This discussion group addresses the Trump administration's policies on global climate change. It considers how those policies are affecting a wide range of regulatory and nonregulatory programs, including environmental regulation, securities laws, energy law, public land management, international agreements, grant funding, and research. Participants present short works in progress or summaries of current issues in each of the many areas impacted by the dramatic changes in policy adopted by the Trump administration and participate in a comprehensive discussion of these changes.
This session examines how law schools integrate leadership development and professional identity formation into the first-year curriculum. The discussion explores why the 1L year is uniquely formative for students' values, habits, and sense of professional purpose, and how faculty can engage this work within the constraints of a traditionally structured and carefully guarded 1L curriculum. The session offers practical insights for faculty and administrators seeking to strengthen leadership and professional identity outcomes in the foundational year of legal education.
This panel addresses current challenges and struggles for health equity under the Trump Administration. The panelists explore various aspects of health equity and the difficulties in achieving equitable aims in light of recent legislative and regulatory decisions. More specifically, panelists examine how health inequities have been exacerbated by cuts to biomedical research, mechanisms for addressing and responding to health inequities through medical-legal partnerships, and health inequities as it relates to the migrant population.
This panel examines the ways in which bankruptcy law employs, recognizes, and sometimes reshapes enforcement mechanisms, fiduciary obligations, and doctrinal limits to influence the conduct of parties across a wide range of contexts. Panelists will consider the function and implications of contempt of court as a tool for ensuring compliance with court orders; the evolving fiduciary duties of nonprofit directors and officers navigating Chapter 11 proceedings; and the continued relevance of charitable-immunity and public-trust doctrines and how they intersect with modern bankruptcy practice.
The participants on this panel explore conflicts between traditional notions of sex and marriage and the diverse lived experiences of people navigating partnership, sex, and sexuality. It brings together scholars authoring papers with differing views on these issues. Participants explore both domestic and international approaches to a range of topics within this sphere, including--and going beyond--marriage, marriage promotion, and divorce.
With artificial intelligence driving change across the legal profession, this panel invites a return to the bedrock of legal practice: rigorous analysis, ethical authorship, and the irreplaceable human judgment that defines lawyering. Under the theme "The Time-Tested Lawyer: Tradition Meets Technology," we explore how foundational skills in legal analysis are being reimagined--not replaced--in a digital age and how it relates to professional identity formation. Panelists will reflect on how technology can enhance--but never replace--the lawyer's role as interpreter, advocate, and ethical actor. Expect a lively conversation that bridges tradition and innovation, reminding us that the future of law still depends on the wisdom, values, and discernment of its practitioners.
