The conference will focus on teaching cultural competency and other professional skills suggested by ABA Standard 302. The conference announcement, which includes the complete schedule of workshop topics and presenters, is inserted below . You can find information about the registration process and hotel accommodations here: http://ualr.edu/law/iltl-summer-2017-conference/
Summer 2017 Conference
Teaching Cultural Competency and Other PROFESSIONAL
Skills Suggested by ABA Standard 302
July 7-8, 2017
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
Conference Theme: This conference will focus on how law schools are responding to ABA Standard 302’s call to establish learning outcomes related to “other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession,” such as “interviewing, counseling, negotiation, fact development and analysis, trial practice, document drafting, conflict resolution, organization and management of legal work, collaboration, cultural competency and self-evaluation.” Conference sessions will concentrate on how law school faculty and administrators are incorporating these skills, particularly the skills of cultural competency, self-evaluation, and collaboration, into their institutional outcomes, designing courses to encompass these skills, and teaching and assessing these skills.
Registration Information and Hotel Accommodations: The conference fee for participants is $400, which includes materials, meals during the conference (two breakfasts and two lunches), and the welcome reception on Thursday evening, July 6. The fee for presenters is $300. To register, please use this link: http://ualr.edu/law/iltl-summer-2017-conference/. This link also provides information about hotel rooms available for the conference at the Little Rock Marriot Hotel, 3 Statehouse Plaza, Little Rock, AR 72201. Reservations also may be made by calling 877-759-6290 and referencing the UALR Bowen School of Law/ ILTL Conference Room Block.
Conference Schedule:
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Welcome Reception: 5:00—7:00 p.m.
Friday, July 7, 2017
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00—8:30 a.m.
Opening and Welcome: 8:30—9:00 a.m.
Workshop 1: 9:00—10:00 a.m.
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Teaching Cultural Competence to Law Students: A Necessary Skill in an Increasingly Multi-Cultural World
Janet Heppard, University of Houston Law Center; Tasha Willis, University of Houston Law Center; and Thelma Harmon, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University |
Bringing Marginalized Populations into the Classroom
Catherine Wasson, Thomas Noble, and Patricia Perkins, Elon University School of Law |
Workshop 2: 10:30—11:30 a.m.
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A Blueprint For Cultural Competency in the Classroom
Danné L. Johnson, Oklahoma City University School of Law |
Building Student Capacity for Self-Evaluation
Laura Onkeles-Klein and Robert Dinerstein, American University, Washington College of Law |
Workshop 3: 12:30—1:30 p.m.
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Using the Workshop Format to Introduce 1L Students to Professional Skills and Values
Sandra Simpson, Gonzaga University School of Law |
How to Grow Future Lawyers in the Image of ABA Standard 302: Plant Seeds of Strong Learning Outcomes in a Collaborative Cross-Curriculum Garden, and Sprinkle with a Healthy Dose of Ethics, Skills, Cultural Competency, Collaborative Exercises, and Self-Evaluative Techniques Tracey Brame, Tonya Krause-Phelan, and Victoria Vuletich, Western Michigan University—Thomas M. Cooley Law School |
Workshop 4: 2:00—3:00 p.m.
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Transaction Planning—Creating a Roadmap for Transactional Clinics Joseph Pileri and Lauren Rogal, Georgetown University Law Center |
Establishing Learning Outcomes, Cultural Competency, and the Underprepared Law Student as “Other”
Deborah Zalesne and David Nadvorney, CUNY School of Law |
Workshop 5: 3:30—4:30 p.m.
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Building on Best Practices: A Resource and Advocacy Tool to Keep Our Teaching, Our Law Schools, and Legal Education on the Right Track with Teaching Professional Skills
Carolyn Wilkes Kaas, Quinnipiac University School of Law; Melanie DeRousse, University of Kansas School of Law |
“It’s All a Bit Hippy Isn’t It?”: The Importance of Teaching Self-Evaluation and Reflection in Law School Andrew Henderson, University of Canberra (Australia) |
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Workshop 6: 9:00—10:00 a.m.
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Teaching Cultural Competence as a Reflective Instructor
Andrij Kowalsky, Wilfrid Laurier University |
Helping Millenials Develop Self-Reflection Benjamin Madison, Regent University School of Law |
Workshop 7: 10:30—11 :30 a.m.
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Students Learning Lawyering Skills: Immerse Them Christine Church, Western Michigan University—Thomas M. Cooley Law School |
Teaching Students to Receive Feedback
Miranda Johnson, Loyola University Chicago School of Law |
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Workshop 8: 12:30—1:30 p.m.
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The Role of Leadership in Law School Education (More Than Just an “Other” Skill) David Gibbs, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law; Leah Witcher Jackson Teague, Baylor University School of Law |
Developing Critical Legal Reading and Analytical Skills Through the Use of Charts and Diagrams
Constance Fain, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law |
Closing: 1:30—2:00 p.m.
Adjourn
