May 4, 2023
11 am – 4 pm Eastern
Welcome and Conference Overview
Mark C. Alexander, AALS President and Dean, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
11:10 am – 12:30 pm Eastern
Panel 1: Beyond Imagination? The State of the Union Three Years After January 6
Presenters:
Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis, School of Law
Kimberly M. Mutcherson, Co-Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Andrew M. Perlman, Dean and Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
Moderator:
Mark C. Alexander, AALS President and Dean, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
12:30 pm – 1 pm Eastern
Lunch Break
1 pm – 2:15 pm Eastern
Panel 2: Democracy and the State of Law School Education
Presenters:
Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law
Kate Shaw, Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Daniel P. Tokaji, Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean and Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
Moderator:
Anthony W. Crowell, Dean and President, New York Law School
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Eastern
Panel 3: Election Law and Democracy
Identify the challenges to our democracy that are specifically rooted in Election Law and the processes/machinery of democracy.
Presenters:
Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Franita Tolson, George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Ellen L. Weintraub, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
Moderator:
Justin M. Levitt, Professor of Law, Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
3:45 pm – 4 pm Eastern
Closing Remarks and Conference Wrap Up
Judith Areen, AALS Executive Director