A Tribute to Chris Iijima -- poet, scholar, and freedom fighter

Hosted at the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, the conference was packed with new ideas, strategies, and methodologies for making social change an essential aspect of American legal education.

Check this space for resources on teaching for social change. We have asked speakers to make their materials available for download. Look for the underlined presentation names, that's where you will find papers. Click here for a copy of the final conference program.

SALT is delighted to thank our sponsors: Aspen Publishers, The Recorder, California Newsreel, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Cleveland State University, Santa Clara University School of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, and University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Aspen Publishers sponsored the wine reception preceding the dinner on Friday, March 14th.

 

The Recorder placed four free ads to help publicize the event in the Bay Area.

Santa Clara University School of Law and University of San Francisco School of Law co-hosted Friday morning's breakfast. University of Denver Sturm College of Law hosted Saturday's breakfast.

 

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law subsidized the

conference.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, March 14

8:30-9:00 am: Welcome and Conference Dedication

• Dean Christopher Edley, Boalt Hall School of Law
• SALT co-presidents Margaret Martin Barry & Deborah Waire Post
• Mary Louise Frampton, Director, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
• Eric Yamamoto, University of Hawai'i School of Law: Conference Dedication to Chris Iijima

9:00-10:30 am: Opening Plenary: Liberation, Hope, and Teaching for Social Change

• Eva Jefferson Paterson, President, Equal Justice Society
• The Honorable Cruz Reynoso, Former California Supreme Court Justice & Professor, U.C. Davis School of Law
• Howard Pinderhughes, University of California at San Francisco

 

 

 

10:45-12:15 pm: Concurrent Sessions

Social Change as Spiritual Behavior: Preparing Oneself for Teaching in the Doctrinal and Clinical Classroom for Transformative Change

• Laurie Morin, University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law; Alice M. Thomas, Howard University School of Law

Taking Risks When Your Presence Puts You at Risk

• Deleso Alford Washington, Barry University School of Law; Angela Mae Kupenda, Mississippi College of Law; April Cherry, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Teaching for the Future to Create Social Change: Synthesizing the Curriculum with New Lawyering Courses

• Beverly Balos, University of Minnesota School of Law; Robert F. Seibel, California Western School of Law; Carwina Weng, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington; Nina W. Tarr, University of Illinois College of Law

Learning by Doing: How to Incorporate Activism into Your Course

• Kate Bohl, Stetson University College of Law; Andrea McArdle, CUNY Law School; Elizabeth Ford, Seattle University School of Law; Elizabeth Pendo, St. Louis University School of Law, visiting

12:15-1:45 pm: Luncheon and Keynote Address by Linda Darling-Hammond

Charles Ducommon Professor of Education, Stanford University, Co-Director, School Redesign Network, and author of "The Right to Learn."

2:00-3:30: Concurrent Sessions

Teaching for Social Change in the First Year

• Jackie Gardina, Vermont Law School: Civil Procedure; Florence Wagman Roisman, Indiana University School of Law--Indianapolis: Property Law; Emily Hughes, Washington University School of Law (St. Louis): Criminal Law; Larry Levine, New York Law School: Torts

Teaching for Social Change in the 2nd & 3rd Years

• Pamela Edwards, CUNY School of Law: Commercial Law; Mark Levin, University of Hawai'i: Sales; Cheryl Nichols, Howard University Scool of Law: Securities Regulation; David Levine, University of California--Hastings: Remedies

Teaching the Law of Slavery for Social Change

• Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School;  Pamela Bridgewater, American University School of Law

Teaching Constitutional Law for Social Change

• Rand E. Rosenblatt, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden; Maria Ontiveros, University of San Francisco; Christian Halliburton, Seattle University School of Law

3:45-5:15 pm: Concurrent Sessions

Sexual Orientation and the Classroom

• Angela Gilmore, Nova Southeastern University Law Center; Adele A. Morrison, Northern Illinois University College of Law; Brian Ray, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Teaching for Social Change When You're Not Preaching to the Choir: Managing the Classroom

• Sudha Setty, Western New England College School of Law; Jennifer Hendricks, University of Tennessee School of Law; Susan Becker, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Teaching to Students Resistant to the Experience of Others

• Ruth Jones, DePaul University School of Law, visiting; Lori Bannai, Seattle University School of Law; Anne Enquist, Seattle University School of Law; (Bannai/Enquist Powerpoint) (Bannai/Enquist Bibliography); Penny L. Willrich, Phoenix School of Law

Strategies for Teaching Social Change to Non-Progressive Students Across the Law School Curriculum

• Mae C. Quinn, University of Tennessee School of Law; Dwight Aarons, University of Tennessee School of Law

6:30 pm: Wine Reception, Sponsored by Aspen Publishers, at the Bancroft Hotel

Dinner and Tribute to Chris Iijima at the Bancroft Hotel Download tribute to Chris Iijima

• Eric Yamamoto, University of Hawai'i School of Law
• Mari Matsuda, Georgetown University Law Center
• Dean Avi Soifer, University of Hawai'i School of law
• Chris's family
• Michele Anglade, Florida International University College of Law
• Michael Perlin, New York Law School
• members of the audience

Saturday, March 15

9:00-10:30 am: Concurrent Sessions

The Future of Racial Integration: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District

• Paulette Caldwell, NYU School of Law; Christian B. Sundquist, Albany Law School; Reginald Oh, Cleveland-Marshall School of Law

Using Media to Teach for Social Change

• Sherri Burr, University of New Mexico School of Law; Luz E. Herrera, Chapman University School of Law; Abby Ginzberg, Chair, Advisory Board of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and Instructor, Vanderbilt University Law School

Clinical/Client-Oriented Teaching for Social Change

• Jennifer Brobst, North Carolina Central University School of Law; Joan Howarth, Annette Appell, Ngai Pindell and Jean Whitney, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law; Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University School of Law
  

Teaching with Conscience

• Ruben Garcia, California Western School of Law; Michael Fischl, University of Connecticut School of Law; Roberto Corrada, University of Denver Sturm College of Law; Ellen Dannin, Penn State Dickinson School of Law
  

10:45-12:15 pm: Concurrent Sessions

Teaching for Social Change: Domestic and International

• Michael Perlin, New York Law School, "When the Winds of Change Shift": International Teaching for Social Change, or Why Doing What We Do "Keeps Us Forever Young"; Eli Wald, University of Denver College of Law; Jane E. Cross, Nova Southeastern University Law Center; Kenneth Margolis, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  

Teaching Whiteness, Teaching Race

• Stephanie M. Wildman, Margalynne Joan Armstrong, Margaret Russell, Santa Clara University School of Law; Frances E. Kendall, Ph.D., Consultant on Organizational Change and Communication, Specializing in Issues of Diversity and Social Justice
  

The Pedagogy of Social Justice Lawyering

• Derek Black, Howard University School of Law; Nekima Levy-Pounds and Artika Tyner, University of Saint Thomas School of Law; Paul Harris, New College School of Law; Bobbie Stein, Boalt Hall

The Psychology of Teaching for Social Change

• Kirsten Dauphinais, University of North Dakota School of Law; Victoria Chase and Ann E. Freedman, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden; Katharine Hahn, Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky
• 12:15-1:45 pm lunch: "A Conversation with Mari Matsuda and Charles Lawrence on Teaching for Social Change"

2:00-3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Bringing It All Together: Steps for Putting Together a Social Justice Textbook or Course

• Deborah Post, Touro Law Center; Peter Davis, Touro Law Center, This talk was taken from a much lengthier discussion of the topic in Peter Davis, Why Not A Justice School?  On The Role Of Justice In Legal Education And The Construction Of A Pedagogy Of Justice, 30 Hamline. L. Rev. 514 (2007);commentator: Stephanie Wildman, University of Santa Clara School of Law (Powerpoint) (Commentary)
  

Teaching Law Along the Pipeline: Law Students, Undergraduates, and High School Students

• Jennifer Elrod, lecturer/director, Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, Boalt Hall; Boalt Hall law students

Teaching About Injustices

• Paula C. Johnson and Janis L. McDonald, Syracuse University College of Law; Natsu Saito, Georgia State School of Law; Anthony Farley, Albany School of Law, visiting

Post-Katrina Disaster Relief Teaching Workshop

• Nancy Cook, Roger Williams School of Law; Kathy Hessler, Case Western Reserve School of Law; Sara Faherty, SUNY Buffalo; Bryan Adamson, Seattle University School of Law

Assessment Issues: Leading the Way to Better Lawyers and a More Diverse Bench and Bar

• Andi Curcio, George State University College of Law; Tamara Lawson, Catholic University School of Law; Roberto Corrada, University of Denver Strum School of Law; Liz Ryan Cole, Vermont Law School; Peggy Maisel, Florida International University College of Law

4:00-5:45 pm: Closing Plenary & Discussion:

Spreading the Message of Hope and Liberation: Expanding the Horizons for Teaching for Social Change Jennifer Elrod, Boalt Hall; Tayyab Mahmud, Seattle University School of Law; Hamid Khan, Executive Director, South Asian Network; Angela Harris, University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall