Second Annual Meeting

Consortium of Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs

American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL, May 26, 2004

 

FINAL PROGRAM

 

The second annual meeting of the Consortium for Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs was held in the Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation, in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, May 26, 2004.

 

The meeting consisted of three substantive sessions, opportunities for discussion at lunch and a wine and cheese reception, and a business meeting. The substantive sessions included one that highlighted program development, one that emphasized theoretical and research issues in law and justice, and one that analyzed texts used in teaching law and justice courses.

 

May 26                                    Location: Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation, 4th floor, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60611

 

9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.                  Registration, coffee and tea available

 

9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.                  Welcome and Introductions (Valerie Hans)

 

9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.                What is a "Successful" Undergraduate Program in Law/Justice, and How Can It Be Achieved?

                                               

John Hertel, Air Force Academy (Chair)

                                                Ellen Cohn, University of New Hampshire

                                                Tom Hilbink, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

                                                Michael McCann, University of Washington

                                               

11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.              Break                                     

 

11:30-1:00 p.m.                       Linking Contemporary Scholarship and Teaching on the Death Penalty

Participants:

Ben Fleury-Steiner, University of Delaware (Chair)

Jennifer Culbert, Johns Hopkins University

Timothy Kaufman-Osborne, Whitman College

Mona Lynch, San Jose State University

Austin Sarat, Amherst College

 

1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m.                   Lunch [provided]

 

2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                  Teaching Our Field: The Evolution of Texts in Law/Justice

                                                Participants:

                                                Lesley Jacobs, York University (Chair)

                                                Annie Bunting, York University

David Mednicoff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Joseph Sanders, University of Houston Law Center

John Tryneski, University of Chicago Press (tentative)

                                   

3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.                  Break

 

3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.                  Business meeting of the Consortium

(Development of consortium; committee reports; other business)

 

5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.                  Wine and cheese (following business meeting)