Conference on Clinical Legal Education

Association of American Law Schools

Conference on Clinical Legal Education

May 18–22, 2002
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Speakers were invited to submit presentation materials to be posted on the AALS website. Scroll through the program below for links to available speaker materials.

Program

Saturday, May 18, 2002

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
AALS Registration

1:45-2:00 p.m.
Welcome
Veryl Victoria Miles, The Catholic University of America, and AALS Deputy Director

Introduction
Charles D. Weisselberg, University of California at Berkeley, and Chair, Planning Committee for AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Clients as Teachers: The Peculiar Collaboration in Clinical Legal Education

Kathleen Ridolfi, Santa Clara University
Dean Hill Rivkin, University of Tennessee
Randolph N. Stone, The University of Chicago

Moderator: Abbe Smith, Georgetown University

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45-5:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions

5:15-5:45 p.m.
New Clinicians Gathering

5:30-7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception

Sunday, May 19, 2002

Theme: Challenges and Opportunities of Learning from Clients

9:00-10:15 a.m.
Learning from Other Disciplines

Lili Penkower, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kenneth Reardon, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York [View Material]
Lyn Kennedy Slater, Clinical Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York

Moderator: Charles D. Weisselberg, University of California at Berkeley

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Concurrent Sessions

Learning from City and Regional Planning
Mark Aaronson, University of California, Hastings
Kenneth Reardon, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York [View Material]

Social Work
Judith Phylis Lipton, Case Western Reserve University
Lyn Kennedy Slater, Clinical Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York
Marc Stickgold, Golden Gate University

Teachers, Subjects ... Objects? Giving Clients Their Due
Bryan L. Adamson, Case Western Reserve University
Ann Juergens, William Mitchell College of Law
Paul D. Reingold, The University of Michigan

Collaborating with Clients
Philip M. Genty, Columbia University
Paula C. Johnson, Syracuse University

Autonomy / Client Centered Lawyering Revisited [View Material]
Peter Joy, Washington University
Michael Pinard, Washington University

Using Clients' Voices in Scholarship
Angela Olivia Burton, Syracuse University
Nina W. Tarr, University of Illinois
Rodney J. Uphoff, University of Missouri-Columbia

12:00 noon
AALS Luncheon and AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Award

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Small Group Discussions

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45-5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Learning from Non-Lawyers
Cindy E. Faulkner, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Working with Clients in Criminal Cases
Adele Bernhard, Pace University
Bradford Colbert, William Mitchell College of Law
John M. Copacino, Georgetown University

Working with Clients in ADR Settings [View Material]
Jonathan M. Hyman, Rutgers University, Newark
Suzanne J. Schmitz, Southern Illinois University

Learning from Students: How Students Enhance the Process
Justine Dunlap, American University
Randi S. Mandelbaum, Rutgers University, Newark

"Susie's" Case
Lili Penkower, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rosa Lynn Pinkus, PhD, Professor of Medicine/Neurosurgery and Associate Director, Center for Bioethics and Health Law, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stella L. Smetanka, University of Pittsburgh

Collaboration with Clients in Community Economic Development Clinics
Jaclyn A. Cherry, Duquesne University
Bryce Maretzki, Duquesne University
Marilyn Sullivan, Executive Director, Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laura Zinski, Chief Executive Officer, Mon Valley Initiative, Homestead, Pennsylvania

MacCrate Revisited
Margaret Martin Barry, The Catholic University of America
Russell Engler, New England School of Law
Randy Hertz, New York University

5:15-6:30 p.m.
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committee Meetings

6:30 p.m.
University of Pittsburgh School of Law Reception and CLEA Tenth Birthday Party and Awards Ceremony

Monday, May 20, 2002

Theme: Clients and Context

9:00-10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Small Towns, Big Issues
Daniel M. Filler, The University of Alabama
Laura E. Mc Nally, The University of Alabama
Timothy R. Tarvin, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Clinics Abroad (View material.)
Halina Niec, Jagiellonian University Law School, Crakow, Poland
Kandis Scott, Santa Clara University
Leah Wortham, The Catholic University of America
Fryderyk Zoll, Jagiellonian University Law School, Crakow, Poland

Community Lawyering
Christine Zuni Cruz, University of New Mexico
Jeffrey Selbin, Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center, Berkeley, California

Learning from Client Differences: Avoiding Stereotypes [View Material]
Robert J. Rubinson, University of Baltimore
Robert S. Salem, University of Toledo

The Canadian Experience
Janet Eaton Mosher, Osgoode Hall Law School
Rose L. Voyvodic, University of Windsor

Multicultural Students / Multicultural Clients
Richard A. Boswell, University of California, Hastings
Katherine R. Kruse, University of Wisconsin
Thomas E. Perez, University of Maryland

Asylum and International Human Rights
Deborah Anker, Harvard Law School
Laurel E. Fletcher, University of California at Berkeley

The Role of Clients in Transforming the Non-Clinical Curriculum [View Materials]
Kim Diana Connolly, University of South Carolina
Garbrielle Davis, University of Toledo

Intensive Trial Advocacy Teaching Program
Robert P. Burns, Northwestern University
Thomas F. Geraghty, Northwestern University
Peter Toll Hoffman, University of Houston
Marcia Levy, Rutgers University, Newark

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Small Group Discussions

12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Memorial Honoring and Remembering Those of Our Community Who Have Passed Away

Free Afternoon

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Theme: Tools for Representing Clients

9:00-10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Technology in Client Representation
Conrad Johnson, Columbia University
Marjorie Anne McDiarmid, West Virginia University
Theresa J. Player, University of San Diego
Robert F. Seibel, City University of New York at Queens College

Building or Renovating Clinical Space
Gerard F. Glynn, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Jonathan M. Hyman, Rutgers University, Newark
Alan Kirtley, University of Washington
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, University of New Mexico
J. Alexander Tanford, Indiana University - Bloomington (view session material)
Peter S. Wright, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center

Developing Assessment Tools to Learn from Clients
Louise E. Wenner McKinney, Case Western Reserve University

Using the MBTI (Meyers-Briggs) to Learn from Clients
Miye Ann Goishi, University of California, Hastings
Peggy Maisel, Esq., Western Massachusetts Legal Services, Northampton, Massachusetts

Clinical Scholarship: Works-in-Progress
Coordinators:
Isabelle R. Gunning, Southwestern University
Ann Juergens, William Mitchell College of Law

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Teaching Demonstrations / Model Classes

Interviewing and Counseling
Calving Pang, University of Hawaii
Linda F. Smith, University of Utah

ADR, Mediation, Negotiation
Beryl S. Blaustone, City University of New York at Queens College
Don C. Peters, University of Florida

Trial Advocacy
Peter Toll Hoffman, University of Houston

Learning from Organizational Clients
Kenneth R. Margolis, Case Western Reserve University
Daniel Shah, Temple University

Externships
Mary Jo Eyster, Brooklyn Law School

Clinical Scholarship: Works-in-Progress
Coordinators:
Isabelle R. Gunning, Southwestern University
Ann Juergens, William Mitchell College of Law

12:00 noon
AALS Luncheon

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Teaching Appellate Advocacy
Brett Dignam, Yale Law School
Steven H. Goldblatt, Georgetown University
Margaret Z. Johns, University of California at Davis [View Material]

Dealing with Difficult Clients / People
Gina M. Calabrese, St. John's University
Nathaniel C. Nichols, Widener University

Using Videos and Other Technology to Teach Skills
Kimberly E. O'Leary, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Issues for Externship: Supervising Supervisors [View Material]
Alexis J. Anderson, Boston College
Erica M. Eisinger, Wayne State University
J.P. Ogilvy, The Catholic University of America

Achieving Social Justice for Clients through Art
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, University of New Mexico
Marla Lyn Mitchell, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Michael Schneider, Attorney and Poet, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Clients and Public Law Advocacy: Perspectives of Law and Technology Clinics
Jennifer Granick, Stanford Law School
Deirdre K. Mulligan, University of California at Berkeley
Joshua D. Sarnoff, American University

Supervision
David F. Chavkin, American University
Grady Jessup, North Carolina Central University
Ilene Seidman, Harvard Law School

Political Interference and the Clinic's Clients
Thomas C. Buchele, University of Pittsburgh
Bridget Mary McCormack, The University of Michigan
William P. Quigley, Loyola University, New Orleans

Working with Experts to Learn from Clients and Tell Their Stories
Robert Mark Wettstein, M.D., Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Diane Wiley, Co-founder, National Jury Project and Director, Midwest Office of National Jury Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45-5:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions

6:00 p.m.
Reception at Andy Warhol Museum

Wednesday, May 22, 2002

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Are Clients Increasingly Obsolete in Clinical Legal Education?

Jane H. Aiken, Washington University
Carol L. Izumi, The George Washington University
Shauna I. Marshall, University of California, Hastings
Stephen Wizner, Yale Law School