Workshop for Adjunct Faculty

Each summer, AALS hosts a workshop especially designed to help part-time adjuncts and lecturers prepare their first class or refresh their teaching based on best practices. During this two-hour webinar, experienced instructors offer tips on preparing a class, conducting class sessions, assessing student performance, and learning from student feedback.

Best Practices (and Common Pitfalls) in Law School Pedagogy

Wednesday, July 22, 2026
3:30 – 5 PM Eastern

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Alena Allen
Louisiana State University
Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Danielle Conway
Penn State Dickinson Law

Leslie Culver
 University of Utah
S.J. Quinney College of Law

Billie Kaufman
University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clarke School of Law

Tracy L. M. Norton
Louisiana State University
Paul M. Hebert Law Center

David S. Romantz
University of Memphis
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

2025 Workshop for Adjunct Faculty

This workshop is especially designed to help part-time adjuncts and lecturers prepare their first class or refresh their teaching based on best practices. During this two-hour webinar, experienced instructors offer tips on preparing a class, conducting class sessions, assessing student performance, and learning from student feedback.

2025 Speakers

Russell M. Gold
Frank M. Bainbridge-Walter L. Mims Professor of Law,
University of Alabama School of Law

Beth McCormack
Dean and Professor of Law,
Vermont Law School

Austen Parrish
Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law,
University of California Irvine School of Law

Planning Committee for 2025 Workshop for Adjunct Faculty

William S. Brewbaker, III
University of Alabama School of Law, Chair

Deborah S. Gordon
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Sandra Simpson
Gonzaga University School of Law