Workshop on Thriving and Surviving the Academy:
Concrete Steps for People of Color and Their Law Schools
June 27-28, 2007
Washington, DC
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Program
Program supported in part by a grant from the Law School Admission Council.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Registration
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
AALS Reception
Thursday, June 28, 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, 2007 Workshop for New Law Teachers
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Promotion and Tenure: Getting to Yes
Peter C. Alexander, Southern Illinois University -view outline-
Jose R. Juarez, Jr., University of Denver
Nancy A. Rogers, The Ohio State University
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Service: Strategies to Success for Minority Teachers -view outline-
Leonard M. Baynes, St. John’s University
Cynthia E. Nance, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
11:15 – 12:00 p.m.
Small Group Discussions
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
AALS Sponsored Luncheon
Speaker: David Hall, Northeastern University
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Teaching: Strategies to Success for Minority Teachers
Hiroshi Motomura, University of North Carolina -view chart-
Serena Maria Williams, Widener University -view outline-
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Scholarship: Strategies to Success for Minority Teachers
Angela I. Onwuachi-Willig, University of Iowa -view outline-
Robert L. Tsai, University of Oregon -view outline-
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Closing
Rachel Moran, University of California, Los Angeles
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