Fifteen posters will be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting. AALS Section members were asked to submit posters on subject areas of interest to their particular Section. Section officers then reviewed and judged poster submissions for display and presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting.

 

Posters can be viewd by clicking the poster name.

 

The names of the Sections sponsoring the posters, the poster topics, the presenters and the time of each poster presentation are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, January 4, 2008

9:30-10:30 a.m.
Section on Teaching Methods (Four Posters)

• Bridging the Doctrinal and Skills Gap in Family Law
  Melaine B. Jacobs, Michigan State University College of Law
• Simulating Consumer Surveys Using an iPod
  Kristen Osenga, University of Richmond School of Law
• The Hypothetical Lawyer: Warrior, Wiseman, or Hybrid?
  Lisa Penland, Drake University Law School
• Take a Full-Length Look at Your Visual Aids: Do They Aid Long Term Memory?
  Ruth Robbins, Rutgers School of Law – Camden

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Section on Insurance Law (One Poster)

• Demonstrating Insurance
  Seth J. Chandler, University of Houston Law Center

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Section for New Law Professors (Five Posters)

• CAFA’s Impact on Litigation as a Public Good
  Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Cumberland School of Law
• The Intestacy Epidemic and the Marketing of Wills
  Alyssa A. DiRusso, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
• What Law Students Say Makes Someone an Effective Teacher
  James B. Levy, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center
• Clickers for Conversation
  Katharine Traylor Schaffzin, University of North Dakota School of Law
• Presuming Doubt or Constitutionality? A Proposal for Peace in the Constitutional "Danger Zone"
  Michelle R. Slack, Southern Illinois University School of Law

Saturday, January 5, 2008

9:30-10:30 a.m.
Section on Education Law (One Poster)

• Separation of Powers in the Ivory Tower: An Organizing Principle for University Governance
  Bruce Pardy, Faculty of Law Queen's University

9:30-10:30 a.m.
Section on Law, Medicine and Heath Care (Two Posters)

• Optometrist in Court: Development and Summative Analysis of an Educational Program
  Kathy L. Cerminara, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center
• Geographic Inequity in Medicare Reimbursement - Effect of Geographic Practice Cost Indices on Physician Reimbursement and Patient Access
  Melissa H. Weresh, Drake University Law School

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research (Two Posters)

• The Power of Podcasts
  Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Suffolk University Law School
• The Path to Clinical Tenure - Standards for Promotion and Retention of 405(c) Legal Writing Faculty
  Melissa H. Weresh, Drake University Law School