Conference: Teaching Multicultural Lawyering
We are thrilled that Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law has joined our Keynote Panel for our online conference Teaching Multicultural Lawyering: Development, Integration and Conversation at WMU-Cooley Law School. There is no charge to attend.
Information about registration, schedule and the conference topics and panelists follow. The focus of the conference is teaching multicultural lawyering in a variety of forms.
The online conference will take place on Thursday, March 11 (from Noon-3:30 p.m. EST) and Friday, March 12, 2021 (11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST).
Registration Information
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-multicultural-lawyering-development-integration-and-conversation-tickets-124694060291.
Please note that space is limited. The deadline for registration is February 19, 2021.
Conference Schedule
The conference agenda is designed to accommodate the many demands on your time by focusing on two afternoons with two sessions each day and a keynote panel discussion on Friday.
While we understand there are many competing demands on your time, we encourage you to attend the full event if possible. This conference will bring together law professors who teach this subject in different ways. We would like to build on this shared knowledge to explore the possible ways we can teach these important issues to law students.
The conversations will be enriched and most effective if participants attend all presentations and activities that we have planned for these two afternoons.
That said, we know that everyone will not be able to attend all the sessions. We only ask that when you sign up for a small group session, you are reasonably sure you can attend that small group. You do not have to enroll in every small group opportunity.
Program Overview
The following is a brief overview of the conference. Some of the sessions will have break-out groups to facilitate small, in-depth discussions. We look forward to welcoming the distinguished speakers and panelists! Listed below are panelists who are confirmed.
Thursday, March 11 (from Noon-3:30 p.m. EST)
Session 1: Introduction; Multicultural Lawyering: Development and Teaching the Course
Professor O’Leary (co-moderator), Professor Martin-Scott (co-moderator), and WMU-Cooley Law School students
Session 2: Learning Objectives and Assessment Regarding Multicultural Curricular Offerings
Professor O’Leary (moderator); Professor Dan Sheaffer, WMU-Cooley Law School; and, Catherine McCollum, Director, Teaching and Learning Center, WMU-Cooley Law School
Friday, March 12, 2021 (11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST)
Distinguished Panel Discussion: Insights from Those Who Have Led the Way
President and Dean James McGrath (moderator); Dean and Professor Leonard M. Baynes, University of Houston Law Center; Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor Danielle Conway Penn State Dickinson Law, Professor Berta Hernández-Truyol, University of Florida, Levin College of Law; and, Professor Emerita Vernellia Randall, University of Dayton School of Law
Session 3: Incorporating Multicultural Topics Into Law Courses
Professor Paula Johnson, Syracuse University College of Law; Professor Arlene S. Kanter, Syracuse University College of Law; Professor Suzette Melendez, Syracuse University College of Law; and, Professor Mary Szto, Syracuse University College of Law
Session 4: Professional Identity and Multicultural Lawyering
Professor Martin-Scott (moderator); Professor Janice Craft, University of Richmond School of Law; and, Professor Lucy Jewel, University of Tennessee College of Law
Please contact us at mcl@cooley.edu with questions and if you would like to be added to our interest list to receive updates and other details as they become available. Anyone who registers for the conference will receive regular updates.
We hope you can join us!
Kim O’Leary
Professor, WMU-Cooley Law School