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 23, 2025
3:30 – 5:30 PM Eastern

2025 Speakers

Zachariah J. DeMeola
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives,
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

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

Paula J. Manning
Associate Dean for Student Learning and Assessment and Professor of Law,
University of Detroit Mercy 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