As the tools available for legal research and citation evolve, so must our teaching. This panel explores how law professors can effectively teach foundational research and citation skills while also preparing students to navigate--and critically assess--emerging technologies._x000D_ _x000D_ Panelists will discuss ways to balance traditional strategies with the realities of modern practice, where legal research platforms and generative AI tools are rapidly changing lawyers' everyday tasks. _x000D_
Tax faces both new challenges and the ongoing impacts of perennial problems. This panel addresses both from a productive range of approaches. Panel members bring comprehensive expertise on both state and federal tax law and policy. The panel addresses questions of access to justice in tax, tax administration, state tax policy, tax as a check on accumulated power, and more.
This workshop revolves around demonstrations of teaching by award-winning professors who have thought long and hard about their craft and their role. With studies showing that engagement and motivation are important factors in learning, these teachers illustrate how their teaching promotes engaged and motivated students. This is a particularly useful session for those wondering how to minimize distractions, use collaboration, interact with students, and promote long-term learning.
This panel addresses the negative emotions and concerns that newer (and sometimes experienced) professors face: Am I good enough? Did I make a mistake in class? Did I make a mistake with my colleagues? Did I damage my career? What will people who matter think of me? The panelists will discuss how to navigate the less-than-perfect trajectories common in law professor careers and how to reach a place of confidence and success in the academy. In addition, they will address how transparency regarding vulnerability and failure can serve as assets in connecting with students. Their contributions draw on personal experience, neuroscience, and perspectives from the dean's suite.
Families find themselves in court for many reasons and the standards and procedures that apply are often shifting and opaque. This panel explores how courts and court systems evaluate and adjudicate issues within the family unit. Panelists and their papers address a series of issues that might arise, ranging from domestic violence to evidentiary issues to custody disputes involving transgender parents to the sealing of court records.
Constructing exams that are valid and reliable is one of the most important and challenging tasks we have as professors. Grading in a fair and efficient manner requires careful thought and planning. A panel of experienced professors addresses topics such as generating ideas, different question types and formats (including multiple choice questions), drafting the exam, fairness issues, grading, and giving feedback.
This panel brings together a diverse group of scholars who are currently examining several significant and emerging issues shaping modern business and mass-tort restructuring. The presentations will explore the evolution and increasing use of liability-management exercises ("LMEs") in both the U.S. and Europe, as well as the scope, application, and potential limits of the bankruptcy court's injunctive powers in complex cases. Panelists will also address developing questions involving the treatment of future claims in mass-tort bankruptcies and the interpretation of the absolute priority rule in Subchapter V proceedings.
The Trump Administration has demonstrated its willingness to use force against other states, such as Venezuela and Iran, as well as against non-state actors, such as suspected drug traffickers in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Such uses of force by the executive branch are subject to both international law and constitutional law limitations. This panel will examine whether the Trump Administration's uses of force can be justified under international law, and in particular under the law of self-defense in light of its imminence requirement. This panel will also examine whether the Trump Administration's uses of force amount to constitutionally authorized unilateral executive action, or if the president is required to obtain congressional approval.
The state's power to separate children from their parents is wielded in a variety of ways, including through the child protection system. This panel uses a critical lens to examine how the state polices families and how decisions about child welfare are made in a wide range of contexts. Participants will provide perspectives on religion and child custody as well as international frameworks, kinship care, and abolition of the family policing system.
