Speakers of Note at the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting

 
Speakers at the AALS Annual Meeting bring a wide range of experiences and insights about the law, legal systems, and legal education. This year’s meeting includes a rich variety of influential scholars, elected officials, and members of the bench and bar.
 
Here are just a few highlights from this year’s speakers:
 

• A special welcome from Michael R. Bloomberg, Former Mayor of New York City and Founder, Bloomberg L.P. & Bloomberg Philanthropies
• The Honorable Justice Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court of the United States
• Paulette Brown, ABA President
• The Honorable Frank Easterbrook, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Harry Edwards, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
• The Honorable Jorge Elorza, Mayor City of Providence, Rhode Island
• The Honorable Jeremy Fogel, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• John Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law
• Benjamin Heineman, Senior Fellow of the Program on Corporate Governance (Harvard) and former General Electric VP & General Council
• The Honorable Gladys Kessler, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• John Manning, Harvard Law School
• Martha L. Minow, Dean, Harvard Law School
• Henry Monaghan, Columbia Law School
• Blake D. Morant, AALS President and Dean, The George Washington University Law School
• The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Deborah L. Rhode, Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, and Director of the Program in Lawand Social Entrepreneurship (Stanford)
• Roberta Romano, Yale Law School
• Senator Charles E. Schumer, United States Senator for New York
• David Wilkins, Director of the Center on the Legal Profession (Harvard)