2007 Workshop for New Law Teachers &
Workshop forWorkshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers
June 28 – July 1, 2007
Washington, D.C.
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Program-Workshop for New Law Teachers
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
4:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Registration
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
The planning committee strongly encourages attendance at this first set of small group discussions.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception
7:15 p.m.
AALS Sponsored Dinner
Welcome -view welcome-
Elizabeth Hayes Patterson, AALS Deputy Director
Introduction
Kent D. Syverud, Washington University and Chair, Planning Committee for the 2007 AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers
David Hall, Northeastern University
The vast majority of people who start out as law teachers retire as law teachers. Former Dean and Provost Hall will address the habits, attitudes, and ups and downs of successful professors over their careers in law teaching.
Friday, June 29, 2007
8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
AALS Section on Women in Legal Education
Continental Breakfast with Questions and Answers
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.
Coffee, Tea and Breakfast Pastry
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Preparing for Your First Semester of Teaching
Dorothy Andrea Brown, Washington and Lee University -view outline-
Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law -view outline-
In this give-and-take session, two experienced and successful teachers exchange views on a variety of “nuts and bolts” issues for the new teacher, including: choosing a casebook, preparing a syllabus for students, creating notes for teaching, establishing an effective classroom environment, using traditional and alternative teaching methods, and dealing with difficult students.
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Learning Theory -view bibliography-
Alison Grey Anderson, University of California Los Angeles -view outline- -view handout-
Commentator: Kristine S. Knaplund, Pepperdine University -view outline and handout-
Professors Anderson and Knaplund will discuss learning theory and effective teaching methods.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Question & Answer Session
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
AALS Luncheon
The Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
1:40 - 2:20 p.m.
Teaching Techniques and Demonstrations
Upper Level
Libby S. Adler, Northeastern University -view outline-First Year
John C.P. Goldberg, Vanderbilt University
Technology
Marina C. Hsieh, Santa Clara University -view outline-Seminar
Margo Schlanger, Washington University
2:20 - 3:00 p.m.
Teaching Techniques and Demonstrations
Upper Level
Libby S. Adler, Northeastern University -view outline-First Year
John C.P. Goldberg, Vanderbilt UniversityTechnology
Marina C. Hsieh, Santa Clara University -view outline-Seminar
Margo Schlanger, Washington University
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Assessment & Institutional Citizenship
JoAnne A. Epps, Temple University
Laura E. Gomez, University of New Mexico
Veryl Victoria Miles, The Catholic University of America -view outline-
5:45 - 6:45 p.m.
AALS Reception
5:45 - 6:15 p.m.
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Informal Gathering
5:45 -6:15 p.m.
AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Informal Gathering
Saturday, June 30, 2007
8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
AALS Section on Minority Groups
Continental Breakfast with Questions and Answers
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.
Coffee, Tea and Breakfast Pastry
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Scholarship
Douglas Aaron Berman, The Ohio State University -view outline-
Angela J. Davis, American University -view outline-
Professors Berman and Davis will address many of the hard questions about the “how-to” of scholarship. How do you start the writing process? When, where and how should you submit your manuscript? How do you handle student editors? What should you do when it (finally) is in print? How can the new professor approach that first article with an appreciation both for the practicalities of succeeding with the initial piece and for the longer term implications of being able to build on the earlier work?
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Junior Faculty Feedback
Erin E. Murphy, University of California, Berkeley -view outline-
Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, Emory University -view outline-
Deleso Alford Washington, Barry University -view outline-
This panel will include three “alumni” of past AALS New Law Teachers Workshops. They will address the variety of issues and challenges new law teachers face and tell you what they wish they knew then that they know now.
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Workshop Wrap-up
Kent D. Syverud, Washington University and Chair, Planning Committee for the 2007 AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers
A good course sometimes evolves during the term, with the professor and students, through interaction, developing new insight, and the professor wrapping up those insights with a coherent overview at the end of the term. In this session, Dean Syverud will pull together the insights of the workshop, reflect upon how participants might best make use of them in the future, and remind participants of their career-long challenges and opportunities.
Program - Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers
Saturday, June 30, 2007
4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Registration
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
A Conference Demonstration: A Role Play
Mary Beth Beazley, The Ohio State University -view materials-
Individual conferences can help students understand both why and how to improve their analytical writing. Professors will demonstrate common pitfalls in student conferences and discuss how to make sure both teacher and student are well-prepared to make the best use of precious conference time
6:45 - 7:30 p.m.
AALS Reception
Sunday, July 1, 2007
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.
Coffee, Tea and Breakfast Pastry
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome -view welcome-
Elizabeth Patterson, AALS Deputy Director
Introduction
Kent D. Syverud, Washington University and Chair, Planning Committee for the 2007 AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers
Mary Beth Beazley, The Ohio State University and Planning Committee Member
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Nuts & Bolts -view outline-
Patricia A. Broussard, Florida A & M University
Suzanne Rabe, The University of Arizona
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Designing Assignments
Lorraine Bannai, Seattle University -view outline-
12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
Teaching Legal Research
Amy E. Sloan, University of Baltimore -view outline-
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
AALS Sponsored Luncheon
Scholarship
Linda H. Edwards, Mercer University -view outline-
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Critiquing
Craig T. Smith, Vanderbilt University -view outline-
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Small Groups on Critiquing
5:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Workshop Wrap Up
Mary Beth Beazley, The Ohio State University
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