Wednesday, January 3, Program

Open Source Programs are programs selected by a committee in a competitive search.
Joint Programs are designations for two Sections holding one program.
Co-Sponsored Programs are designations for Sections holding more than one program.
Open Programs are sessions organized by law school faculty to consider the creation of a new AALS Section.

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
AALS Office and Information Center
Carolina, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Twelve Step Meeting
Park Tower Suite 8224, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
AALS Exhibit Hall Open House - “The Meeting Place”
Exhibit Hall C, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

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 afternoon in the “Meeting Place” in the Exhibit Hall.

AALS Workshops

Two full-day concurrent workshops:

• AALS Workshop on the Ratings Game
• AALS Workshop on Remedies: Justice and the Bottom Line

AALS Events

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Section on Institutional Advancement
North Cotillion, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

9:00- 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
John Baldwin, Santa Clara University School of Law and Chair, Section on Institutional Advancement, AALS

9:15-10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: Working With Volunteer Boards: Defining Roles and Responsibilities
Moderator: Kathryn S. Boase, University of Virginia School of Law
Speakers : David H. Ibbeken, University of Virginia School of Law
Vicki Fleischer, Seton Hall University School of Law
Bradley R. Shafer, University of Kansas School of Law

10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Viral Marketing and Millennials: Terms, Technology and the Future of Fundraising with Young Alumni
Moderator: Timothy P. Brennan, The University of Chicago The Law School
Speakers: Marianne Lord, Boston College Law School
Laura T. Pietro, University of Virginia School of Law

Making TV and Newspaper Coverage Work for You
Moderator: David Singer, Albany Law School
Speakers: Carol Jambor-Smith, Notre Dame Law School
Katherine Mangan, Correspondent, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington , DC

Major Gifts 101
Moderator: Catherine E. Nardone, Stanford Law School
Speakers: To be announced

12:00 p.m -1:30 p.m.
AALS Section on Institutional Advancement Luncheon

Changing Expectations:  Donors, Volunteers and Institutional Leaders

Speaker: Bruce R. McClintock, Chair, Marts & Lundy, New London , New Hampshire

(An AALS badge and a luncheon ticket provide entry to this luncheon. Tickets were sold in advance. If available, a ticket may only be purchased at AALS Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2nd. Tickets will NOT be for sale at the luncheon.)

Business Meeting at Luncheon Conclusion

1:30-2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Law Firm Fundraising: Soliciting the Firm While Not Forgetting the Alum
Moderator: Timothy L. Walsh, University of Mississippi School of Law
Speakers: To be announced

Choosing the Right Questions: Surveying Alumni Successfully
Moderator: Carol Jambor-Smith, Notre Dame Law School
Speakers: Michael H. Broder, President and CEO, Brightline Media, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
Mark L. Gunty, Professor and Assistant Director of Institutional Research, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Kristin Matthews, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Blogs, Podcasts, and Other Dispatches from the Forefront of Technology
Moderator: Timothy P. Brennan, The University of Chicago The Law School
Speakers: Rob C. Masri, University of Virginia School of Law
Wynne E. Smith, University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law
Christina Stembel, Stanford Law School

2:45-3:00 p.m.
Break

3:00-4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Development 101: Alleged Principles of Fundraising
Speaker: Scott G. Nichols, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts

The Metrics of Major Gifts
Moderator: Mark LaFontaine, Yale Law School
Speakers: To be announced.

Reaching Beyond the Boundaries: Regional Alumni Chapters
Moderator: Wynne E. Smith, University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law
Speakers: Tamara Britt, Rutgers, The State University of N.J., Center for Law & Justice - Newark
Scott W. Cameron, Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Toni Davis, Yale Law School
Tia Sherée Gaynor, Howard University School of Law

8:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Section on Socio-Economics, Co-Sponsored by Sections on Contracts, Poverty Law, Minority Groups and Women in Legal Education
All session will be held in Virginia Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel unless otherwise stated.
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Socio-Economics and Economic Justice

8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Speaker: Philip L. Harvey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden

9:00 - 10:10 a.m.
Dean’s Forum on Socio-Economics and Economic Justice
Speakers: Roger J. Dennis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
Dennis R. Honabach, Washburn University School of Law
Donald J. Polden, Santa Clara University School of Law
Edward L. Rubin, Vanderbilt University Law School
Mark A. Sargent, Villanova University School of Law
Emily A. Spieler, Northeastern University School of Law
Kellye Y. Testy, Seattle University School of Law

10:20 - 11:20 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions:

• Ecological Economics
  Virginia Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Speakers: Nicholas A. Ashford, Professor, Technology and Law Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  John C. Dernbach, Widener University School of Law
  David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law
  Lisa Heinzerling, Georgetown University Law Center
• Theology and Socio-Economics
  Virginia Suite B, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Speakers: Constance Frisby Fain, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
  Herbert S. Fain, Jr., Professor of Field Education & Ethics, Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, Texas
  Lyman P.Q. Johnson, Washington and Lee University School of Law
  Alfreda Robinson, The George Washington University Law School
  Carlton M. Waterhouse, Florida International University College of Law
• Corporate Governance Fiduciary Duties and Social Responsibility
  Virginia Suite C, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Speakers: James R. Hackney, Jr., Northeastern University School of Law
  Robert C. Hockett, Cornell Law School
  Demetri Kantarelis, Professor of Economics, Economics and Global Studies Department, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Nell Minow, Editor and Co-Founder, The Corporate Library, Portland, Maine
• Norm Creation, Globalization, and the Regulation of New Technologies
  McKinley, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Moderator: June Rose Carbone, Santa Clara University School of Law
  Speakers: Michele Goodwin, DePaul University College of Law
  Kevin Outterson, West Virginia University College of Law

11:30 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Teaching Socio-Economics and Economic Justice
Speakers: Robert Ashford, Syracuse University College of Law
Lynne L. Dallas, University of San Diego School of Law
Jeffrey L. Harrison, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Emma Coleman Jordan, Georgetown University Law Center

12:40 - 2:00 p.m.
Section on Socio-Economics Luncheon
Washington Room 5, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Reversing the Contractual Destruction of Markets

Speaker: Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate, Washington, DC

Mr. Nader’s luncheon address will explore recent trends in the judicial treatment of form contracts, and propose reforms that law teachers can champion to reverse the growing disempowerment of the people in the markets for goods and services. 

(Tickets were sold in advance. If available, a ticket may be purchased at On-Site Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2. Tickets will not be for sale at the luncheon.)

2:00 - 3:10 p.m.
Socio-Economics Perspectives on Reparations
Speakers: Anthony E. Cook, Georgetown University Law Center
Adrienne D. Davis, University of North Carolina School of Law
Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School
Alfreda Robinson, The George Washington University Law School

3:20 - 4:20 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:

• Socio-Economics and Wealth Distribution
  Virginia Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Speakers: Carolyn V. Currie, Managing Director, Public Private Sector Partnerships Pty. Ltd., Mosman, Australia
  Edward Eitches, Senior Trial Attorney, Housing & Urban Development Department, Litigation Office, Washington, DC
  Jonathon Barry Forman, University of Oklahoma College of Law
  Charles J. Whalen, Editor, Perspectives on Work, Labor and Employment Relations Association, Geneva, New York
• Katrina and the Destruction and Rebuilding of New Orleans
  Virginia Suite B, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Speakers: Jim Chen, University of Minnesota Law School
  Mitchell F. Crusto, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
  Jordan Kurland, Associate General Secretary, Association of American University Professors, Washington, DC
  D. Aaron Lacy, Barry University Dawyne O. Andreas School of Law
• Socio-Economic Perspectives on Development
  McKinley, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Speakers: Jim Angresano, Professor of Economics, Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
  Dusko Doder, Author, Washington, DC
  Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law
  Philip L. Harvey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
  Demetri Kantarelis, Professor of Economics, Economics and Global Studies Department, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Criminology and Socio-Economics
  Virginia Suite C, Lobby Level
  Speakers: William K. Black, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
  Carolyn V. Currie, Managing Director, Public Private Sector Partne

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
The Future of Socio-Economics
Speakers: Richard America, Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Robert Ashford, Syracuse University College of Law
William K. Black, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
June Rose Carbone, Santa Clara University School of Law
Anthony E. Cook, Georgetown University Law Center
Lynne L. Dallas, University of San Diego School of Law
Roger J. Dennis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
James R. Hackney, Jr., Northeastern University School of Law
Jeffrey L. Harrison, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Philip L. Harvey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
Dennis R. Honabach, Washburn University School of Law
Emma Coleman Jordan, Georgetown University Law Center
Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School
Donald J. Polden, Santa Clara University School of Law
John Richards, Executive Director, Essential Information, Washington, DC
Alfreda Robinson, The George Washington University Law School
Edward L. Rubin, Vanderbilt University Law School
Mark A. Sargent, Villanova University School of Law
Emily A. Spieler, Northeastern University School of Law
Kellye Y. Testy, Seattle University School of Law
Charles J. Whalen, Editor, Perspectives on Work, Labor and Employment Relations Association, Geneva, New York

Business Meeting of Section on Socio-Economic at Program Conclusion.

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9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Section on Student Services, Co-Sponsored by Section on Professional Responsibility
All sessions will be held in Marriott Salon III, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel unless otherwise stated.

Expanding Our Knowledge to Serve the Student Community:
Emerging Challenges for the 21st Century Law Student

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Speakers: David H. Baum, The University of Michigan Law School
Jill Suzanne Miller, Duke University School of Law
Sherilyn Scully, Quinnipiac University School of Law

9:20 - 10:45 a.m.
High Risk/High Stakes Student Problems: New Approaches Inside and Outside the Classroom for Addressing Substance Abuse, Gambling, and Other Self-destructive Student Behaviors
Moderator: Christine A. Marx, Boston University School of Law
Speakers: Cal Baker, Director, SolutionsPlus, Houston, Texas
Barbara Bowe, LICSW, Clinical Staff, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Ann Foster, Executive Director, Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas
Kenneth Hagreen, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers – Pennsylvania, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Greg Randy Lee, Widener University School of Law
Robert P. Schuwerk, University of Houston Law Center

Increasingly, law school faculty and student services administrators are seeing students with serious problems, such as substance abuse, gambling, and other issues that adversely impact on their ability to succeed in law school. These problems also raise issues of competence to enter the legal profession and to uphold the ethical standards required of members of the bar. Many faculty and staff lack training to handle these complex issues. This panel will provide background information on the types of behavioral and mental health issues law schools are facing, including new, emerging issues; what role faculty and staff should play in handling these problems; and when they need to refer students to mental health professionals. The panel also will discuss what law schools can do better from the perspective of a former student with a substance abuse problem.

The panel will explore how to incorporate a discussion of these issues into the classroom, through courses such as Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics. The panel also will discuss new resources for helping with these issues, including state Lawyer Assistance Programs, and the recent ABA publication, “Substance Abuse in Law Schools: A Tool Kit for Law School Administrators.”

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Greatest Challenge I Ever Faced (And How I Came Up With a Solution)
Moderator: Sherilyn Scully, Quinnipiac University School of Law

Your institution recently developed a new LLM program that has attracted a significant number of foreign students whom you need to incorporate into the law school community. Recently, the alcohol policy was changed on your campus and you need to develop alcohol free social events that meet student expectations. There has been an unexpected death on your campus of a student or a faculty member. You need to formally mediate a disagreement among large student groups.

We have all faced similar or greater challenges and have needed to respond quickly with solutions. We handle many challenges large and small throughout the year, some involving few individuals and some involving large policies. Come to our open forum and be prepared to tell your colleagues about your greatest career challenge to date and how you responded and came up with a solution. We can all learn from each other’s successes and take back a few ideas from common challenges we all face (or will face) in our careers. This session will be a facilitated “open mike” dialogue among the attendees in a similar format to our popular “The Best Idea I Have Ever Had” session at our last annual meeting. Be prepared to be amazed by the creative thinking of our Section members.

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Informal Lunches with Colleagues

Take this time to reconnect with fellow section members or meet new members from different parts of the country in facilitated lunch groups. We plan to go out to eat in small groups (hopefully of five to six people each) at area restaurants. Members of the Section’s Executive Committee and other long-time members of the Section will each take a group (Dutch treat) to a restaurant and members will have the opportunity to continue the conversation generated over the morning session at lunch. This is a great forum for asking questions of experienced Section members or simply meeting new colleagues. Sign up for lunch tables will take place during the morning sessions. Whether you have been a Section member for many years or only a short time, we hope you will join us for this terrific opportunity to connect with other members.

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Emerging Special Accommodations Issues: What’s in the Pipeline?
Moderator: Connell Alsup, Michigan State University College of Law
Speakers: Laura F. Rothstein, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Joan E. Van Tol, Corporate Counsel, Law School Admission Council, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Marcia Wiedefeld, Director, Disability Support Services, Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland

In recent years, higher education institutions have been faced with an increasing number of undergraduate student requests for special accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act. This new wave of requests has forced colleges and universities to reevaluate their policies, procedures, and the particular documentation required to support a request for special accommodation. Many of these students may soon be seeking a legal education, and law schools will be faced with the same issues that are currently facing undergraduate institutions.

This panel will describe the types of requests for special accommodations that are currently being received from students in undergraduate institutions and the challenges that they present. Current legal cases involving these issues will also be discussed.

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
The “Wired” Generation: How Communication Technology Is Transforming Student Culture
Moderator: Julia A. Yaffee, Santa Clara University School of Law
Speakers: Ronald Danielson, Chief Information Officer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
Michael Harvey, First Year Student and Presidential Fellow, Office of Student Life, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
Hollis L. Kulwin, University of California at Davis , School of Law

With the explosion and ubiquity of electronic devices and communicative web applications, law students have never been more connected. Indeed, growing numbers of students join virtual communities and interact daily online. This session will examine trends in students’ usage of technology featuring data gathered through the EDUCAUSE national survey. Speakers will also analyze the personal, social and academic impact on our campuses of social networking interfaces such as My Space and Facebook. The legal implications will also be discussed.

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Business Meeting of Section on Student Services at program conclusion.

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8:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Joint Program of Sections on Environmental Law & Natural Resources Field Trip

Policing Our Waterways: The Riverkeeper Movement

Speaker: Ed Merrifield, Potomac Riverkeeper, Potomac River Keeper, Inc., Washington, DC

Visit Maryland’s Eastern Shore and the Chesapeake Bay to examine the impacts of agricultural and other water pollution, and among other things, meet with the area’s Riverkeepers to discuss their approaches to dealing with these threats.

Bus will depart from the hotel’s main entrance, lobby level, Marriott Wardman Park
(Tickets were sold in advance of the Annual Meeting. If space is available, a ticket may be purchased at On-Site Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2nd or at the bus departure point on Wednesday, January 3rd.)

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Section on International Human Rights
Maryland Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

The United States and the International Human Rights System

Christina Cerna, Senior Human Rights Specialist, Inter-American Commission For Human Rights, Washington, DC
Andrew Drzemczewski, Head of the Secretariat, Council of Europe, Committee on Legal Affairs & Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
Claudio Grossman, American University Washington College of Law
Robert K. Harris, Assistant Legal Advisor, Human Rights and Refugees, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Moderator: John Peter Cerone, New England School of Law

One or more presenters were selected from a call for papers.

This panel will examine the relationship between the United States and the international human rights system. Speakers will discuss the history of the U.S. role in that system and examine the evolving disposition of the U.S. government towards the various international human rights bodies over time. Specific issues to be discussed will include: the U.S. role in supporting, then opposing the creation of the International Criminal Court; U.S. compliance and non-compliance with established international human rights norms; the U.S. role in United Nations reform, particularly in the creation of the U.N. Human Rights Council; the evolving discourse between the U.S. and the Inter-American systems; the role and nature of the U.S. State Department human rights reports; and the contrasts in the U.S. position towards international law generally and its practice with respect to its own citizens and international legal institutions.

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Section on Law and Economics
Maryland Suite C, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Incomplete Contracts - Theory and Practice

Moderator: Ronen Avraham, Northwestern University School of Law
Speakers: Richard Brooks, Yale Law School
W. Bentley MacLeod, Professor, Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, New York,
Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, New York University School of Law
Alan Schwartz, Yale Law School
Robert E. Scott, University of Virginia School of Law
Abraham L. Wickelgren, Northwestern University School of Law

In the last decade a new area has emerged in both law and economic theory, which goes under the heading of incomplete contracts. As developed in the economics literature the theory of incomplete contracts seeks to identify the contract that best promotes agents’ objectives in various transactional circumstances. Yet, at least to some extent, the theory of incomplete contracts takes the law as given and explores the optimal contracts design in light of a given legal environment. Simultaneously in the legal literature contract theory has evolved to prescribe the optimal role and substance that contract law should have in order, again, to maximize agents’ objectives. As developed in the legal literature, the theory of contracts takes, at least to some extent, agents’ transaction-specific circumstances as exogenous to the optimal design of the law. The law, at least to some extent, is insensitive to the transactional circumstances which surrounded the contracting.

In short, at least to some extent, whereas the economic theory of incomplete contracts takes the law as exogenous, the legal theory of contracts treats parties’ transaction-specific circumstances as exogenous. But what happens to optimal contract design when the law that governs the parties can be integrated into the contract? What happens to contract law when parties’ transaction-specific circumstances are taken into account? In this conference major players in both branches of the literature will explore the extent to which these two branches of literature could benefit from some integration.

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Section on North American Cooperation Field Trip

Visit to the Canadian Embassy

The field trip will visit the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C. for panels and briefings on Canada and Mexico. Briefings from the Canadian Embassy will include updates on U.S.-Canada relations, trade issues, and recent legal developments in Canada. There will also be panels to discuss legal education in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. A final program will be included in the Section’s newsletter. Please bring a government issued form of identification.

Bus will depart from the hotel’s main entrance, lobby level, Marriott Wardman Park

(Tickets were sold in advance of the Annual Meeting. If space is available, a ticket may be purchased at On-Site Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2nd or at the bus departure point on Wednesday, January 3rd.)

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Section on Institutional Advancement Luncheon
Washington Room 6, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

(Tickets were sold in advance. If available, a ticket may be purchased at On-Site Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2. Tickets will not be for sale at the luncheon.)

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Section on Law Libraries Luncheon
Washington Room 4, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

(Tickets were sold in advance. If available, a ticket may be purchased at On-Site Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2. Tickets will not be for sale at the luncheon.)

12:40 - 1:50 p.m.
Section on Socio-Economics Luncheon
Washington Room 5, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

(Tickets were sold in advance. If available, a ticket may be purchased at On-Site Registration until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2. Tickets will not be for sale at the luncheon.)

1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities Service Project

Bread for the City

Bread for the City provides vulnerable residents of Washington, D.C. with comprehensive services including food, clothing, medical care, legal and social services in an atmosphere of dignity and respect.

Bus will depart from the hotel’s main entrance, lobby level, Marriott Wardman Park
(It was necessary to sign up for this event in advance. If space is available, you may board the bus at the departure point.)

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Joint Program of Sections on Property Law, Real Estate Transactions, State and Local Government, Co-Sponsored by Section on Minority Groups
Delaware Suite, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

The Katrina Workshop: Redeveloping a Region After a Mega Disaster

(Program to be published in the Law, Society, and Property Series by Ashgate Publishing)

Moderators: Janice C. Griffith, Georgia State University College of Law
Rachelle Alterman, Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel
John A. Lovett, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
Robin Paul Malloy, Syracuse University College of Law
Speakers: Frank S. Alexander, Emory University School of Law
Peter Blanck, Syracuse University College of Law
Paul J. Boudreaux, Stetson University College of Law -view paper-
Carol Necole Brown, The University of Alabama School of Law
Rachel A. Van Cleave, Golden Gate University School of Law -view paper-
Daniel R. Mandelker, Washington University School of Law
Michael Morris, Managing Director, Burton Blatt Institute, Washington, D.C.
Wendell E. Pritchett, University of Pennsylvania Law School
James Charles Smith, University of Georgia School of Law

One or more presenters were selected from a call for papers.

This half-day program will focus on the complex and seemingly overwhelming task of rebuilding the metropolitan New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,000 people, flooded 80% of the City of New Orleans, dislocated more than a half million people, flooded or destroyed over 200,000 homes, and completely wiped out communities in places like St. Bernard Parish. Our panelists will focus on several interrelated topics.

One group of panelists will focus on a series of questions related to housing needs. One panelist in particular will assess federal and state and local government’s administrative responses (including those of HUD and FEMA) to the immediate short term housing crisis created by Katrina, both in the impacted region and in the rest of the country where displaced persons found themselves after the storm. Another panelist will address the merits of any buy-out or rebuilding grant plan that emerges for home owners and rental property owners, the long term problem of rebuilding affordable housing for displaced residents who seek to return and how to tackle the inevitable problem of extensive urban blight by using creative government strategies such as land banks. A third panelist will specifically address housing and redevelopment efforts in the region from the perspective of an important but overlooked groups with disabilities.

Another group of panelists will address the crucial urban planning problem of determining whether and how to shrink the geographic footprint of the city of New Orleans. These panelists will consider the justifications offered for shrinkage (environmental unsustainability and flooding risk in some parts of the city, the need to conserve scarce municipal resources and utility services, and finally the social costs of potential scatter shot, “jack-o-lantern” redevelopment) and the arguments against a top-down shrinkage strategy (the potential for disproportionately dislocating African-Americans and the concern that it will supplant more efficient processes of the free market). They will also consider the structure of the planning processes and how to insure meaningful participation from all stakeholders in light of the unprecedented diaspora of the city’s poor and working class residents. Finally, they will consider potential outcomes of such a shrinkage strategy if it is implemented (including gentrification by disaster) and planning tools and remedies (including eminent domain and compensation alternatives) that might be used in the shrinkage and planning process both to reorganize the city’s landscape and to compensate for dislocation and economic losses that may be suffered if a shrinkage plan is adopted.

Business Meeting of Property Law at Program Conclusion.
Business Meeting of Real Estate Transactions at Program Conclusion.
Business Meeting of State and Local Government Law at Program Conclusion.

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Section on Business Associations
Maryland Suite C, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Dimensions of Disney: The Evolution of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance

Moderator: Deborah A. De Mott, Duke University School of Law
Speakers: Robert Charles Clark, Harvard Law School
Franklin Gevurtz, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Jeffrey N. Gordon, Columbia University School of Law
Darian M. Ibrahim, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Jack B. Jacobs, Judge, Delaware Supreme Court, Wilmington, Delaware
Renee M. Jones, Boston College Law School
Hillary A. Sale, University of Iowa College of Law
Eric L. Talley, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Robert B. Thompson, Vanderbilt University Law School

One or more presenters were selected from a call for papers.

In re The Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation is a long-running and closely-watched case that raises many significant questions concerning the role of law in connection with the governance of large public corporations. These include executive compensation practices, the significance of reputational constraints on the conduct of directors and officers, and relationships between senior management and boards of directors. Disney also provides a concrete context for examining comparative institutional questions, such as the relative roles of markets, courts, shareholder voting, private litigation, securities litigation, and stock exchanges in shaping governance practices. The doctrinal issues posed by Disney, the character and content of directors’ and officers’ duties, lie at the heart of both corporate law and the coverage of business-associations courses.

This year’s Section meeting will feature panels of speakers who will present papers focused on questions raised both directly and indirectly by the case. A separate panel will focus on the challenges and rewards of “Teaching the Big Case,” i.e., Disney, which over its history has generated a lengthy trial and two opinions each from the Delaware Supreme Court and the Court of Chancery.

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Section on Law and Religion
Maryland Suite B, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Religion, Religious Pluralism, and the Rule of Law
(Program to be published in Mississippi Law Review)

Moderator: Joel A. Nichols, Pepperdine University School of Law
Speakers: Larry Cata Backer, The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
Rebecca R. French, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Scott C. Idleman, Marquette University Law School
Robin W. Lovin, Professor, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Elizabeth B. Mensch, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
Mark C. Modak-Truran, Mississippi College School of Law
Michael Novak, Scholar, American Enterprise Institute of Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
Steven Douglas Smith, University of San Diego School of Law

Popular debate about the relationship between law and religion appears to be dominated by two camps - religionists and secularists. Religionists maintain that law ultimately requires a religious foundation which some countries have explicitly embraced in their constitutions and substantive legal norms. In the United States, they urge that government officials recognize this religious foundation by posting the Ten Commandments, displaying crèches, keeping “under God” in the pledge of allegiance, citing scripture in judicial opinions, and allowing prayer and the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Conversely, secularists embrace the opposite claim that law should have a non-religious foundation. Religion is usually perceived as a threat rather than a source of social solidarity. In France, for example, the doctrine of laïcité requires secular solidarity to take priority over religious freedom by prohibiting children from wearing headscarves or religious symbols in public schools. Although there are positions between these extremes, religionists and secularists dominate the current debate without demonstrating much potential for moving the debate forward. Perhaps their differences rest on more fundamental disagreements regarding their conceptions of religion, religious pluralism, and the nature and rule of law. What are these presuppositions and where do they come from? Are the presuppositions of religionists and secularists reasonable or justifiable? Are there other possible positions based on different understandings of religion, religious pluralism, and the rule of law? How do conceptions of religion, religious pluralism, and law shape our thinking about the proper role of religion in a pluralistic democratic society?

Panelists will use various theoretical and methodological perspectives to explore these questions. Some panelists will draw on resources within the law (e.g., U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence, international and foreign law) to address these questions. Others will draw on resources outside the law. For instance, in the United States, aspects of the Christian tradition or resources within U.S. history may explain the current state of affairs or may support a different trajectory. Alternatively, other religious traditions like Buddhism and Islam may lead to different understandings of religion and its relationship to law and human rights. Furthermore, the unique nature of religion may make it problematic to protect religious liberty directly by singling out religious activity for special treatment. Finally, it may be that the nature of law, religion, and religious pluralism needs to be rethought before we can properly consider the relationship between law and religion.

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Maryland Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Accepting the Court’s Invitation: Law Schools Respond to the Solomon Amendment Case

Moderator: Martha M. Ertman, University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law
Speakers: Sharon Alexander, Deputy Director for Policy, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Washington, D.C.
Shalanda Helen Baker, Esquire, Jamaica Plain , Massachusetts
Kathleen Clark, Washington University School of Law
Chai Rachel Feldblum, Georgetown University Law Center
David Hall, Former Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Washington, D.C.
James G. Leipold, Executive Director, National Association for Law Placement, Washington, D.C.
Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies, Washington, D.C.
Alan D. Minuskin, Boston College Law School
Kyndra Rotunda, George Mason University School of Law
Joan E. Schaffner, The George Washington University Law School

In Rumsfeld v. FAIR, 126 S.Ct. 1297 (2006), the Supreme Court held that the Solomon Amendment did not violate law schools’ First Amendment freedoms of speech and association. The Court rejected law schools’ arguments that conditioning university funding on law schools allowing military recruitment on campus despite conflicts between the military’s anti-gay policies and law schools’ commitments to nondiscrimination. However, the Court did state that “Law schools remain free under the statute to express whatever views they may have on the military’s congressionally mandated employment policy, all the while retaining eligibility for federal funds.” In short, the Court invited students, administrators, and faculty who oppose the Solomon Amendment and/or the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy (DADT) to remedy what they take to be “bad speech” with more speech. Law schools across the country now must determine the substance and format of that speech. This three-hour panel tackles the issue in three segments. First, Mr. Hall and Ms. Baker, two former service members, will describe how the ban operates on the ground. Ms. Alexander will discuss current litigation challenging the DADT policy and a blueprint for student, administration, and faculty action. Second, Ms. Martin will discuss implications of military surveillance of opposition to DADT and the Solomon Amendment, including Department of Defense domestic surveillance of law student protestors at UCSC, Berkeley, and NYU. The third section will provide a blueprint for responding to the Court’s invitation. Mr. Leipold will describe amelioration best practices, and Professors Clark, Feldblum and Schaffner will discuss their schools’ response to the Solomon Amendment and DADT.

5:15 - 6:30 p.m.
First Meeting of AALS House of Representatives
South Cotillion, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Presiding: Judith C. Areen, AALS President and Georgetown University Law Center

Parliamentarian: Elliott S. Milstein, American University Washington College of Law

Clerk: Elizabeth Hayes Patterson, AALS Deputy Director

• Call to Order
• Adoption of Agenda
• Report of AALS Executive Vice President and Executive Director Carl C. Monk
• Report of AALS President, Judith C. Areen, AALS President and Georgetown University Law Center
• Memorials

Representatives of all member schools are expected to attend this meeting of the House of Representatives. All law teachers are invited to attend.

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
AALS Reception for Law Schools’ Teachers of the Year and Emeriti Faculty Members
Harding, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

This reception recognizes those professors who have been honored by their schools as Teachers of the Year and Emeriti faculty members.

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Section on Africa Business Meeting
Park Tower Suite 8222, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care Business Meeting
Virginia Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities Business Meeting
Virginia Suite B, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Section on Scholarship Business Meeting
Maryland Suite C, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Business Meeting
Maryland Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Section on Women in Legal Education Business Meeting
Maryland Suite B, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Member and fee-paid School Events

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Albany Law School Alumni Reception
Delaware B, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Boston University School of Law Alumni, Faculty and Friends Reception
Balcony B, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall Reception
Grant, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law Alumni Reception
Independence, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
City University of New York School of Law at Queens College Reception
Caucus Room, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Columbia University School of Law Reception
Georgetown East, Concourse Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Cornell Law School Alumni Reception
Wilson C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Duke University School of Law Reception for Alumni and Friends
Hoover, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Emory University School of Law Alumni Reception
Dupont, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
The George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University Law Center Reception for Faculty, Alumni and Friends
The George Washington University Law School, 2000 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Hofstra University School of Law Alumni Reception
Farragut, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Alumni Reception
Balcony A, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
University of Iowa College of Law Reception
Coolidge, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
University of Kansas School of Law Alumni and Friends Reception
Park Tower Suite 8219, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Alumni Reception
Edison, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
The University of Michigan Law School Alumni Reception with the Dean
Monroe East, Concourse Level, Hilton Washington

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
University of Minnesota Law School Reception for Alumni and Friends
Chevy Chase, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law Reception in Honor of Dean Richard J. Morgan
Monroe West, Concourse Level, Hilton Washington

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
University of New Mexico School of Law Alumni Reception
Jackson, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
North Carolina Central University School of Law Alumni Reception
Embassy Room, Lobby Level, Omni Shoreham Hotel

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law Nancy Hardin Rogers Inauguration Reception
Dean's Suite, Hilton Washington ( Please see hotel concierge for room location)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Seattle University School of Law Reception
Wilson A & B, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Reception
Capitol Room, Lobby Level, Omni Shoreham Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Friends and Alumni Reception
Calvert Room, Lobby Level, Omni Shoreham Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
St. John’s University School of Law Alumni and Friends Reception
Balcony C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Syracuse University College of Law Reception
Washington 5, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Alumni Reception
Balcony D, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Vermont Law School "Taste of Vermont " Reception
Delaware Suite A, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
University of Washington School of Law Alumni Reception
Bancroft, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Whittier Law School Alumni and Faculty Reception
Park Tower Suite 8216, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Widener University School of Law Alumni Reception
Park Tower Suite 8212, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Reception
Hamilton, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Santa Clara University School of Law Reception
Map Room, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington

9:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law 14th Annual Deans Dessert
Petits Plats, 2653 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Organization Events

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
American Constitution Society Welcome Reception
State Room, Terrace Level, Hilton Washington

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Reception for Current and Former Trustees
Cabinet Room, Concourse Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

6:30 - 8:15 p.m.
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Roundtable and Reception for New and Experienced Teachers
Military Room, Concourse Level, Hilton Washington & Towers

7:00 - 10:30 p.m.
Carolina Academic Press Reception for Authors and Friends
Governor’s Boardroom, Lobby Level, Omni Shoreham Hotel

8:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Robert Cover Study Group
Hemisphere, Concourse Level, Hilton Washington & Towers