2007 Mid-Year Meeting
Workshop on Family Law:
Bridging the Gap Between Social Science and Law
June 20-22, 2007
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Program
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Registration
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
AALS Reception
Thursday, June 21, 2007
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome -view-
Nancy H. Rogers, The Ohio State University and AALS President
Introduction
Katharine T. Bartlett, Duke University and Chair, Planning Committee for AALS Workshop on Family Law
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Plenary Session: Fragile Families
Sara S. McLanahan, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey -view outline- -view presentation-
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Plenary Session: Child Custody: Role of Maintaining Child’s Relationship with Both Parents
Carol S. Bruch, University of California, Davis -view outline-
Robert E. Emery Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Director, Center for Children, Families, and the Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia -view outline- -view presentation-
Solangel Maldonado, Seton Hall University -view article- -view outline-
Elizabeth S. Scott, Columbia University -view outline-
12:00 – 1:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
One Size Fits All Family Law -view outline- -view presentation-
Margaret Friedlander Brinig, Notre Dame Law School
Steven L. Nock, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Joint Plenary Session with AALS and American Society for Reproductive Medicine Workshop on Reproductive Medicine and Law
Family Law: Donor/Surrogacy/Rearing Rights
Defining Parenthood
June Rose Carbone, University of Santa Clara -view outline-Problems that Physicians Encounter, Including Payments to Donors, Donor Disposition of Eggs, HIV Discordant Couples, Female-Female Couple IVF
Lorna A. Marshall, M.D., Pacific Northwest Fertility Clinic, Seattle, Washington
Gay and Lesbian Issues -view outline-
Nancy D. Polikoff, American University -view outline-Religious Views of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), Focus on Islam
Soraya Tremayne, Director, Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England -view outline-
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Plenary Session: Different Ways to Teach Family Law
Tonya L. Brito, University of Wisconsin
Naomi R. Cahn, The George Washington University -view outline-
Jennifer Lorraine Rosato, Drexel University -view outline-
5:15 – 7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: Empirical Research on Domestic Violence
Mary Ann Dutton, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC -view outline- -view presentation-
Peter G. Jaffe, Ph.D., Professor, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Education, London, Ontario, Canada -view article- -view outline- -view presentation-
Joan S. Meier, The George Washington University -view outline- -view biblography- -view presentation-
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Plenary Session: Dispute Resolution
Sanford L. Braver, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona -view outline- -view presentation-
Robert E. Emery Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Director, Center for Children, Families, and the Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia -view outline- -view presentation-
Moderator and Commentator: Andrew Schepard, Hofstra University -view outline-
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
AALS Luncheon - Empirical Research from a Researcher and a Funder’s Perspecitve
Richard Owen Lempert, The University of Michigan
Moderator: Ira Mark Ellman, Arizona State University
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