Materials and Presentations for Saturday, January 8

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8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
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
(view materials 1) (view materials 2) (view materials 3)
Michael T. Kane, Ph.D., Director of Research, National Conference of Bar Examiners, Madison, Wisconsin (view presentation)

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Section on Administrative Law
The Future of Adjudication

Speakers: Michael R. Asimow, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
(view outline) (view presentation)

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Section on Women in Legal Education
Feminist Principles and Cultural Norms

Speakers: Bethany Berger, Wayne State University Law School (view materials)

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Section on Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services
Speakers: A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
(view presentation)
John Morgan, Esquire, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Washington
(view materials 1) (view materials 2) (view materials 3)
Anita G. Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law (view presentation)

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
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)

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Section on Business Associations
The New Structure of Corporate Regulations: Issues and Implications

Speakers: Lawrence A. Cunningham, Boston College Law School (view materials)

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
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)

Speakers: Mark R. Brown, Capital University Law School (view materials)

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
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)

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
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)

11:15 am. - 12:15 p.m.
Section on Professional Responsibility Poster Session
Poster Presenter: F. Leary Davis, Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (view poster)

1:30 - 3:15 p.m.
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)

1:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Section on Contracts
Incomplete Contracts: the Implications for Contract Law
(Program to be published in the Case Western Reserve Law Review)

Speakers: Richard Craswell, Stanford Law School (view materials)

1:30 - 3:15 p.m.
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)

1:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Section on Teaching Methods
Problems and Protocols: The “How To” of Deliberate Practice and Formative Assessment

Charlotte Denise Taylor, DePaul University College of Law (view materials)

3:30 - 5:15 p.m.
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

Speakers: John Davis, Law Librarian, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (view materials [link])

3:30 - 5:15 p.m.
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)

3:30 - 5:15 p.m.
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

Danielle C. Istl, Academic Integrity Officer, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (view materials)