Date Chartered: 8/17/2016
Purpose
The purpose of this Section is to promote scholarship and the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members with respect to ways to: (1) use technology to enhance our teaching; (2) prepare our students to use technology effectively in their learning and future practice; and (3) equip our students to create technology to improve our legal system (including improving access to legal information and services). The Section will also make recommendations to the Association on matters of interest with respect to how technology is impacting our teaching and the practice of law.
2023
Main Program
Second Program
Works-in-Progress
Pedagogy Program
Award Ceremony
Communication, Media & Information Law (Co-Sponsored by Defamation and Privacy and Technology, Law and Legal Education)
2022
Joint Program
Panel 1
Panel 2
Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research (Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education)
Panel 2
2021
Main Program
Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research (Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education)
Commercial and Consumer Law (Co-Sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education)
2020
2019
Main Program
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Co-sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education)
Business Meeting
Litigation (Co-sponsored by Technology, Law and Legal Education)
Upcoming
Past
2022 Summer Webinar Series
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Using Online Teaching Tools to Improve the In-class Experience
Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Using Open Educational Resources (OER) in Legal Education
Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Tools for Every Course – Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum
Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Addressing Pandemic Technology in a Post-Pandemic World
Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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What Law Professors Should Know About No-Code and Low-Code Platforms
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Interactive Questions Embedded in CALI’s eLangdell OER 1L Casebooks
Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Teaching Cybersecurity Law and Policy
Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Begin with the End in Mind: Streamline Formative Assessment Using CALI LessonLink
Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Engaging Students in Hybrid Classes
Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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2021 Summer Webinar Series
Learning Games as a Tool to Foster Inclusion in Law Classes
Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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The Virtual Trial Notebook: Using a Spreadsheet at Trial
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Technology & Professional Responsibility
Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Multimedia Grading Tools: Advancing the Community of Inquiry
Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Cyberlaw, Plain View, and Officer Inadvertence
Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Cybersecurity
Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Top 5 Lessons Learning about Teaching from the Pandemic
Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) – Promise & Pitfalls
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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The Law and Life Online
Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Creating A Diversity Tech Law Pipeline Program
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 2:00 – 2:45 PM ET
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Creating, Building and Growing Law and Technology Centers: The Why, The What & The How
Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 2:00 – 3:15 PM ET
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2020 Summer Webinar Series
Utilizing Industry Software When Teaching Electronic Discovery as a Paradigm for Legal Education
Date: 7/29/20
Presenter: Bill Hamilton
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Are Your Students Learning? Online Formative Assessment is Vital!
Date: 8/5/20
Presenter: John Mayer
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Learning from the COVID-19 Crisis Legal Education Pivot: Opportunities for Innovation
Date: 5/20/20
Presenter: Hari Osofsky
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The Paperless Law Prof
Date: 5/27/20
Presenter: April Dawson
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Top 5 Tips for Teaching Law Online
Date: 6/3/20
Presenter: Michele Pistone
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What Law Professors Should Know About Cybersecurity
Date: 6/10/20
Presenters: Josephine Wolff
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Using Technology to Advance Law Students’ Professional Identity Formation
Date: 6/17/20
Presenter: Leanne Fuith
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Using Technology to Assist in Providing Meaningful Feedback
Date: 6/24/20
Presenter: Michelle Zakarin
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Digital Accessibility: Tips on Making Your Course Accessible
Date: 7/8/20
Presenter: Sara Sampson
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AI Fundamentals for Faculty
Date: 7/15/20
Presenter: Casandra Laskowski
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Helping Law Students Become Tech-Ready for Practice
Date: 7/22/20
Presenter: Joe Regalia
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2019 Summer Webinar Series
Why Law Faculty Need to Learn About Legal Tech and What They Need to Know
Date: 5/22/19
Presenters: Catherine Sanders Reach & Michael Robak
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Teaching with Technology for Maximum Student Engagement
Date: 5/29/19
Presenter: April Dawson
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Teaching Tech to Law Students
Date: 6/5/19
Presenter: Grace Simms
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What Law Faculty Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence
Date: 6/12/19
Presenters: Christoph Henkel & Ruth Hauswirth
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Ideas for Using Legal Tech to Address Access to Justice Issues
Date: 6/19/19
Presenters: Laura Norris & John Mayer
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Hacked! An Examination of Cyber-Threats and Techniques to Thwart Them
Date: 6/26/19
Presenter: Syd Beckman
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Tech Productivity Tips for Law Faculty
Date: 7/10/19
Presenter: April Dawson
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How Law Schools Can Save $150 Million
Using Open Casebooks
Date: 7/17/19
Presenter: John Mayer
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Educating Law Professors About Blockchain
Date: 7/24/19
Presenter: Tonya Evans
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Cybersecurity in Biotech: The Internet of Bodies (IoB)
Date: 7/31/19
Presenter: Andrea Matwyshyn
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Real-Time (inside the classroom) Formative Assessment using CALI Lessons
Date: 8/7/19
Presenter: Deb Quentel
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Section of the Year
Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award
This award goes to an individual in the Technology, Law and Legal Education Section who has made significant and/or long-term contributions to (a) the use of technology to enhance our teaching; and/or (b) preparing students to use technology effectively in their learning and future practice; and/or (c) equipping students to create technology to improve our legal system (including improving access to legal information and services).
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
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| 2023 | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Amy Schmitz | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
| 2022 | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Alyson Carrel | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
| 2021 | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | April Dawson | North Carolina Central University School of Law |
| 2020 | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Michele Pistone | Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law |