Call for Facilitators
UPDATE 3/30/21: The deadline for applications has been extended to April 5, 2021.
The ALWD Biennial Leadership Academy Sub-committee is now accepting applications for facilitators for the 2021 Biennial Leadership Academy.
To foster relationship building, and to take advantage of the benefits of a virtual academy, this Academy will meet over the course of three weeks. We have an exciting schedule of sessions that will be led by experts in the field. The topics covered and the experts leading each two-hour session 1-3 pm (Eastern time) are as follows:
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Tuesday, May 25 |
Leadership Theory |
Terrill Pollman, Emerita Professor of Law and past President of ALWD |
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Thursday, May 27 |
Handling Difficult Conversations |
Darby Dickerson, UIC John Marshall Law School Dean and Professor of Law |
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Tuesday, June 1 |
Well-Being for Effective and Inclusive Leadership |
Rosario Lozada, Associate Professor of Legal Skills and Values at FIU, and chair of the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education |
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Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and author of Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia |
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Tuesday, June 8 |
Mentorship |
Michael Hunter Schwartz, McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific, Dean and Professor of Law |
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Thursday, June 10 |
What Comes Next |
Ebony Smith, Executive Coach and the Founder of Ebenum Equation and Facilitator at the FIU Center for Leadership |
An Academy graduation will be held on Wednesday, June 16, 11:00-11:50 am (Eastern Time), during the 2021 ALWD Biennial Conference: Working on Our Core: Wellbeing, Equity, and Inclusion.
Facilitators will need to complete the reading and other tasks related to each session. In addition, facilitators will work with the speakers to plan and implement interactive learning sessions after each speaker’s presentation. Further details are provided on the attached Facilitator Application.
If you would like to serve as a facilitator in the Biennial Leadership Academy, please email the application to Erin Donelon (edonelon@tulane.edu). For general questions about the Academy, feel free to contact any member of the sub-committee:
Tiffany Atkins (Elon)
Erin Donelon (Tulane)
Rosario Lozada (FIU)
Fiona McKenna (Golden Gate)
Samantha Moppett (Suffolk)
Mary-Beth Moylan (McGeorge)
Shakira Pleasant (UIC John Marshall)
Craig Smith (UNC)
Mel Weresh (Drake)
2021 ALWD Leadership Academy Facilitator Application28.27 KB