2008 Workshop for New Law SchoolTeachers &
Workshop for New Law School Clinical Teachers
June 25 – June 29, 2008
Washington, D.C.
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Workshop for New Law School Teachers
Why Attend?
The 26th annual Workshop for New Law School 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 their first few years of teaching. It will focus on issues of teaching, scholarship and service, as well as institutional and individual concerns of new law teachers.
Who Should Attend?
The Workshop will be of interest to newly appointed faculty members, including teachers with up to two years of teaching experience, as well as those with appointments as visiting assistant professors.
Workshop for New Law School Clinical Teachers
Why Attend?
The Workshop is designed to offer new law faculty an introduction to clinical teaching, and to the challenges of practicing law in a clinical setting. The Workshop will address the basic tasks of the clinical teacher: setting goals for clinical courses, teaching professional skills and values, and supervising and evaluating students. The Workshop will also address the special challenges facing new clinical faculty in such areas as program design, scholarship and working in an academic setting.
Who Should Attend?
The Workshop 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 on Retention of Minority Law School Teachers will begin on Wednesday, June 25 with a reception followed by one day of plenary sessions and small group discussions. The workshop will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 26.
The Workshop for New Law School Teachers will begin on Thursday, June 26, with registrants meeting in small group discussions at 5:00 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 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 28. The Thursday dinner speaker is John E. Sexton, President, New York University. Friday’s luncheon speaker is the Honorable Guido Calabresi. The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education will host continental breakfasts, and the AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues and the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research will host an informal evening gathering.
The Workshop for New Law School Clinical Teachers will begin on Saturday, June 28, with registrants meeting in small group discussions at 5:00 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 29.
Where are These Workshops?
Workshop sessions and sleeping accommodations will be at The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd. NW, Washington, DC. The room rate is $229.00 for single or double occupancy. This rate is subject to a 14.5% sales tax. The cut-off date for making a room reservation is June 3, 2008.
~Planning Committee for AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers, Workshop for New Law School Clinical Teachers and Workshop on Retention of Minority Law School Teachers
Karen E. Bravo, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Michael Green, Wake Forest University, Chair
Sonia K. Katyal, Fordham University
Kent D. Syverud, Washington University
Charles D. Weisselberg, University of California, Berkeley
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