What’s Working in Your Classroom? Experiential Exercises in Business Law

The AALS Section on Transactional Law & Skills is pleased to announce a session at the 2027 AALS Annual Meeting in New York City.

The Section invites submissions for a panel highlighting experiential exercises across the business law curriculum. We welcome exercises used in courses including Business Associations, Contracts, Securities Regulation, Tax, Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, Transactional Drafting, and other business law courses. Examples might include contract drafting workshops, transactional research assignments, mock negotiations, client counseling exercises, compliance exercises, deal simulations, or other experiential activities that develop students’ transactional lawyering and professional skills.

Selected presenters will describe their exercise, discuss how they facilitate and, where applicable, assess or grade it, and give attendees a sense of how it plays out in the classroom.

We anticipate selecting multiple presenters for this session, with the final number depending on the session length and the submissions received. A formal written paper is not required; a clear description of the exercise and how it is used is sufficient for submission.

To submit, please send a short description of your exercise to Professor David Lourie (dlourie@iu.edu) on or before Friday, September 11, 2026. Please include your name and contact information and include “AALS – Transactional Pedagogy” in the subject line.

Submissions will be reviewed and selected by the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Transactional Law & Skills. Presenters are responsible for their own registration, hotel, and travel expenses.