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2006 Conference on Clinical Legal Education

April 30 - May 3, 2006
New York, New York

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Sunday, April 30, 2006

8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Registration

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
New Clinicians Session

1:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Welcome
Elizabeth Hayes Patterson, AALS Deputy Director

Introduction
Robert D. Dinerstein, American University and Chair, Planning Committee for 2006 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Plenary Session I - Collaboration in Teaching

Refocusing the Interdisciplinary: Toward Elder-Friendly Urban Environments
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Dina L. Schlossberg, University of Pennsylvania
Eileen Sullivan-Marx, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D.L. Wormley, Senior Project Manager, Cartographic Modeling Lab, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Making International Cooperation a Two-Way Exchange: Learning With Our Partners
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Catherine F. Klein, The Catholic University of America
Barbara Lyszczarz, Teaching Assistant, College of Law, Kozminski Business School and Ph.D. Candidate, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Barbara A. Schatz, Columbia University
Leah Wortham, The Catholic University of America -view handout-
Fryderyk Zoll, Chair, Civil Law, Jagiellonian University and Professor, College of Law, Kozminski Business School, Krakow, Poland
Moderator: Robert D. Dinerstein, American University

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Working Group Discussions

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
AALS Reception with Posters
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Monday, May 1, 2006

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committees

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session II - Collaboration in Learning
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Real World Student Collaborations in Law, Science, and Technology – The Technology
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Ventures Clinic at Arizona State University College of Law
Catherine G. O’Grady, Arizona State University
Douglas J. Sylvester, Arizona State University

Holistic Approaches to Children’s Rights: The Intersection of Education and Law
Eric Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education and Director, Urban Education Program, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa -view outline-
Suzanne J. Levitt, Drake University -view outline-
Moderator: Susan L. Brooks, Vanderbilt University

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Working Group Discussions

12:00 - 1:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Shanara Gilbert Award

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:

Collaboration Across Borders
Ana Laura Magaloni Kerpel, Professor, Division of Legal Studies, CIDE, Col. Hills of Santa Fe, Mexico
Margaret Maisel, Florida International University
Rashida Manjoo, Clinical Advocacy Fellow, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School
 
Collaboration Across Law School Programs
Mary Berkheiser, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
Tom Cobb, University of Washington 
Eve Biskind Klothen, Rutgers University, Camden
Deborah A. Maranville, University of Washington 
Jacqueline Mc Murtrie, University of Washington  
Terrill Pollman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sarah E. Ricks, Rutgers University, Camden -view handout-
Evelyn Mae Tenenbaum, Albany Law School
Susan C. Wawrose, University of Dayton -view handout-
             
Collaborating on Language Access Issues
Muneer I. Ahmad, American University
Margaret E. Johnson, American University
Beth Lyon, Villanova University  -view handout-
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Angela Mc Caffrey, Hamline University
Deborah A. Morgan, 2007 JD Candidate, American University School of Law
Jayne Park, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, Washington, D.C.
Laura Sesana, Spanish Internship Program, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Paul Uyehara, Language Access Project,Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deborah M. Weissman, University of North Carolina

Ethical and Practice Issues in Legal Collaborations
Debra Bechtel, Brooklyn Law School
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Matthew Fraidin, University of the District of Columbia
Laura L. Rovner, University of Denver 

Teaching Collaboration to Students -view paper-
Sameer Ashar, City University of New York 
Margaret Martin Barry, Catholic University School of Law  
Susan J. Bryant, City University of New York
Carwina Weng, Boston College 

Using Technology to Collaborate
Conrad Johnson, Columbia University
Jeffrey Jude Pokorak, Suffolk University

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Works-in-Progress
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-view Speaking Truth to Power: Law Schools and Law Faculty as Constitutional Litigants and ABA Standards and the Supreme Court by Maureen Armour, Southern Methodist University, and Robert Rigg, Drake Law School, respectively -
- view Social Justice and the Burden of Proof in the Public Assistance Administrative Hearings Lisa Brodoff, Seattle University -
-view Cross-Cultural Lawyering By The Book: Approaches of the Latest Clinical Texts and an Agenda for Exploration by Ascanio Piomelli
Gary Bellow Award Winner Presentation

6:30 p.m.
New York Law Schools’ Reception
Sponsored by:
Brooklyn Law School
City University of New York, School of Law at Queens College
Columbia University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Hofstra University School of Law
New York Law School
New York University School of Law
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
St. John’s University School of Law
Seton Hall University School of Law
Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committee Meetings

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Working Group Discussions

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 - 12:00 p.m.
Plenary Session III - Collaboration in Lawyering/Practice
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Teaching Community Lawyering Through Collaboration with Grass-roots Organizations: CUNY School of Law, Battered Immigrant Women’s Project (BIWP)
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Maria Arias, City University of New York
Martha L. Garcia, Clinic Social Work Supervisor, City University of New York
Alizabeth Newman, Immigration Clinic, City University of New York School of Law

Whose Case is it Anyway?: Collaborative Efforts  Among Law Schools, Public Interest/Legal Services Lawyers and Clients to Fight Illegal Treatment of Homeless People
Steven Joseph Gunn, Washington University
Jennifer Heggeman, Social Worker, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri
Chad Johnson, Plaintiff
Susan Woods McGraugh, Saint Louis University
Steve Ryals, Esq., American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri
Moderator: Michael Pinard, University of Maryland

-Free Afternoon-

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Working Group Discussions

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m. -12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions:

Collaboration Between Students and Supervisors: Learning from Externship, Educational Theory, Apprenticeship, and Clinical Experience
James H. Backman, Brigham Young University  -view handout-
Cynthia Batt, Temple University 
Harriet N. Katz, Rutgers University, Camden -view presentation-

Collaboration with Communities and Community Organizations
Wendy A. Bach, City University of New York
Scott L. Cummings, University of California at Los Angeles 
Brian Glick, Fordham University 
Donna Hae Kyun Lee, City University of New York
Sarah Hiles Paoletti, American University
Carol Suzuki, University of New Mexico
- view 615 Seeds of Change: A Bibliographic Introduction to Law and Organizing -
- view descriptions of the community organization co-presenters -
- view bibliography -
- view sampling of books and articles -
 
Collaboration with Non-Clinic Law Faculty
Melissa L. Breger, Albany Law School 
Patrick M. Connors, Albany Law School 
Justine Dunlap, Southern New England
Katherine Mary Hessler, Case Western Reserve University
Nancy M. Maurer, Albany Law School
Alexander Scherr, University of Georgia
Paulette J. Williams, University of Tennessee

Collaboration with Other Providers of Legal Services
Gina M. Calabrese, St. John’s University
Ann Leslie Goldweber, St. John’s University
Daniel L. Greenberg, Special Counsel, Schulte Roth and Zabel LLP, New York, New York
Dianne Woodburn, Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens, Rego Park, New York
                                  
Does Collaboration Work for Students?
Jill Gross, Pace University -view handout-
Leah Aileen Hill, Fordham University
Beth Schwartz, Fordham University 
Lyn Kennedy Slater, Fordham University       
              
Interprofessionalism Meets Interclinicity: Two Case Studies in Multidisciplinary and Multidoctrinal Collaboration
Annette Appell, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -view handout-
Ina Dorman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -view handout-
James Link, Psychology Ph.D. Candidate, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Natasha Merz, University of St. Thomas
Pamela A. Mohr, University of Nevada, Las Vegas  -view handout-
Jennifer I. Musolf, University of St. Thomas
Leticia Saucedo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
James Stolz, University of St. Thomas 
Virgil O. Wiebe, University of St. Thomas -view client example outline-
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Jennifer L. Wright, University of St. Thomas

12:15 - 2:00 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Town Hall

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Plenary Session IV - Clinical Education in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, A Multi-Focused Collaboration
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Cheryl Buchert, Loyola University, New Orleans
Luz M. Molina, Loyola University, New Orleans
William P. Quigley, Loyola University, New Orleans
Stephen Singer, Loyola University, New Orleans

Closing Remarks
Speaker to be Announced
Moderator: Robert R. Kuehn, University of Alabama