New Law School Teachers at the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting
New law school teachers are the future of the legal academy. To encourage these legal educators to take advantage of the networking and professional development opportunities at the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting in New York City, AALS is offering a 50 percent discounted registration rate for the first time for law school faculty in their first three years of teaching.
There are many sessions focusing on the issues and concerns shared by new law faculty. Several AALS sections have planned special programs that bring together junior and senior law faculty to help newer faculty develop their scholarship and teaching skills and connect with their more experienced colleagues. Other sessions at the meeting will consider how new law teachers can get the most out of becoming involved in AALS and succeed at each phase of their legal career.
Wednesday, January 6
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
A Session for First-Time Meeting Attendees – What is AALS, and Why Does It Matter for My Career? And How Do I Get the Most out of the Annual Meeting?
Thursday, January 7
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Section on Administrative Law – Works-In-Progress for New Law School Teachers
Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care – Works-InProgress for New Law School Teachers
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research – Pedagogy for New Law School Teachers
Section on Transactional Law and Skills – Pedagogy for New Law School Teachers
Friday, January 8
8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
New: Arc of the Career Program – Impossible Realities, Infinite Loops and Movable Staircases: The Impact of Institutional Marginalization on the Tricky, Unpredictable, and Inconsistent Trajectory of the NonTenured Track Career
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Section on Balance in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Academic Support – Finding Your Voice in the Legal Academy
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
AALS Program – So You Want to Publish a Book?
Saturday, January 9
8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
AALS Arc of the Career Program – The AALS In Spite of Itself: How to Use the AALS for Professional Development Even If It Sometimes Makes You Mad
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Section on New Law Professors, Co-Sponsored by Section on Scholarship – Becoming a Legal Scholar
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Section on Scholarship, Co-Sponsored by Section on New Law Professors – The State of the Art on Placing Legal Scholarship – and Its Questionable Consequences
3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Section on Employment Discrimination Law – Works-In-Progress for New Law Teachers
Section on Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers – Pedagogy for New Law Teachers
Section on Intellectual Property – Pedagogy for New Law Teachers: Teaching IP to Non-Law Students
Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law – Works-In-Progress for New Law Teachers
Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process – Works-In-Progress for New Law Teachers
