At the world's largest gathering of law faculty - the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting – several University of Miami School of Law faculty members attended and presented on topics within their specialties, and participated in or were appointed to leadership positions.
In Washington, D.C., from January 3-6, 2024, more than 1,000 law teachers, librarians, and law school administrators from member schools, non-member schools, and law schools of other nations attended the gathering, comprised of 250 sessions and welcoming more than 2,300 law faculty, deans, administrators, and scholars.
Leadership Roles
Professor Elizabeth M. Iglesias attended the meeting as the AALS Comparative Law Section Chair. In addition, Kele Stewart, professor of law and co-director of the Children & Youth Law Clinic, was elected Co-Chair of the Section on Clinical Legal Education. This section is the largest professional organization of law faculty who teach clinics, externships, and other experiential courses.
"When I attended my first clinical conference in 2005, I was welcomed into this nurturing national community of fierce teacher-advocates. I am honored to now serve the Clinical Section in this leadership role," said Stewart.
Panelists from Miami Law
For the "Comparative Law - Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order" session on January 3, Iglesias moderated, and Professor Madeleine M. Plasencia was a Speaker from a Call for Papers. This panel looked at how the forces of globalization continue to challenge the relationship between domestic constitutional regimes and the planetary imperatives of global world order.
Professor Tamara Rice Lave served as a speaker for the "Criminal Law - Unraveling the Threads of Failure: The Anatomy of Unsuccessful Criminal Law Reforms" session, which looked at critically examined a selection of criminal law reforms, delving into arguments and reasons behind their failure and the implications for the future.
Professor Gabriel Scheffler presented in the "Administrative Law - New Voices in Administrative Law" session. This session allowed junior administrative law scholars to receive helpful feedback from more senior reviewers before submitting the work for publication.
In the January 5 "Criminal Procedure - Criminal Procedure on the Next Gen Bar" session, Brian Sites, associate director of the academic achievement program, participated as a Speaker from a Call for Papers. This panel examined what is known about how the Next Gen Bar will test these subjects and what it might mean for criminal law and procedure classes moving forward.
Professor Francisco X. Valdes served as a speaker for the "Critical Theories - Does ABA Standard 303 Compliance Require Criticality?," session, Co-Sponsored by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals.
The annual AALS meeting is primarily devoted to programs organized and presented by AALS sections. AALS issues a call for scholarly papers by full-time faculty who have taught for five years or less to encourage and recognize excellent legal scholarship by new law teachers. Legal scholars select those authors whose papers have made the most substantial contribution to legal literature for special recognition.
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