive Committee Program</b><br> Topic: Women Deans Roundtable: Becoming and Being a Dean [<a href=7120.html>Program Description</a>] </font></p> <p> <b>AALS Section Programs</p> <p> <font size=-1> 8:30-10:15 a.m.<br> [7130] Section on Academic Support</b><br> Topic: Cultural Influences and Legal Education: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Podium [<a href=7130.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7140] Section on Administrative Law</b><br> Topic: Presidential Power and Congressional Delegation [<a href=7140.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7150] Joint Program of Sections on Aging and the Law and Employee Benefits</b><br> Topic: Employee Benefits Throughout the Curriculum [<a href=7150.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7160] *Section on Agricultural Law</b><br> Topic: Everything You Need to Know About the Constitution You Can Learn in Agricultural Law: Federalism and Commerce from Amber Waves of Grain to Migrating Bald Eagles [<a href=7160.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7170] *Section on Contracts</b><br> Topic: Teaching Contracts Transactionally [<a href=7170.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7180] Joint Program of Sections on Insurance Law and Torts and Compensation Systems</b><br> Topic: Insurance and Compensation After September 11th: A Dialogue with the Special Master of the Victims Compensation Fund [<a href=7180.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7190] Section on International Human Rights</b><br> Topic: Human Trafficking: A Modern Form of Slavery [<a href=7190.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7200] *Section on Law and the Humanities</b><br> Topic: Counselors at Law: The Cultural Construction of Legal Power Brokers [<a href=7200.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7210] *Section on Maritime Law</b><br> Topic: The Osceola After 100 Years: Maritime Personal Injury Law in the U.S. [<a href=7210.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7220] Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education</b><br> Topic: Maintaining Quality and Generating Revenues in Post Graduate Programs [<a href=7220.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7230] Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues</b><br> Topic: Transgender Legal Issues and Their Relevance to Bar-Required Courses [<a href=7230.html>Program Description</a>] </font></p> <p> <b>AALS Programs</p> <p> <font size=-1> 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.<br> [7240] AALS Site Evaluators Workshop</b><br> This program is particularly designed for those who serve, or are interested in serving, the AALS in the capacity of site visitor on ABA accreditation/AALS membership review site visit teams to member schools or schools applying for AALS membership. The AALS appoints one member to ABA/AALS  sabbatical site visit teams and appoints the entire team when a school applies for membership in the Association and in other special circumstances. The program will discuss the purposes of AALS membership review and the role of the site visitor in that review. </font></p> <p> <b>AALS Section Programs <font size=-1></p> <p> 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.<br> [7290] Joint Program of Sections on Academic Support, Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Exchange, Law Libraries and Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research</b><br> Topic: Developing Writing Programs for Foreign LL.M. Students [<a href=7290.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7250] Section on Art Law</b><br> Topic: The Illegal Imagination: Does Law Suppress Creativity? [<a href=7250.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7260] Section on Criminal Justice</b><br> Topic: Legislative and Administrative Approaches to Police Misconduct and Accountability Issues [<a href=7260.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7270] Joint Program of Sections on Donative Transfers, Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples and Minority Groups</b><br> Topic: The Casebook and Beyond: Incorporating Pluralistic Visions of Trusts and Estates [<a href=7270.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7280] Joint Program of Sections on Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services, Insurance Law, and Securities Regulation</b><br> Topic: Is Financial Modernization Working? [<a href=7280.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b> [7300] *Section on International Law</b><br> Topic: The Role of National Courts in Dealing with War Crimes, Genocide, Terrorism and Other Human Rights Violations [<a href=7300.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7310] Section on Law and Economics</b><br> Topic: Teaching Law and Economics [<a href=7310.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7315] Section on Mass Communication Law</b><br> Topic: At War with Communications Law [<a href=7315.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7320] Section on Poverty Law</b><br> Topic: Perspectives and Emerging Trends on the 2000 Census [<a href=7320.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7330] Section on Prelegal Education and Admission to Law School</b><br> Topic: Prelegal Education and Admission to the Globalized Law School [<a href=7330.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7340] Section on Taxation</b><br> Topic: Tax Law as Product: The Problem of Corporate Tax Shelters [<a href=7340.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.<br> Section on Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services Luncheon</b><br> (Advance ticket purchase is necessary. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until 12:00 noon on Saturday, January 4. Code: [1408] Price: $44) </p> <p> <b>Section on Jurisprudence Luncheon</b><br> (Advance ticket purchase is necessary. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until 12:00 noon on Saturday, January 4. Code: [1411] Price: $44) </p> <p> <b>Section on Taxation Luncheon</b><br> (Advance ticket purchase is necessary. If available, tickets may be purchased on-site until 12:00 noon on Saturday, January 4. Code: [1419] Price: $44) </p> <p><b>1:30-3:15 p.m.<br> [7400] Joint Program of Sections on Academic Support, Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers, International Legal Exchange, Law Libraries and Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research</b><br> Topic: Developing Legal Research Programs for Foreign LL.M. Students [<a href=7400.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7350] Joint Program of Sections on Clinical Legal Education and Teaching Methods</b><br> Topic: Where Are We Headed? Improving the Competence of Law Schools [<a href=7350.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7360] *Section on Comparative Law</b><br> Topic: Comparative Law Approaches to Constitution Building [<a href=7360.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7370] Joint Program of Sections on Criminal Justice and Mass Communication Law</b><br> Topic: Media and Criminal Justice [<a href=7370.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7380] Section on Employee Benefits</b><br> Topic: Employee Stock Ownership After Enron [<a href=7380.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7390] Section on Employment Discrimination</b><br> Topic: Empirical Studies: How Do Discrimination Cases Fare in Court [<a href=7390.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7410] Section on New Law Teachers</b><br> Topic: Developing a Scholarly Agenda [<a href=7410.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> [<b>7430] Section on Part-Time Division Programs</b><br> Topic: Part-time Legal Education: It s Not Your Parents Old Oldsmobile [<a href=7430.html>Program Description</a>] </font> </p> <p> <b>Open Programs</p> <p> <font size=-1> 1:30-3:15 p.m.<br> [7440] Open Program on Agency and Partnership </b><br> Topic: Current Developments in Agency & Partnership [<a href=7440.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7450] Open Program on Real Estate Transactions</b><br> Topic: Predatory Lending - Learning to Love it in Law School [<a href=7450.html>Program Description</a>] </font></p> <p> <b>Section Programs</p> <p> <font size=-1> 3:30-5:15 p.m.<br> [7460] Joint Program of Sections on Business Associations and Professional Responsibility</b><br> Topic: Corporate Counseling After Enron [<a href=7460.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7470] Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law</b><br> Topic: International Secured Credit: Race to the & ? [<a href=7470.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7480] Joint Program of Sections on Constitutional Law and Legal History</b><br> Topic: Judicial Supremacy? The Constitution Outside the Courts [<a href=7480.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7490] Joint Program of Sections on Criminal Justice and Evidence</b><br> Topic: Trying Terrorists in Military Tribunals - Can We Really Do This? [<a href=7490.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7500] Joint Program of Sections on Employment Discrimination, Immigration Law and Minority Groups</b><br> Topic: Undocumented Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy: The Case of Hoffman Plastics [<a href=7500.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7520] Section on International Law</b><br> Topic: How Big is the Constitutional Universe: Discreet National or Global Order [<a href=7520.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7530] Section on Law Libraries</b><br> Topic: New Directors Workshop [<a href=7530.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7540] Joint Program of Sections on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research and Mass Communication Law</b><br> Topic: Op-Eds and Talking Heads: Legal Commentary for a Lay Audience [<a href=7540.html>Program Description</a>] </p> <p> <b>[7550] Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues</b><br> Topic: A Town Hall Meeting on Solomon Amendment [<a href=7550.html>Program Description</a>] </tr> </table> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> <center> <b>Association of American Law Schools</b></font> <br> <a href="../index.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Go to the AALS Home Page'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true">Home</a> &#149; <a href="../aalscal.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Go to AALS Workshop and Conference Calendar'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true">Workshops and Conferences</a> &#149; <a href="../am2002/index.html" onMouseOver="window.status='View materials and information from the 2002 Annual Meeting'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true">2002 Annual Meeting</a> </font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <!-- Start Superstats code version 7.0b. 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