AALS Southwest and Big 12 Law Faculty Pre-Recruitment Workshop:
So, You Want to Be a Law Professor

Time

Event Details

8:00 – 8:50 AM

Breakfast

9:00 – 9:10 AM

Welcome

Leonard M. Baynes
Dean, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair, and Professor of Law

Daniella Landers
President of Houston Bar Association

9:10 – 10:00 AM

Panel 1 – So, You Want to Be A Law Professor: The Hiring Process

Panelists:

Steve Clowney, Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law

Meredith J. Duncan, Alumnae College Professor of Law, Assistant Dean for Opportunities, Pedagogy, and Community Engagement, University of Houston Law Center

Kyle Velte, Associate Dean, Faculty; Karelitz Chair in Evidence Law; Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law

10:05 – 11:00 AM

Panel 2 – So, You Want to Be A Law Professor: Scholarship

Panelists:

Emily Berman, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law; Assistant Dean of Faculty Development; Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center

Orly Mazur, Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law

Christopher K. Odinet, Professor of Law & Mosbacher Research Fellow, Texas A&M University School of Law

11:05 AM – 12:00 PM

Panel 3 – So, You Want to Be A Law Professor: Teaching

Panelists:

Martin Edwards, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law

Victoria Mather, Professor of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law

Peter N. Salib, Assistant Professor of Law,
University of Houston Law Center

12:15 – 1:15 PM

Lunch and Colloquy Among Southwest/Big 12 Law Deans

Deans’ Perspective on Hiring Law Faculty

Robert Ahdieh, COO, Texas A&M Fort Worth; VP for Professional Schools & Programs, Texas A&M University; Dean & Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean's Chair, Texas A&M University School of Law

Leonard M. Baynes, Dean, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair, and Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center

Patricia Roberts, Dean and Charles E. Cantú Distinguished Professor of Law, St. Mary’s
University School of Law

Douglas Sylvester, Dean Emeritus, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

1:45 – 6:00 PM

Interviews

To be scheduled between faculty, prospective candidates, and participating law schools