Section Highlights

Section Summary – What’s ‘Write’? Who’s Writing? Exploring New AI Developments in Legal Writing Courses

The workshop titled “What’s ‘Write’? Who’s Writing? Exploring New AI Developments in Legal Writing Courses,” held on Thursday, July 25, 2024, provided a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of AI in legal writing education. Moderated by Professor Suzanne Rowe from the University of Oregon School of Law, the panel featured a diverse group of faculty members who shared their experiences and perspectives on integrating AI tools into legal writing courses and seminars. While some, like Professors John Cook and Susan McMahon, expressed caution about the premature adoption of AI in legal writing, others, including Professor Michael Murray and Professor Kirsten K. Davis, highlighted their enthusiasm and cautious optimism about AI’s potential benefits. The discussion underscored schools’ varied approaches, from using AI for pre-writing exercises to

Section Summary – Distance Education Workshop

Building Community and Inclusion Using Online Legal Education July 24, 2024 The focus of this workshop was to explore ways to promote a robust culture of community and inclusion in an online course. The participants all had vast experience in teaching in a variety of online modalities. The discussion was divided into three periods: before class starts, during class and after class. Before the class starts, steps taken included introducing the topic through an email or a video to the class, inviting students to share something about themselves via a post, capping the class size to a small class and/or dividing the class into smaller cohorts or teams. During class, many instructors established rules on how to address each other

Section Summary – New and Established Voices in Criminal Procedure

Russell Gold (Alabama) presented a work in progress about reassessing the role of volitional, conscious acts and how the defendant must plea as well as the role of mitigating evidence. Jordan Wallace-Wolf (UALR) presented a work in progress about geofencing surveillance issues in light of a recent Fourth Circuit decision. Wes Moore (UNT) presented a work in progress about the current status of the Fourth Amendment jurisprudence regarding drones and surveillance addressing how law enforcement is starting to push the boundaries regarding this technology. Brittany Deitch (Capital) presented a work in progress addressing the relationship between prisoners’ pay to stay laws and forced prison labor. Nick Kahn-Fogel (Penn State) presented a work in progress that is responding to scholarship seeking

Session Summary – Remedies in the Social Media Context

SEALS Scholarship Committee Panel Spotlight July 21, 2024 Remedies Discussion Forum: Remedies in the Social Media Context This discussion group explored hot topics related to remedies in the social media context as well as remedies intersecting with jurisdictional issues. We welcomed newcomers interested in teaching and writing about remedies. The first speaker was Professor Jorge Contreras, The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, who presented a forthcoming article, Reconsidering the Patent Jurisdiction of the International Trade Commission. Professor Contreras emphasized several of the flaws of the ITC’s unique jurisdiction including duplicative proceedings with no estoppel effect and equitable relief rulings that are inconsistent with eBay. He explored suggestions for remedial reforms but ultimately questioned whether ITC patent jurisdiction

Section Summary – Call for Papers Luncheon

Call for Papers Presentation Monday July 22, 2024 SEALS hosts an annual call for papers competition that solicits entries from scholars with varying degrees of experience in the academy and a wide range of subject matter interests. The winner is recognized in the SEALS program and invited to present their work to a group of like-minded scholars at a Call for Papers luncheon. This year’s winner, Professor Jane Bambauer, is the Brechner Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Her outstanding paper, How to Get the Property Out of Privacy Law, draws on law and economics principles to argue that data privacy law fits better within a risk management model than a traditional property model. Professor