The First Big Ten UnTENured Conference
July 31-August 2, 2006Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
211 South Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
Welcome to the first Big Ten UnTENured Conference! It is our hope that this conference will provide a forum for the discussion of issues of concern to all of our soon-to-be-tenured colleagues including research, publication, publicity, balancing family and career and (in future years) teaching. We also hope that the conference will provide a useful forum for presenting and discussing your own research problems and interacting with other academics at a similar stage in their career development.
The operative words for the meeting are discussion and interaction. Thus, although we have assigned some discussion leaders for sections on topics of general concern, the real point of the conference is to give you a chance to get together with other untenured colleagues and discuss these topics, as well as your own research projects. The sessions on topics of general concern (what is good scholarship?, how best to publicize your work?, how to balance getting tenure with family commitments?) are intended to provide a framework for the later discussions of your own research. The discussion leaders have been told to merely relate some of their own experiences and opinions to initiate a larger group discussion. We look forward to your active participation in all sessions.
Attending the Conference
Participants should plan to arrive in Bloomington on the afternoon or evening of July 31, 2006, and check in at the hotel. The conference hotel is the Biddle Hotel & Conference Center located in the Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana Memorial Union900 E. 7th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405 [maps]
(812) 856-6381
Reservations should already be made for your stay in your name and charged to the Law School. If there are any problems with your reservations, or other conference arrangements, contact our Events Coordinator, Nikki Rolf at nrolf@indiana.edu or (812) 855-9781.
If you arrive by air, there is the Classic Touch Limousine Service and the Bloomington Shuttle Service which operate between the Indianapolis International Airport and the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington. You can reserve a limousine to meet you at and return you to the airport on either a private or shared ride basis with Classic Touch Limousine (800-319-0082). Shared rides run for $56 per person each way or less (with more people or round trip) while a private car will cost $120 each way from and to the airport. Alternatively, you can take the Bloomington Shuttle which pick you up at the Ground Transportation Center located in the lower level of the parking ramp across from the airport terminal's baggage claim and will drop you off outside the hotel entrance at the Indiana Memorial Union for $25 per person. You can also use the Shuttle to reverse the process and get from the Union to the Airport, according to a set schedule of airport trips leaving from the hotel entrance at the Memorial Union. You can check the shuttle's schedule and reserve a spot by calling 800-589-6004.
Participants can arrive any time they like on the 31st, but if you arrive in time for dinner at 7:00 pm, Professor Dau-Schmidt would be pleased if you would be his guest at Michael's Uptown Cafe located at 102 E. Kirkwood Avenue, just off of the County Courthouse Square, (812) 339-0900 [map]. If you plan to arrive in time for dinner, Ken and Nikki Rolf [email nrolf@indiana.edu] would appreciate an RSVP by July 15, 2006. Of course you may also make dinner arrangements on your own and there is a wide assortment of fine restaurants in Bloomington along Fourth Street or Kirkwood to the west of the Indiana Memorial Union, or around the County Courthouse Square, all of which is within an easy walk of the Union.
Except for dinner on the night of August 1st, all conference activities and meetings will be held at the Law School, located on the northeast corner of Third Street and Indiana Avenue—a short southwesterly walk from the Indiana Memorial Union [map].
Conference Particpants
- Lisa Arent
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] lisaarent@yahoo.com - Amitai Aviram
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University of Illinois College of Law
[profile] aaviram@law.fsu.edu - Kevin Collins
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] kevcolli@indiana.edu - Joshua Fairfield
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] jofairfi@indiana.edu - Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] lfr@indiana.edu - William Henderson
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] wihender@indiana.edu - Kristin Hickman
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University of Minnesota Law School
[profile] khickman@umn.edu - Christine Hurt
- University of Illinois
- Patrick J. Keenan
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University of Illinois College of Law
[profile] pjkeenan@law.uiuc.edu - Heidi Kitrosser
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University of Minnesota Law School
[profile] hdk@umn.edu - Alexandra Klass
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University of Minnesota Law School
[profile] aklass@umn.edu - Ajay Mehrotra
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] amehrotr@indiana.edu - Adam Mossoff
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Michigan State University College of Law
[profile] amossoff@law.msu.edu - Christiana Ochoa
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
[profile] cochoa@indiana.edu - Andrew Pardieck
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
amp@pardieckgill.com - Paul Stancil
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University of Illinois College of Law
[profile] stancil@law.uiuc.edu - Glen Staszewski
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Michigan State University College of Law
[profile] glen.staszewski@law.msu.edu - Ethan Stone
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University of Iowa College of Law
[profile] ethan-stone@uiowa.edu - David Stras
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University of Minnesota Law School
[profile] dstras@umn.edu - Ekow N. Yankah
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University of Illinois
[profile] eyankah@law.uiuc.edu - Tung Yin
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University of Iowa College of Law
[profile] tung-yin@uiowa.edu
Conference Schedule
| July 31, 2006 | |
| August 1, 2006 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 First Floor Lobby |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:15 Moot Court Room |
Welcome
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| 9:15-10:30 |
What is Good Scholarship?: An Interactive Discussion Facilitators: Professors Bill Popkin and Dan Conkle |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Promoting Your Scholarship: Old and New Technology for the Publication and Publicity of Your Hard Work Facilitators: Professors Leandra Lederman, Bill Henderson, and Ken Dau-Schmidt |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm Faculty Lounge (310) |
Lunch |
Concurrent Sessions | |
| 1:30 - 3:30 pm Conference Room (335) |
Constitutional Law, Federalism, and Legal Systems Facilitators: Kevin Collins
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| 1:30 - 3:30 pm Room 214 |
Interdisciplinary Analyses of the Law Facilitator: Christiana Ochoa
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| 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Break |
Concurrent Sessions |
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3:45 - 5:30 |
Patents, Trademark, Intellectual Property Facilitator: Joshua Fairfield
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| 3:45 - 5:30 pm Room 214 |
Race, Ethnicity and the Law Facilitator: William Henderson
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| 6:30 - 9:30 pm |
Cocktails and Dinner at the Indiana Memorial Union University Club |
| August 2, 2006 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 Third Floor Lobby |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 Conference Room (335) |
The Conference Re-convenes Associate Dean of Research Ken Dau-Schmidt |
| 9:00-10:15 Conference Room (335) |
Staying "On Track" For Tenure: Accommodating Kids, Spouses and Spouses' Careers While Still Getting Tenure Facilitators: Professor Dawn Johnsen and Professor Charlie Geyh |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Concurrent Sessions |
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| 10:30 - 12:15 Conference Room (335) |
International and Comparative Law Facilitator: Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
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| 10:30 - 12:15 Room 214 |
Common Law and Legislation Facilitator: Ajay Mehrotra
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| 12:15 - 1:30 Faculty Lounge (310) |
Lunch and Parting Remarks Ken Dau-Schmidt |
More Information
Contact
Associate Dean Ken Dau-SchmidtConference Organizer
812-855-0697; e-mail kdauschm@indiana.edu
Logistics
Nikki RolfEvent Coordination
812-855-9781; e-mail nrolf@indiana.edu