Education Law

Back from AALS

I just returned from the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (the AALS) in New Orleans.  For those of you not familiar with the organization, it is the primary professional academic organization on the law side (like AERA for education).  The conference spans several days, during which time many papers are presented, many panels convene, and many hours are happy. 

The AALS also includes an Education Law section, which puts on a program at every meeting.  I was fortunate enough to be chosen for this year's program, and I presented a work in progess analyzing the provisions of the Louisiana Constitution relating to education in the context of the reforms now occurring in the Orleans Parish Schools.  The other presenters were Rob Garda of Loyola New Orleans Law, who gave a great overview and predictive analysis of the reforms viewed from the ground level in Orleans Parish, and Daniel Kiel of Memphis Law, who analyzed the current situation in Orleans from a federal equal protection perspective.  Stetson Law's Mark Bauer did a great job organizing the program, and we were proud to elect out new leader, Kristi Bowman, of Michigan State Law, at the conclusion of the presentations and discussion. 

This was my first time at the conference, and I will be back.  More to come on another panel that I attended as a spectator . . .

Full post as published by Edjurist on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).