The 2025 AALS Clinical Conference Planning Committee seeks volunteers to facilitate working groups at the 2025 Conference. Each working group will be led by two volunteers and organized by subject area or affinity group.
Working group facilitators sit at the heart of conference by helping their groups to explore conference themes and address shared concerns. This year’s theme is “Reexamining the Role of Lawyers and the Responsibilities of Clinical Teachers in Society.”
Working Group conversations can also go wherever their members want to go; the sessions provide an opportunity to have sustained conversations over the weekend about any issues that advance your clinical teaching and practice. Facilitators should be willing to plan sessions that give meaningful consideration of the conference theme, foster dialogue, and ensure an inclusive forum for discussion.
Submit the form above by January 31, 2025. Please choose up to two subject areas that you would be comfortable facilitating. We will work to match facilitators with groups based on your preferences.
When
Sunday, April 27, 2025: 2 – 3:30 pm Working Group Session 1
Monday, April 28, 2025: 10:15-11:45 am Working Group Session 2
Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 11:30 am – 1 pm Working Group Session 3
Who
Working group facilitators pay the registration fee and their own expenses for the conference.
The following topics will be offered:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Associate Deans of Experiential Education
Child Advocacy/Education Law
Civil Rights
Clinic Administrators
Community Economic Development/Small Business
Community Lawyering & Worker Justice
Criminal/Juvenile Delinquency Law
Critical Theory
Domestic Violence
Environmental
Externships
Family Defense
Family Law
Housing
Immigration
International Human Rights Law
Legislative/Policy
Medical-Legal Partnerships/Interdisciplinary Clinics
Transactional Law
Veterans Clinic
The Planning Committee will review all submissions and notify you of their decision by February 10, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact Liz Ford at [email protected] or Davida Finger at [email protected].