Monday, July 10, 2023
Welcome and Conference Overview
11 – 11:10 am Eastern
Erwin Chemerinsky, AALS Past President & Dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Panel 1: What did the Court hold? What is the law after SFFA v. UNC and SFFA v. Harvard College?
11:10 am – 12:30 pm Eastern
Mark C. Alexander, AALS President and Dean, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Erwin Chemerinsky, AALS Past President, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Lunch Break
12:30 – 1 pm Eastern
Panel 2: What has worked and has not worked for law schools in achieving diversity without affirmative action?
1 – 2:15 pm Eastern
Presenters
Cristina Arteaga, Assistant Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid, University of Washington School of Law
Cary Lee Cluck, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Kristin Theis-Alvarez, Assistant Dean, Admissions and Financial Aid, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Moderator
Mark C. Alexander, AALS President and Dean, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Break
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Panel 3: What are the issues left open and how to approach them?
2:30 – 3:45 pm Eastern
Presenters
Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis, School of Law
Timothy Lynch, Vice President and General Counsel, University of Michigan
Robert Schwartz, Assistant Dean of Admissions, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Moderator
Erwin Chemerinsky, AALS Past President, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Closing Remarks and Conference Wrap Up
3:45 – 4 pm Eastern
Erwin Chemerinsky, AALS Past President, University of California, Berkeley School of Law