Stetson University College of Law professors participated in several topical panels and committees at the annual Association of American Law Schools meeting Jan. 4-8 in Washington, D.C.
The following professors served on panels at the meeting:
- Associate Dean John Cooper moderated a panel on “The Globalization of the Legal Practice for the Section on International Legal Exchange;”
- Professor Kirsten Davis presented “Feedback Mechanisms” at the AALS Day-Long Workshop on Academic Support; and
- Professor Louis Virelli organized, moderated and spoke on the panel entitled “Hot Topic Program: Politics, Ethics, and the Supreme Court: The Present and Future of Supreme Court Recusal.”
Several Stetson Law faculty members are serving with diverse committees and special sections of the AALS:
- Professor Michael Allen completed his service on the Executive Committee for the Section on Remedies;
- Professor Linda Anderson has begun serving as chair of the Section on Part-time Division Programs;
- Professor Cynthia Batt co-chairs the Membership, Outreach, and Training Committee and is a member of the Externship Committee for the Section on Clinical Education;
- Professor Mark Bauer was elected treasurer of the Section on Aging and Law;
- Associate Dean John Cooper completed his service as chair of the Section on International Legal Exchange and will serve on the Executive Committee for the upcoming year;
- Professor Kirsten Davis was elected secretary of the Section on Women in Legal Education;
- Professor Peter Fitzgerald was elected to the Executive Committee of the Section on Animal Law;
- Associate Dean James Fox was elected to the Executive Committee of the Section on Legal History;
- Professor Luz Nagle serves on the Committee on the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers;
- Professor Jason Palmer was elected to the Executive Committee and Professor Ellen Podgor was elected Secretary for the Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues;
- Professor Susan Rozelle completed her service on the Executive Committee of the Section on Criminal Justice, continues to serve on the Work-Life Balance Committee of the Section on Women in Legal Education, and remains chair of the Teaching Materials Network for the AALS New Law Professors Section; and
- Professor Louis Virelli was elected to the Executive Committee of the Section on Constitutional Law.