Events Calendar

Regional Breakfast and NALSAP Board Meeting: Northeast: 2.137 Midwest: 2.140 South: 2.123 West: 2.124 Canada: 2.300

Board Meeting: Eidman 2.310

We engage with students to become thoughtful leaders in an ever-changing world while working with many constituents and stakeholders to create space for belonging. During this session, panelists will discuss their experiences establishing programs centered around diversity, inclusion, engagement, and collaboration with student organizations, faculty, and the legal profession. Attendees will learn about examples of successful programs and ideas that they can implement at their institutions.

Presenters

Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services, Assistant Professor of Law, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, Penn State Dickinson Law Vernadette Horne, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, St. John's University School of Law Lisa Monticciolo, Dean of Students and Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Darren Nealy, Assistant Dean of Students, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Today’s law students need to be adaptive, resilient, innovative, and inclusive leaders. Supporting student growth in these areas will require shifting our mindsets and strategies. Join us as we reach for the future and explore three different models of leadership programming (curricular and co-curricular), taught within the context of the new ABA professional identity standard. Fly, walk, or speed away with ideas, materials, and potential assessments to prepare and empower students as they face a different professional and personal future.

Presenters:

Mary Fitzpatrick, Assistant Dean, Albany Law School Lucinda Gardner, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Washington College of Law Alexis Martinez Executive Director, Equity & Compliance Programs, Georgia Institute of Technology Rosemary Queenan, Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Professor, Albany Law School

While progress has been made on various social and legal fronts, LGBTQ+ individuals continue to face discriminatory and exclusionary experiences. So how are law schools supporting LGBTQ+ law students today? Come learn about policies and practices law schools are implementing to support LGBTQ+ students based on the 2021 LSAC Law School Survey and collaborate with your colleagues to compile concrete ways to improve your DEI efforts to better support LGBTQ+ law students.

Presenters:

Elizabeth Bodamer, DEI Policy & Research Analyst and Senior Program Manager, LSAC

NALSAP Business meeting, Awards Officer Installation. Program starts 12:15

As legal education contends with historic changes in pedagogy, the ongoing pandemic, and shifting economic forces, NALP/NALP Foundation's alumni studies provide unique insights on how alumni view their legal education, including skills preparation, employment, educational debt, and overall ROI. You’ll hear about trends and insights that deans of students and law school administrators can use right now, not only to make strategic decisions about student programming, curricular development, and alumni engagement, but also for benchmarking.

Presenters:

Fiona Trevelyan Hornblower, President/CEO, NALP Foundation Skip Horne, Vice President for Engagement, NALP Foundation Jennifer C. Mandery, Vice Preident for Research, NALP Foundation

Have you ever struggled to effectively address student conduct that is inappropriate or unprofessional, but is not a violation of your institution’s Honor Code or Code of Conduct? Join this session for a discussion of various approaches to student behavior that is problematic, but not necessarily actionable. Attendees will leave with strategies and practical tips for preventing and confronting student behavior that is “in the grey.”

Presenters:

Loni Burnette, Senior Director, Academic Services and Student Life, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Arizona State University Jessica Fonseca-Nader, Assistant Dean for Enrollment and Scholarships, Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing, St. Thomas University College of Law Alex Sklut, Associate Dean of Students, University of Richmond School of Law

Self-directedness (or ownership or initiative) will be a key competency for law school graduates seeking to find success in legal practice. How can law schools do more to foster self-directedness (or stop doing things that discourage self-directedness!)? How can law schools assess the extent to which students are becoming more self-directed? This presentation will discuss a progressive approach to fostering greater self-directedness in law students and provide some insights on ways of assessing self-directedness.

Presenters:

Jerry Organ, Bakken Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions, University of St. Thomas School of Law Kendall Kerew, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Externship Programs, Georgia State University College of Law

Networking Break and Vendor Fair

Student Affairs professionals enforce student rules that they sometimes cannot influence. At times, faculty: 1. Do not understand the realities of day-to-day rule administration; 2. Lack knowledge about the system in which new rules operate; 3. Are reluctant to take responsibility or enforce unpopular rules. This discussion is led by two full-time law faculty members who recently served as an academic dean/interim dean and as the dean of students. They will discuss these challenges from all angles and provide an interactive, open, and honest dialogue to share lessons learned and concrete tips for developing a successful working relationship between faculty and other administrators to enhance student success.

Presenters:

Debra Moss Vollweier, Professor of Law (former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs), Nova Southeastern University College of Law Michele Struffolino, Professor of Law (former Associate Dean of Students), Nova Southeastern University College of Law

The Department of Education announced a temporary change to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program allowing borrowers to receive credit for past payments that would not otherwise have qualified. In this session, we’ll review the core requirements of PSLF and the new PSLF Limited Waiver, highlight the specific steps borrowers need to take before this opportunity expires in October, and share additional resources for you to share with your students.

Presenters

Jennifer Schott, Managing Director - AccessLex Center for Education and Financial Capability, AccessLex Institute Jennifer DiSanza, Regional Director, AccessLex Institute

Having a well-developed leader identity, and sophisticated leadership skills and competencies has now become crucial to the success of law students and lawyers. Recognizing this, the office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Office of Student Services at Mitchell Hamline School of Law developed the Conscious Leadership, Law, and Justice Stakeholder Centered Coaching (SCC) Leader development program. This session will discuss how the program was developed and facilitated, curriculum and materials used, and challenges and successes.

Presenters:

Shammah Bermudez, Director of Disability and Student Services, Mitchell Hamlin School of Law Rick Petry, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Mitchell Hamlin School of Law

This workshop gives all attendees an opportunity to discuss how NALSAP can better support its members to thrive in our profession. Using the deliberate creative process introduced by Dr. Amy Climer on day one of the conference, we will explore critical questions about such issues as staffing and office structures, portfolio scope, training and professional development, and what we need to advocate for in order for our law schools and organizations to support us in our work. Outcomes will guide future endeavors of our association.

Presenters

NALSAP Board of Directors

This event gives incoming 1L students to meet some of their future classmates, in a virtual environment.