SEALS Conference 2026

SEALS Conference 2026

1:00pm PDT

Bridging the Generations: How Mid- and Senior-Level Faculty Can Support Newer Colleagues TBA Making Sense of the Second Amendment after Wolford and Hemani TBA

3:00pm PDT

Law Professors and Public Engagement: Duty or Distraction? TBA What Is the Legal Academy and How Do I Fit in? (Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop / Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Being Friendly Without Being Friends: Navigating the Professor-Student Relationship TBA Remedies Front and Center TBA SFFA Three Years Later: Navigating Law School Admissions and Legal Education in an Ever-Changing Environment TBA Voting Rights and Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court Decides Louisiana v. Callais TBA

9:00am PDT

Teaching Demonstrations at the Intersection of Professional Identity Formation and the Rule of Law TBA

10:15am PDT

Screening Interviews: How to Secure Them and What to Expect (sponsored by Strategic Brand Marking) (Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop) TBA

1:30pm PDT

What's in a Job Talk? (Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) TBA Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) TBA

3:30pm PDT

Crafting Your Scholarship Goals (Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Focus on the Students (Distance Education Workshop) TBA Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) TBA Incorporating Faith into the Classroom TBA Teaching Exercises at the Intersection of Professional Identity Formation and the Rule of Law TBA

8:00am PDT

Mock Job Interviews (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Mock Job Interviews (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Mock Job Interviews (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Mock Job Interviews (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Mock Job Interviews (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA

9:00am PDT

Rise of the Interims (Deans Workshop) TBA

1:00pm PDT

Writing Connections (Works-in-Progress Workshop) TBA Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) TBA Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) TBA Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) TBA

3:00pm PDT

Designing Your Teaching Package (Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Teaching and Researching in Civil and Comparative Law TBA Embracing Efficiency, Ethics, and Equity in Law School Leadership Using AI (Deans Workshop) TBA New and Established Voices in Criminal Procedure TBA

3:30pm PDT

Focus on Teachers, Pedagogy, and Evaluation (Distance Education Workshop) TBA

8:00am PDT

Mock Job Talks (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA Mock Job Talks (Prospective Law Teachers Workshop) TBA

9:00am PDT

Corporate Purpose and Misconduct (Business Law Workshop) TBA Current Trends in Emerging Technologies and the Law: International, Comparative, and Domestic Perspectives TBA The Constitution and Assaults on the Federal Judiciary (Constitutional Law Workshop) TBA

9:30am PDT

Focus on AI and Other Educational Technologies (Distance Education Workshop) TBA

10:15am PDT

One Size Does Not Fit All: Onboarding, Supporting, and Mentoring Newer Faculty TBA

1:30pm PDT

Working Together: Building Strong Connections Across Campus and Beyond (Deans Workshop) TBA

3:30pm PDT

AI and Pedagogy: Syllabi, Exercises, Rubrics, and Your Course Content TBA Focus on Institutional Needs, Co-Curricular Support, and Accreditation Standards (Distance Education Workshop) TBA Safeguarding Self-Regulation: Accountability from Classroom to Courtroom (Deans Workshop) TBA Current Trends: Corporate Democracy, Business and Human Rights, Sustainability, Labor Issues, Technology Governance, and ESG TBA Dispossessed! TBA Old Harms, New Urgency: Reimagining Justice in a Time of Reckoning TBA

8:00am PDT

Administrative Upheaval: Challenges and Changes for Federal Labor and Employment Agencies (Labor and Employment Workshop) TBA Business Law (Works-in-Progress Workshop) TBA Criminal Law (Works-in-Progress Workshop) TBA Innovation and Impact in Legal Research Pedagogy TBA The Book Projects Update (Distance Education Workshop) TBA

9:00am PDT

The Administration's Assault on Academic Institutions: Universities and Academic Freedom (Constitutional Law Workshop) TBA

10:15am PDT

Legal Mentoring TBA

3:30pm PDT

AI and Emerging Technologies in the Workplace (Labor and Employment Workshop) TBA Consumer Law, Commercial Law, and Bankruptcy Roundtable (Consumer Law, Commercial Law, and Bankruptcy Workshop) TBA Innovating as an Associate Dean for Faculty Research TBA

8:00am PDT

Anchored in Authority: Strategies for Teaching Legal Research and Citation in an AI-Driven Age TBA

9:00am PDT

New Developments in Reproductive Rights and Justice (Family Law Workshop) TBA Pedagogy and Assessments in Consumer Law, Commercial Law, and Bankruptcy Courses (Consumer Law, Commercial Law, and Bankruptcy Workshop) TBA The Administration's Assault on Law Firms and the Legal Profession (Constitutional Law Workshop) TBA Transforming Global Agriculture: Farmers' Rights, Animal Law, Trade, Sovereignty, Ethics, and Innovation for Sustainable Future TBA

9:30am PDT

Pedagogy: Future Themes for Employment and Employment Discrimination Courses (Labor and Employment Workshop) TBA

12:00pm PDT

White Collar versus Street Crime: Weighing the Relative Moral and Economic Costs TBA

1:00pm PDT

Administrative Law (Works-in-Progress Workshop) TBA Constitutional Law (Works-in-Progress Workshop) TBA The Somewhat-Settled Cannabis Law TBA

3:00pm PDT

Freedom of Speech in the Workplace (Labor and Employment Workshop) TBA U.S. Domestic Tax Policy, 1981-2025: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves TBA Current Events in Health Law and Bioethics TBA Family Law Pedagogy Discussion Group (Family Law Workshop) TBA The Best Interest of the Athlete TBA The Human Factor: Legal Scholarship in an Algorithmic Age TBA

8:00am PDT

The Evolution of the SEC as Regulator (Business Law Workshop ) TBA

9:00am PDT

Measuring the Impact of AI on Legal Writing, Assessment, and Feedback TBA Civil Procedure Discussion Group: Federal Courts/State Courts TBA Enhancing Experiential Learning in Environmental, Energy, and Sustainability Law and Policy Education TBA

10:00am PDT

Developments in Corporate and White-Collar Crime (Business Law Workshop) TBA