AALS 2012 Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
January 4-8, 2012
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Over Twenty Five AALS Annual Meeting
Section Programs to be Published
Thursday, January 5
Section on Disability Law
Topic: Disaster, Disability and Law
(Papers to be published in University of Washington Law Review)
Joint Program of Sections on International Law and North American Cooperation
Topic: North American Legal Developments – 2011 and Beyond
(Papers to be published in Southern Illinois Law Review)
Joint Program of Sections on Education Law and Law and Sports, Co-Sponsored by Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Topic: Taking Stock at Title IX’s 40th Anniversary: Athletics, Single-Sex Education, and Bullying/Harassment
(Papers to be published in Western New England College Law Review)
Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Topic: Public Employees: Labor Issues in a Era of Economic Recession
(Papers to be published in Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal)
Joint Program of Sections on Property Law and Real Estate Transactions
Topic: Rethinking Urban Development
(Papers to be published in George Mason Law Review)
Friday, January 6
Section on Balance in Legal Education
Topic: Effective Faculty/Student Collaborations and Student Initiatives: Working Together to Enhance Students’ Professional Identity and Personal Integrity
(Papers to be published in Touro Law School Review)
Section on Law and Religion
Topic: Blasphemy, Religious Defamation, and Religious Nationalism: Threats to Civil Society from Religious Speech and Its Suppression
(Papers to be published in Case Western Reserve Law Review)
Joint Program of Sections on Antitrust and Economic Regulation and Law and Economics
Topic: Behavioral Economics and Antitrust Law
(Papers to be published in Journal of Law, Economics & Policy)
Section on Children and the Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Mass Communication Law
Topic: Children and the Media
(Papers to be published in Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy)
Section on Law and the Humanities
Topic: Excavating and Integrating Law and Humanities in the Core Curriculum
(Papers to be published in California Law Review - The Circuit)
Section on Natural Resources Law Co-Sponsored by Section on Environmental Law
Topic: Adaptation Strategies: Responding to Climate Changes as the New Normal
(Papers to be published in West Virginia Law Review)
Section on Professional Responsibility
Topic: Does the First Amendment Protect Attorney Advice, Assistance, and Representation?
(Papers to be published in Journal of the Professional Lawyer)
Section on Law and Interpretation, Co-Sponsored by Section on Legal Writing Reasoning and Research
Topic: Law as a Discourse Community: Critical Perspectives on Legal Discourse
(Papers to be published in book form by Carolina Academic Press)
Section on Litigation Co-Sponsored by Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution
Topic: Large-Scale Litigation Issues: Class Actions and Mass Tort Cases in 2012 and Beyond
(Papers to be published in The Review of Litigation)
Saturday, January 7
Section on Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights
Topic: Marathon at 30: A Retrospective on Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction in the Shadow of Article III
(Papers to be published in The American Bankruptcy Law Journal)
Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care, Co-Sponsored by Section on Clinical Legal Education
Topic: Reaching Out Beyond the Classroom: Health Law Professors Interacting with the Real World
(Papers to be published in Indiana University Law School’s Health Law Review)
Section on Remedies
Topic: Remedies for Disasters: BP, Exxon, and the Quest for Complete Justice
(Papers to be published in Akron Law Review)
Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution Co-Sponsored by Sections on Civil Procedure and Litigation
Topic: The Supreme Court and the Future of Arbitration
(Papers to be published in Southwestern Law Review)
Section on Civil Rights
Topic: National Security and Civil Rights
(Papers to be published in The Urban Lawyer)
Section on Environmental Law Co-Sponsored by Section on Natural Resources Law
Topic: Climate Justice: Domestic and International Dimensions
(Papers to be published in Environmental Law Reporter)
Section on Evidence
Topic: Theorizing Standards of Proof
(Papers to be published in International Commentary on Evidence)
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Topic: Violence and the LGBT Community: Bullying, Bashing, and Sex Crimes
(Papers to be published in Southwestern Law Review)
Joint Program of Sections on Clinical Legal Education and Poverty Law
Topic: Theory and Praxis in Reducing Women’s Poverty
(Papers to be published in American University Washington College of Law Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law)
Section on Federal Courts
Topic: War, Terror, and the Federal Courts, Ten Years After 9/11
(Papers to be published in American University Law Review)
Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Topic: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act at 40
(Papers to be published in American Indian Law Review)
Section on State and Local Government Law Co-Sponsored by Section on Law and Religion
Topic: The Impact of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act on States and Local Governments
(Papers to be published in Fordham Urban Law Journal)
Sunday, January 8
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Topic: Out in the Classroom and in Academe
(Papers to be published in Journal of Legal Education)