Updated January 3, 2020 to identify location of Saturday reception
The Outreach Committee of the Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research of AALS welcomes interested attendees to join us for a series of events at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in Washington D.C., January 2-5, 2020. The meetings are centered at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. We also have a ribbon that will be available to attach to your conference badge to identify yourself as a member of the LWRR community. Finally, you will also find an LWRR “Dance Card” below that lists many sessions that may be of interest to the LWRR community. Check back here for more information as the meeting approaches. You can bookmark this page on your mobile device to keep updated on new information. The page’s design is easy to read on a phone.
Outreach Events
The Outreach Committee is hosting the following events:
- Dinner before Blackwell Reception (Fri., January 3): Mark your calendar for 5:30-7:30 p.m.! Members of the committee will lead small groups to nearby restaurants for dinner before the Blackwell Award reception. RSVPs for this event are closed.
- “Post-Ginsburg reception” (Sat., January 4, 7:30p.m., Wardman Tower 1360): Immediately following the RBG presentation on Saturday, January 4. This event is sponsored by McGeorge School of Law, with hosted drinks (including an RBG-inspired cocktail) and food, in McGeorge’s hospitality suite in the hotel, Wardman Tower 1360.
(We had originally thought to plan a “Get out” activity for Friday, January 3, but that did not come together this year.)
New-Member Ribbon
If you are new to LWRR, be sure to grab one of the badge ribbons (shown here) we are making to identify new folks. In fact, grab one even if you are a veteran, as it will help new folks identify you as part of the LWRR family. Ribbons will be available at registration, at LWRR-related meetings, and from some members of the Outreach Committee. Veteran members (and even some who have been here only a year or two) will be keeping an eye out for the berry-colored tokens pictured here and make a special effort to extend a hand to you during the meetings. If you are new and wearing one of these ribbons, and you see someone else wearing one, be sure to say hello to them, too! Thanks to Texas A&M University School of Law for sponsoring these ribbons.
“Dance Card”
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020
1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Delaware Suite B, Lobby Level
AALS Arc of Career Program
Tweeting, Gramming: Social Media for the Legal Academic
1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Maryland Suite B , Lobby Level
Balance in Legal Education Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
The Unequal Workplace: Well-Being at Stake
3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Delaware Suite B, Lobby Level
Technology, Law, and Legal Education
Roundtable: The Duty of Technology Competence: Understanding the Standards and Preparing Our Students,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Maryland Suite B, Lobby Level
AALS Arc of Career Program, 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?
Friday, Jan. 3, 2020
7:00 am – 8:30 am Jackson, Mezzanine Level
McGeorge School of Law Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Center Hosted Breakfast & Discussion
Bringing the Classroom into Competitions
RSVP at 916.739.7151 or auber@pacific.edu
8:30 am – 10:15 am McKinley, Mezzanine Level
Law and the Social Sciences, Co-Sponsored by Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Law and Student Services
Improving Legal Education with Data from the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE),
8:30 am – 10:15 am Virginia Suite C, Lobby Level
New Law Professors, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods and Scholarship
So You’re a New Law Prof – What Now? What We Wish We Had Known
1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Wilson A, Mezzanine Level
AALS Discussion Group
The Multi-Generational Teaching of Legal Writing
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Washington 1, Exhibition Level
Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research
Building and Sustaining Alliances as an Associate Dean
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (nearby restaurants)
LWRR Outreach – Dinner with Colleagues
Members of the committee will lead small groups to nearby restaurants for dinner before the Blackwell Award reception. Attendees selected from among local restaurants to meet up with other LWRR members. (RSVPs for this event are closed.)
6:00 pm – 7:30 p.m. The Lobby Bar, Marriott Wardman Park
ALWD New Directors Committee’s gathering for new LRW directors
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Governor’s Boardroom, Omni Shoreham Hotel
Association of Legal Writing Directors and Legal Writing Institute (ALWD/LWI)
Blackwell Award Reception honoring Bradley Clary
Saturday, January 4, 2020
8:30 am – 10:15 am Hoover, Mezzanine Level
AALS Discussion Group
Time-Turning, Invisibility, and Other Magic Mentoring Tricks,
9:00 am – 12:00 pm Washington 3, Exhibition Level
LWRR Program, Educating the Modern Citizen – Lawyer: Helping Students Find Their Role in Society and the Law
9:00 am – 10:20 am Panel 1, Cultivating the Hard Skills of the Whole Lawyer: Lawyers as Leaders
10:30 am – 11:15 am Panel 2, Finding Their Voices: Student Participation in Live Law Making
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Panel 3, The Citizen Lawyer Education in the Trump Era
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm LWRR Luncheon, Ticketed event
1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Delaware Suite B , Lobby Level
Teaching Methods, Co-Sponsored by New Law Professors
Expanding the Classroom: Benefits and Challenges of Co-Teaching
3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Maryland Suite B, Lobby Level
LWRR Program, New Scholars Showcase, LWRR business meeting the last ten minutes of this session,
3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Maryland Suite A, Lobby Level
International Law, Co-Sponsored by Comparative Law
International and Foreign Legal Research Resources at the Law Library of Congress
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Marriott Ballroom, Salons 2 & 3, Lobby Level
AALS Presidential Program
A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm McGeorge’s Hospitality Suite, Wardman Tower 1360
LWRR Outreach
McGeorge School of Law Invites LWRR members & guests for a hosted reception featuring an RBG-inspired cocktail, libations, and hors d’oeuvres, in McGeorge’s hospitality suite, Wardman Tower 1360.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
LWRR Program
10:30 am – 12:15 pm Maryland Suite B, Lobby Level
Developing Effective Communication Skills in an Era of Polarization
10:30 am – 11:30 am Panel 1, When Truth is Not Truth: Teaching Law Students in an Era Of “Alternative Facts”
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Panel 2, Bursting the Bubble: Developing Cultural Competency in the Classroom
Looking forward to seeing you in DC! Meanwhile, if you have questions, contact either of us.
Adrienne Brungess, co-chair
Brian Larson, co-chair