2006 Mid-Year Meeting
Workshop on Criminal Law and Procedure:
Lessons from Other Disciplines and New Realities
June 14-16, 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Program
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
1:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Welcome
Judith C. Areen, Georgetown University and AALS President
Introduction
Sharon L. Davies, Ohio State University and Chair, Planning Committee for 2006 AALS Workshop on Criminal Law and Procedure: Lessons from Other Disciplines and New Realities
2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Learning from History
Tracey Maclin, Boston University
Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School
David Alan Sklansky, University of California at Los Angeles
Moderator: Sharon L. Davies, The Ohio State University
3:45– 4:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
4:00– 5:15 p.m.
Plenary Discussion
5:15 – 7:00 p.m.
Joint AALS Reception of Workshop on Intellectual Property and Workshop on Criminal Law and Procedure
Thursday, June 15, 2006
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Integrating the Lessons of Race and Gender Theory
Donna K. Coker, University of Miami
Frank Rudy Cooper, Suffolk University
Kim Forde-Mazrui, University of Virginia
Moderator: Angela J. Davis, American University
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Learning from Economics: New Evidence: Does the Death Penalty Deter?
Richard A. Berk, Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Sociology, Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California -view materials-
Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia University
12:00 – 1:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon - Paradigms in Teaching Criminal Law
Michael E. Tigar, American University
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Learning from Psychology
Shari Seidman Diamond, Northwestern University
Dan Simon, University of Southern California
Christopher Slobogin, University of Florida -view materials-
Moderator: Tamara R. Piety, University of Tulsa
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
5:15 – 7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception
Friday, June 16, 2006
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Learning from Sociology and Political Science
Tracey Louise Meares, The University of Chicago
Austin D. Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Jonathan Steven Simon, University of California, Berkeley -view presentation- -view materials-
Moderator: Don L. Doernberg, Pace University
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
12:00 – 1:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Teaching What We Have Learned
Kate E. Bloch, University of California, Hastings
David A. Harris, University of Toledo
Cynthia Lee, The George Washington University
Moderator: Angela J. Davis, American University
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