2006 Workshop for New Law Teachers &
Workshop for New Clinical Teachers
June 22 – 25, 2006
Washington, D.C.
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Why Attend?
The twenty-fourth annual Workshop for New Law Teachers is designed to offer new law teachers ideas about teaching techniques and scholarly development and to enable them to share excitement, experiences and concerns about entering the academic world. The workshop provides an opportunity to discuss the expectations that students and colleagues may have about new teachers, and the most effective means for achieving professional success in the first few years of teaching. It will focus on issues of teaching and scholarship, as well as institutional and individual concerns of new law teachers.
The Workshop for New Clinical Teachers is designed to offer new law faculty an introduction to the teaching of clinical courses. The Workshop will address the basic tasks of the clinical teacher: setting goals for clinical courses, teaching in seminars, supervising students, conducting rounds, and evaluation of students. The Workshop will also address the special challenges facing new clinical faculty in such areas as scholarship and status.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop should be of interest to newly appointed faculty members, including teachers with up to two years of teaching experience.
The Workshop for New Clinical Teachers should be of interest to new teachers of in-house and externship clinical courses and to all new teachers interested in clinical teaching methodology.
When are These Workshops?
The Workshop for New Law Teachers will begin on Thursday, June 22, with registrants meeting in small group discussions at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and a reception and two days of plenary sessions and small group discussions. It is strongly encouraged that registrants plan to attend the first small group discussions on Thursday evening. The workshop will conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 24. The Thursday dinner speaker is Suellyn Scarnecchia, Dean, University of New Mexico. Friday’s luncheon speaker will be announced. The Sections on Minority Groups and Women in Legal Education will host continental breakfasts, and AALS Sections on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues will host informal evening gatherings.
The Workshop for New Clinical Teachers will begin on Saturday, June 24, with registrants meeting in small group discussions at 6:00 p.m., followed by a reception and one day of plenary sessions and small group discussions. The workshop will conclude at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 25.
Where are These Workshops?
Workshop sessions and sleeping accommodations will be at The Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C.. The room rate is $175.00 for single or double occupancy. This rate is subject to a 14.5% sales tax. To make a reservation: complete the Hotel Reservation Request and mail it to The Westin Grand Hotel; or, if paying by credit card, either call (202) 429-0100 (do not use the toll free reservation number) or fax the form to (202) 429-9759. The cut-off date for making a room reservation is June 1, 2006.
~ Planning Committee for AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers and
New Clinical Teachers
Alice Gresham, Howard University
David A. Koplow, Georgetown University
Lawrence C. Levine, University of the Pacific
Todd D. Rakoff, Harvard Law School, Chair
Jennifer Lorraine Rosato, Brooklyn Law School
Hillary A. Sale, University of Iowa
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