The AALS Journal of Legal Education partnered with the University of Miami School of Law to host the virtual symposium “Power, Privilege, and Transformation: Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education” on August 5. In various sessions, speakers discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and changed legal education. Miami Law has a summary of the event here. Links to videos of the symposium are included below.

Opening Remarks and Keynote

Anthony E. Varona, University of Miami School of Law
Jeremy R. Paul, Northeastern University School of Law and Co-editor, AALS Journal of Legal Education
Lili Levi, University of Miami School of Law
Keynote Address: Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School

Panel 1: Power, Race, Gender, Class, Disability and Family Status

Moderator:
Margaret Y. K. Woo, Northeastern University School of Law and Co-editor, AALS Journal of Legal Education
Panelists:
Meera E. Deo, Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Director, Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE)
Doron Dorfman, Syracuse University College of Law
Sheila R. Foster, Georgetown University Law Center
Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami School of Law
Osamudia James, University of Miami School of Law

Panel 2: Transformation?

Moderator:
Jeremy R. Paul, Northeastern University School of Law and Co-editor, AALS Journal of Legal Education
Panelists:
Leonard M. Baynes, The University of Houston Law Center
I. Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law School
Charlton Copeland, University of Miami School of Law
A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and former Dean,
Stanford Law School

Panel 3: Regulatory Views

Moderator:
Andrew B. Dawson, University of Miami School of Law
Panelists:
William E. Adams, Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Darby Dickerson, UIC John Marshall Law School and President, AALS
Judith A. Gundersen, President and CEO, The National Conference of Bar Examiners
David C. Reeves, Chair, The Florida Board of Bar Examiners and Partner, Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
Kellye Y. Testy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
Richard M. Trachok II, Regent, Nevada Board of Regents and Senior Counsel, McDonald Carano

Panel 4: The Classroom

Moderator:
Michele DeStefano, University of Miami School of Law
Panelists:
Yvonne M. Dutton, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (IUPUI)
Nina A. Kohn, Syracuse University College of Law
Mary A. Lynch, Albany Law School
Rhonda V. Magee, University of San Francisco School of Law
Eduardo M. Peñalver, Cornell Law School
Michele R. Pistone, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law