Institute Conferences - Call For June 2010 Presentations

Submitting a Proposal

To be considered for the conference, proposals must be limited to one page, single-spaced, and include the following:

The title of the workshop;
The name, address, phone number, and email address of the presenter(s); and
A summary of the contents of the workshop, including its goals and methods.

The Institute must receive proposals by February 19, 2010.

Submit proposals via e-mail to Professor Michael Hunter Schwartz, Co-Director, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning at michael.schwartz [at] washburn.edu.

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The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning 2010 conference, "Teaching Law Practice Across the Currulicum," will be June 16-18, 2010 at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.

The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning invites proposals for conference workshops on techniques for teaching law practice across the law school curriculum. The Institute's summer conference provides a forum for dedicated teachers to share with colleagues innovative ideas and effective methods for modern legal education.

The Institute invites proposals for 75-minute workshops consistent with a broad interpretation of the conference theme, "Teaching Law Practice Across the Curriculum." The workshops can address teaching and learning in first-year courses, upper-level courses, clinical courses, writing courses, and academic support. The workshops can deal with innovative materials, alternative teaching methods, ways to enhance student learning, formative feedback to students, evaluation of student performance, etc. Each workshop should include materials that participants can use during the workshop and when they return to their campuses. Presenters should not read papers, but should model effective teaching methods by actively engaging the participants. The co-directors would be glad to work with anyone who would like advice in designing their presentations to be interactive.

Conference Fees

The conference is self-supporting. Conference fees are:

Participants: $450, which includes materials and meals during the conference (two breakfasts, two lunches, and one dinner).
Presenters: $200 (includes materials and meals).

Pleasant and reasonable accommodations are available near Washburn University School of Law, the site of the conference. Presenters and participants must cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

The conference workshops will take place on June 17 and 18, 2010.

Teaching Lab

Interested participants can take part in an optional Teaching Lab on June 16, in which they work on an aspect of their teaching, working in small teams with a teacher-coach.

Depending on participant interest, possible teaching topics for the lab may include reviewing and discussing videotapes of participants' teaching, designing one or more class session(s) to achieve particular goals, creating simulations, planning a course, creating opportunities for practice and feedback without killing yourself, or finding ways to bring real life into law teaching.

For more information, please contact:

Gerry Hess
ILTL Co-Director
ghess [at] lawschool.gonzaga.edu
(509) 313-3779

Michael Hunter Schwartz
ILTL Co-Director
michael.schwartz [at] washburn.edu
(785) 670-1666