40th AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers 

Thursday, June 8 – Saturday, June 10, 2023 
The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC

Thursday, June 8, 2023

4:00 – 7:00 pm – Registration 

5:30– 6:15 pm – Small Group Discussions  – Setting the Stage 
These small groups will be your cohort for the workshop, providing an opportunity to meet some of your peers and discuss your expectations for the workshop and your career. These small groups will reconvene on Saturday. Presenters from the workshop will facilitate the discussions. 

6:30 – 7 pm – Welcome and Keynote Speaker 

Friday, June 9, 2023

7:30 am – 6:00 pm – Registration

8:00 – 8:45 am – Section on Minority Groups coffee with Q & A

9:00 – 9:15 am – Opening Session/Welcome

9:15 – 10:45 am – General Session: Foundations for Excellent Teaching

10:45 – 11:00 pm – Refreshment Break

11:00 am – 12:15 pm – Concurrent Sessions on Teaching (Course Design, Inside the Classroom, Outside the Classroom, Teaching with Technology, Faculty Teaching Legal Analysis, Writing & Research)

12:30 – 2:00 pm – Luncheon with speakers – Fostering Diversity Without Divisiveness

2:15– 3:45 pm – General Session on Assessment

3:45- 4:00 pm – Refreshment Break

4:00 – 5:15 pm – General Session: The Demands and Delights of Institutional Citizenship: Exploring a Range of Service Opportunities

5:30 – 6:30 pm – Reception

6:30 – 7:30 am – Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues informal gathering Q&A

Saturday, June 10, 2023

7:30 am – 3:00 pm – Registration

8:00 – 8:45 am – Section on Women in Legal Education coffee with Q &A

9:00 – 9:45 am – General Session – Why Scholarship Matters

9:45 – 10:45 am – Concurrent Sessions on Scholarship (Designing Your Research Agenda, Building a Scholarly Community/Network, Distributing Your Ideas, Challenges of Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Scholarship for Faculty Teaching Legal Analysis, Writing & Research)

11 am – 12 pm – Concurrent sessions on Scholarship repeat again

12:00 – 1:15 pm – Luncheon with speaker

1:30 – 3:00 pm – General Session: Keeping it All Together

3:00– 3:15 pm – Refreshment Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm – Small Group Discussions ll – Reflections