Faculty Scholars Front and Center as 2024 AALS Annual Meeting Opens

01/03/2024

As the 2024 annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) begins today in Washington, D.C., nearly two dozen Brooklyn Law School faculty members joined professors, deans, and administrators nationwide for timely discussions in law and legal education. 

The theme of this year’s conference, which is being held Jan. 3-6, at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., is “Defending Democracy,” with a goal of examining the critical role that law schools can play in the future of our country and our democracy.  

The following professors were set to be featured Jan. 3 in panel discussions.

  • Professor of Clinical Law and Director of Externship Programs Jodi Balsam joins a session on “Law and Sports, Co-Sponsored by Alternative Dispute Resolution” examining the various methods available to resolve disputes that arise in the sports setting. Session Details (aals.org) Also, this afternoon, Balsam is one of three scholars whose writing projects will be featured. Balsam’s work is titled, “False Start on NIL: Public and Private Law Should Treat College Athletes Like Any Other Student.” Session Details (aals.org). 
  • Assistant Professor Aissatou Barry is serving as a presenter in a session on “Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Critical Theories, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Property Law, and Women in Legal Education.” The session features junior scholars presenting works-in- progress on poverty law. Session Details (aals.org). 
  • Director of International Program and Adjunct Professor of Law Diane Penneys Edelman joins a session on “Global Engagement,” a continuation of last year's conversation about creating and maintaining programs in the face of the global pandemic, world crises, and other disruptive events. Session Details (aals.org) 
  • Professor Cynthia Godsoe will moderate a discussion of “Criminal Law,” featuring works-in-progress from junior scholars. Session Details (aals.org) 
  • Assistant Professor Shirley Lin will speak on a panel titled, “Poverty Law, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Critical Theories, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Property Law, and Women in Legal Education.” The session examines how law can be both an obstacle and a tool for mitigating economic and social inequality.  Session Details (aals.org)