Two Contracts Panels at the AALS Annual Meeting
he AALS Contracts Section is sponsoring/co-sponsoring the following two programs at the AALS 2015 Annual Meeting.
The Contract Section annual meeting program will be on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 1:30-3:15pm
Mind the Gap! – Contracts, Technology and Legal Gaps
Technological innovation has created new challenges for the law. New technologies often create legal and ethical questions in areas such as privacy, employment, reproduction and intellectual property.
Courts and legislatures are often slow to address these questions. To fill the legal gap created by rapid advancements in technology, businesses and individuals attempt to reduce their risk and uncertainty through private ordering. In what ways have contracts been used to privately legislate in the gap created by technological advancements? What are, or should be, the limits of consent and contracting where emerging technologies are involved? What are some of the concerns? Our panel of experts will address these and other issues.
Speakers:
Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law
Woodrow N. Hartzog, Associate Professor, Samford University Cumberland School of Law (topic: “The Unique Role of Contracts and Design in Mediated Environments”)
Nancy S. Kim (moderator), California Western School of Law
Corynne McSherry, Intellectual Property Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Jane Winn, Professor, University of Washington School of Law (topic: “Llewellyn Has Left the Building: The Growing Irrelevance of the UCC to 21st Century American Sales”)
Deborah Zalesne, Professor, CUNY School of Law (topic: “The Contractual Family: Modern Solutions for Modern Day Families”).
In addition, and new this year, the Contracts Section and the Section on Consumer and Commercial Law will hold a joint program aimed at pedagogy and new law teachers.
Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 5:15pm-6:30pm
Teaching in the Contracts/Commercial/Consumer Law Curriculum: Challenges and Innovations
This program addresses the many issues faced by new law teachers the areas of contracts commercial and consumer law. Because of the overlapping nature of these three subject areas, new law teachers in any one of these subject areas may often teachin on one or both of the other subject areas. Each of these areas, however, has its unique challenges. Experienced law teachers in contracts, commercial law and consumer law will discuss the techniques, strategies and tools they use to teach their students, and the relevance and value of bringing and eliciting diverse perspectives into the classroom.
Speakers:
Emily E. Kadens, Northwestern University School of Law
Jennifer S. Martin (moderator) St. Thomas University School of Law
Deborah Waire Post, Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
M. Dee Pridgen, University of Wyoming College of Law
Anthony Eudelio Varona, American University, Washington College of Law
We look forward to seeing you next month!
The AALS Contracts Section Executive Committee
Curtis Bridgeman
Richard Brooks
Larry Garvin
Danielle K. Hart
Emily M.S. Houh
Nancy S. Kim
Jennifer Martin
Val D. Ricks