Materials and Presentations by Section

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AALS Committee on Bar Admission and Lawyer Performance Program
When Bar Examiners Consider Raising the Score Required to Pass the Bar Exam - A Roadmap, Some Lessons, and a Prediction or Two
Speakers: James A. Beha II, Esquire, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, New York
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Michael T. Kane, Ph.D., Director of Research, National Conference of Bar Examiners, Madison, Wisconsin (view presentation)

AALS Hot Topic
The Significance of the Criminal Prosecutions in the Cambodian Adoption Scandal for the Future of Intercountry Adoption
Marianne D. Blair, University of Tulsa (view materials)

AALS Site Evaluators Workshop
Gail Levin Richmond, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center
(view materials)

Joint AALS Executive Committee and American Society of International Law Program
Transnational Law: What Is It? How Does It Differ from International Law and Comparative Law?
Charlotte Ku, Executive Vice President & Executive Director, The American Society of International Law, Washington, DC (view materials)
James H. Carter, Esquire, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, New York (view materials)

Section on Administrative Law
The Future of Adjudication
Michael R. Asimow, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
(view outline) (view presentation)

Section on Agency, Partnership, LLC’s and Unincorporated Associations
Revising Our Vision of the Enterprise
Daniel S. Kleinberger, William Mitchell College of Law (view materials)

Section on Business Associations
The New Structure of Corporate Regulations: Issues and Implications
Lawrence A. Cunningham, Boston College Law School (view materials)

Section on Civil Rights
Reasonable Attorney’s Fees: A Crucial Mechanism for the Enforcement of Civil Rights
(Program to be published in The Urban Lawyer)
Mark R. Brown, Capital University Law School (view materials)

Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law
What Is (or Should Be) the Law of Bank Deposits?
Joseph Sommer, Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, New York
(view presentation)

Section on Contracts
Incomplete Contracts: the Implications for Contract Law
(Program to be published in the Case Western Reserve Law Review)
Richard Craswell, Stanford Law School (view materials)

Section on Donative Transfers, Fiduciaries and Estate Planning, Co-Sponsored by Section on Family and Juvenile Law
Assisted Reproduction, Parentage and Inheritance in the 21st Century
Susan N. Gary, University of Oregon School of Law
(view materials)

Section on Employment Discrimination, Co-Sponsored by Sections on Civil Rights, Labor Relations and Employment Law and Minority Groups
Proof and Pervasiveness: Employment Discrimination in Law and Reality After Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa
Charles A. Sullivan, Seton Hall University School of Law (view presentation)

Section on Evidence, Co-Sponsored by Section on Legal History
The Evidentiary Aspects of Wrongful Convictions
Steven A. Drizin, Northwestern University School of Law (view materials)

Section on Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services
A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
(view presentation)
John Morgan, Esquire, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Washington
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Anita G. Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law (view presentation)

Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers, Co-Sponsored by Section on Immigration Law
Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes: The Future of Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers in a Changing Environment
(Program to be published in the German Law Journal)
Laurel S. Terry, The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
(view presentation)

Section on International Law
International Law in United States Courts
(Program to be published in the Ius Gentium)
Diane Marie Amann, University of California at Davis School of Law
(view materials)

Section on Institutional Advancement
If you Build it, They Will Come - Increasing Alumni Participation
Catherine E. Dyar, Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
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Section on Jurisprudence, Co-Sponsored by Section on Torts and Compensation Systems
Intentions Throughout the Law
Lawrence Alan Alexander, University of San Diego School of Law (view materials)

Section on National Security Law
Fighting Terrorism with Torture: Where to Draw the Line?
(Program to be published in the Journal of National Security Law & Policy)
Kim Lane Scheppele, University of Pennsylvania Law School (view materials)

Section on North American Cooperation, Co-Sponsored by Sections on International Legal Exchange, Law Libraries, and Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
Do They Shepardize in Canada? An Essential Introduction to Canadian Legal Research for U.S. Law Professors and Law Librarians
John Davis, Law Librarian, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (view materials [link])
Danielle C. Istl, Academic Integrity Officer, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (view materials)

Section on Part Time Division Programs
Distance Education: Nirvana or the Apocalypse Now?
Barry A. Currier, Concord University School of Law (view presentation)
Arthur R. Gaudio, Western New England College School of Law (view presentation)
Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School (view presentation)
Frederic White, Golden Gate University School of Law (view presentation)

Section on Pre-Legal Education and Admission to Law School, Co-Sponsored by Section on Institutional Advancement
Selling your Law School in a Buyer’s Market: Moving Beyond Location, Location, and the U.S. News and World Report's Evaluation
Jon M. Garon, Hamline University School of Law (view materials)

Section on Professional Responsibility Poster Session
Poster Presenter: F. Leary Davis, Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (view poster)

Section on Real Estate Transactions
Impact of the Uniform Commercial Code on Real Estate Transactions
Ann Lousin, John Marshall Law School (view materials)

Section on Securities Regulation
New Thoughts about Recurring Issues in Securities Regulation and Litigation
Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University School of Law (view materials)

Section on Socio-Economics
Socio-Economics - Culture, Biology, Economics and More
Other Paradigms of Economic Thought: Leakage: The Bleeding of the American Economy
Richard S. Marken, Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation
(view presentation)
L. Randall Wray, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (view presentation)

Section on Teaching Methods
Problems and Protocols: The “How To” of Deliberate Practice and Formative Assessment
Scott J. Burnham, University of Montana School of Law (view materials)
Charlotte Denise Taylor, DePaul University College of Law (view materials)

Section on Women in Legal Education
Feminist Principles and Cultural Norms
Bethany Berger, Wayne State University Law School (view materials)