Second Annual Big Ten Aspiring Scholars Conference
August 5-7, 2007hosted by
Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
Some 20 legal educators from Big Ten institutions attended the second annual Big Ten Aspiring Scholars Conference in Bloomington to discuss perhaps the most important aspect of legal academia: teaching.
In addition to workshop sessions for individual scholarship projects, the group addressed the topic of teaching as they might address any other research subject. A presentation on teaching techniques by Jennifer M. Robinson, an IU education expert; analysis of the recent Carnegie Foundation's recent report Educating Lawyers; and a simulation of Indiana Law's interactive Labor Law course represent just a few of the forums presented to attendees.
"This event came from a need identified by my younger colleagues," organizer and former Associate Dean for Research Ken Dau-Schmidt said. "The conferences provide an interactive setting for young legal educators to address real issues and to develop research."
Dau-Schmidt says he hopes that these successful forums will continue. A third conference is tentatively planned for 2008.
Conference Particpants
- Amitai Aviram
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University of Illinois College of Law
- Dan Barnhizer
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Michigan State University College of Law
- Karen E. Bravo
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Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis
- Kevin Collins
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
- Margareth Etienne
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University of Illinois College of Law
- Joshua Fairfield
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
- Miranda Perry Fleischer
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University of Illinois College of Law
- Victor Fleischer
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University of Illinois College of Law
- Matthew Fletcher
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Michigan State University College of Law
- Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
- Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
- Mary Margaret Giannini
- Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis
- William Henderson
- Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
- Christine Hurt
- University of Illinois College of Law
- Patrick Keenan
- University of Illinois College of Law
- Maria Pabon Lopez
- Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis
- Ajay Mehrotra
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
- Christiana Ochoa
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
- Antony Page
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Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis
- Katherine Porter
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University of Iowa College of Law
- Wenona Singel
- Michigan State University College of Law
- Paul J. Stancil
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University of Illinois College of Law
- Timothy Waters
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Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington