Wednesday, July 16
Please visit room 601 to view the poster and media presentations. Poster and media presentations will be on display throughout the conference.
The Secret to Getting a Good Mentor is Being a Good Protégé: The Importance of Two-Way Mentorship
Facilitator: Christina Crozier (University of Houston Law Center) & Kate Brem (University of Houston Law Center)Discussants: Brad Desnoyer (Indiana University McKinney School of Law), Heather Kolinsky (University of Florida Levin College
of Law), Megan McAlpin (University of Oregon School of Law), & D’Andra Shu (South Texas College of Law Houston)
Defining Us: Identity, Unity, and the Future of the Legal Writing Community
Facilitator: Anne Alexander (University of Missouri School of Law)Discussants: Mary Bowman (Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University), Lisa DeSanctis (University of Florida Levin College of Law), Angie Gius (UC Law, San Francisco), Lori Johnson (William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV), & Pam Keller (University of Kansas School of Law)
The Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities of Serving Without Tenure in Non-Traditional Institutional Leadership Roles
Facilitator: Patricia Winograd (Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles)Discussants: Beth Cohen (Western New England University School of Law), Gary Craig (Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles), Aimee Dudovitz (Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles), Tamara Herrera (Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University), & Karin Mika (Cleveland State University College of Law)
Please join us in the Great Hall for the Opening Reception. Presentation of the Linda Berger Award for Excellence in Legal Writing Scholarship to Ellie Margolis, the Jack Feinberg Professor of Litigation at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Special thanks to the generous support from Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, Aspen Publishing, Carolina Academic Press, West Academic, WordRake, and our law school partners Washburn University School of Law and Texas Tech University School of Law
Thursday, July 17
Increasingly, law school educators are using game-based learning to foster teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, and improved communication in students. Escape rooms offer a unique opportunity to engage students with a challenging, yet fun, learning experience. At Arizona Law, we have an annual escape room for 1L students at the end of the fall semester. We divide the 1L class into teams of 4 to 6 students, and each team has one hour to “escape” the room by using the skills that the students learned over the semester. This year, we’ve brought our 1-hour Escape Room experience to ASU. You can sign up to experience a restaging of the Fall 2023 escape room here.
Please visit room 601 to view the poster and media presentations. Poster and media presentations will be on display throughout the conference.
Importing Access to Justice and Social Justice Frameworks Into the 1L Curriculum
Rachel Croskery-Roberts (University of California, Irvine School of Law), Cindy Archer (University of California, Irvine School of
Law), & Sha-Shana Crichton (Howard University School of Law)
A Reflection and Workshop: Leadership Negotiation Skills for the Legal Writing Field
Katrina Lee (The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law)
AI, Authorship, Accuracy, & Acknowledgement: Addressing New Challenges in Legal Citation
Carolyn Williams (University of North Dakota School of Law) & Margie Alsbrook (Mercer University School of Law)
Reexamining the Five Canons of Rhetoric in the Age of GenAI
Susan Tanner (University of Louisville – Brandeis School of Law), Kirsten Davis (Stetson University College of Law), & Suzanna
Geiser (William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV)
Steering the (Tech) Skills Shift
Dyane O’Leary (Suffolk University Law School)
Engage & Explore: A Conversational Q&A on Legal Writing, Generative AI, and Protégé in Lexis+ AI
Janet Goode (LexisNexis) & TBD (LexisNexis)
Leading in Times of Transition
Jill Barton (University of Miami School of Law), Mary Ann Becker (Loyola University Chicago, School of Law), Michelle Cue
(DePaul University College of Law), & Jayne Woods (University of Missouri School of Law), on behalf of the ALWD Adjuncts
Committee
Walking a Tightrope: Balancing Your Role as the Director of Legal Writing with Other Law School Leadership Roles
Facilitator: Nicole Chong (Penn State Law)
Discussants: Laura Graham (Wake Forest University School of Law), Jessica Gunder (University of Idaho College of Law), & Angie McDuff (University of Buffalo School of Law)
My Favorite Class Session: Ideas to Invigorate Your Teaching
Facilitator: D’Andra Shu (South Texas College of Law Houston)
Discussants: Shelley Ward Bennett (Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law), Erin Donelon (Tulane University Law School), Olympia Duhart (Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law), Jean Goetz Mangan (University of Georgia School of Law), Laura Graham (Wake Forest University School of Law), & Nancy Marcus (California Western School of Law)
Systemic Inequality is Objective! Addressing the Laws Relationship with Systemic Inequality Through Model Samples of Objective Writing
Facilitator: Kathleen Vinson (Suffolk University Law School)
Discussants: Heather Baxter (Shepard Broad College of Law), Kirsten Dauphinais (University of North Dakota), Meredith Geller (Northern Illinois University College of Law), Kristen Murray (Temple University Beasley School of Law), Mimi Samuel (Seattle University School of Law), Rachel Smith (St. John’s University School of Law), and Nancy Soonpaa (Texas Tech University School of Law)
- 550 ALWD Guide Task Force
- 555 New Member Outreach Committee
- 650 Professional Status Committee
- 655 Scholarly Publications Committee
At this conference we are focusing on Leadership for the Next Wave as we celebrate 30 years of ALWD. While each of us are leaders or leaders in training, our students are also leaders for the next wave. Our panelists will discuss formal programs that have been instituted at their schools and courses taught with the goal of fostering the next generation of students as leaders in the legal profession. The session will end with a workshop that will give you takeaways you can try in your classroom.
Meredith Cooper Brown, recent graduate, University of South Carolina, School of Law; participant Student Leadership Program
Shailini George, Professor, Suffolk University Law School; author and expert on Wellness and Mindful Lawyering; Section Award Winner, AALS Balance and Well-Being Section in Legal Education
Aric Short Professor, Texas A&M, School of Law, Director of the Professional Identity & Leadership Development ProgramLeah Teague, Professor, Baylor Law School; Director Leadership Development Program; Author, Fundamental of Lawyer Leadership: A Skills Guide to Professional Identity Formation
Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Professor, Suffolk University Law School; Director, Legal Writing, Research & Written Advocacy Program; Teaches “Lawyers as Leaders” and “Problem Solving”
1:45-2:35 Panel | 2:40-3:10 Workshop | Great Hall
Los Angeles)
Irvine School of Law)
Appointments Committee Leadership: The Challenges and Opportunities of Tenure-Track Hiring for
Legal Writing
Arkansas-Little Rock) & Pam Wilkins (Mercer University School of Law)
of Law, and University of Florida Levin College of Law (544 and second floor)
Proving Outcomes: More Than Final Grades
Joshua Jones (California Western School of Law) & Sandra Simpson (Gonzaga University School of Law)
Celebrating and Learning from Leaders in DEI
Moderator: Brenda Gibson (Wake Forest University School of Law)Panelists: Sha-Shana Crichton (Howard University School of Law) & Joy Kanwar (Brooklyn Law School)
Legal Writing Takes Over the University: The Trials and Triumphs of Service Beyond the Directorship
Tessa Dysart (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law), Sylvia Lett, (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law), Diana Simon, (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law), Karen Sneddon (Mercer University School of Law), & Kimberly Van Essendelft (Regent University School of Law)Special thanks to Official Sponsors of the Gala Dinner - Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and Aspen Publishing – and the University of Minnesota Law School, Suffolk University Law School, Stetson University College of Law, and University of Kansas School of Law
Friday, July 18
Increasingly, law school educators are using game-based learning to foster teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, and improved communication in students. Escape rooms offer a unique opportunity to engage students with a challenging, yet fun, learning experience. At Arizona Law, we have an annual escape room for 1L students at the end of the fall semester. We divide the 1L class into teams of 4 to 6 students, and each team has one hour to “escape” the room by using the skills that the students learned over the semester. This year, we’ve brought our 1-hour Escape Room experience to ASU. You can sign up to experience a restaging of the Fall 2023 escape room here.
Please visit room 601 to view the poster and media presentations. Poster and media presentations will be on display throughout the conference.
Teaching students through the lens of the “American” legal system ignores the peoples and legal systems in place long before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Further, in class discussions about the jurisdictional power of federal and state courts, many students leave law school knowing nothing about the independent rule-making power and sovereignty of tribal courts throughout our nation. This panel will share thoughts about the indigenous leaders in the American legal system and the harm of repeatedly marginalizing the impact of indigenous legal communities. Come and learn and be empowered.
Dean Stacy Leeds, Arizona state University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Justice; first indigenous woman to serve as a law school dean
Crispin South rising 3L student at Arizona state University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; president of Native American Law Student Association; newly elected editor in chief of Arizona State Law journal, participant in Arizona State University Indian Law Program
Hon. Sunshine Sykes, U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California; fifth Native American Indian to serve on the federal bench; began career as staff attorney for Indian Legal Services
the University of Oregon School of Law (544)
Examining Shared Governance
Facilitator: Katrina Robinson (Cornell Law School)Discussants: Susan Chesler (Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University), Lara Freed (Cornell Law School), Kim Holst (Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University), & Suzanne Rowe (University of Oregon School of Law)
Bridging the Gap: A Discussion of How We Can Best Integrate the Bench and Bar in Our Legal Writing Classrooms
Facilitator: Sylvia Lett (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law), on behalf of the LWI Bench and Bar CommitteeDiscussants: Melissa Brandman (Southwestern Law School), Jennifer Brendel (Loyola University Chicago, School of Law), Amanda Hurst (University of Arkansas School of Law), & Nadine Tan (Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles)
Debaters: Jill Barton (University of Miami School of Law), Heather Baxter (Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law), Brad Desnoyer (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law), & Rebekah Hanley (University of Oregon School of Law)
Just Do It: Why Serving as an Associate Dean Is Good for You and Good for Your School
Mary Algero (Loyola University New Orleans College of Law)
Dismantling the Whiteness of Legal EducationWhat Can We Learn from the Briefs in Landmark Constitutional Law Cases?
Richard Neumann (Hofstra School of Law)
The Deceptive Rhetoric of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s HealthKathryn Stanchi (William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV)
Practicing What We Preach: An Empirical Review of Feedback in the Legal Writing Classroom
Heather Baxter (Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law)
Don’t Flip Your Class, Flip Your Syllabus
Bob Brain (Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles)