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Our BLPB group has had a number of email discussions recently about the use of social media including blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for professional purposes. My home institution has discussed the same topic and even held a “training” session on technology in and outside of the classroom.  Because I am a heavy user, I volunteered to blog about how I use social media as a lawyer and academic in the hopes of spurring discussion or at least encouraging others to take a dip in the vast pool of social media.

Although I have been on Facebook for years, I don’t use that professionally at all. I also don’t allow my students to friend me, although I do know a number of professors who do. I often see lawyer friends discussing their clients or cases in a way that borders on violations of the rules of professional conduct, and I made sure to discuss those pitfalls when I was teaching PR last year.

I have also used LinkedIn for several years, mainly for professional purposes to see what others in my profession (at the time compliance and privacy work) were thinking about.  I still belong to a number of LinkedIn…

This conference is worth a look, with some great people (and great teachers), including Michael Hunter Schwartz.  It’s relevant to all disciplines, though judging by the AALS panel I attended in January, for the section on Agency, Partnership, LLCs, and Unincorporated Associations, titled “Effective Methods for Teaching LLCs and Unincorporated Business Arrangements,” a lot of people in the in the business area have been particularly focused on assessment and outcomes for their students.  BLPB’s own Anne Tucker, for one. 

Assessment Across The Curriculum

Institute for Law Teaching and Learning

Spring Conference 2014

Saturday, April 5, 2014

“Assessment Across the Curriculum” is a one-day conference for new and experienced law teachers who are interested in designing and implementing effective techniques for assessing student learning.  The conference will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas.

 Conference Content:  Sessions will address topics such as

·         Formative Assessment in Large Classes

·         Classroom Assessment Techniques

·         Using Rubrics for Formative and Summative Assessment

·         Assessing the Ineffable: Professionalism, Judgment, and Teamwork

·         Assessment Techniques for Statutory or Transactional Courses

By the end of the conference, participants…

The Western Academy of Legal Studies in Business (“WALSB“) Annual Conference will be held in Monterey, CA on March 28-29, 2014.

WALSB president-elect Lydie Pierre-Louis (San Fransisco) provided the information below about the conference:

Invitation:

You may choose to present a scholarly paper (for academics), organize or serve on a panel, or give a presentation on any topic of interest to academics or practitioners in the field of business law (for practitioners).  Registration fee includes a cocktail reception on Friday for registrants and guests, breakfast and light lunch on Saturday for registrants, and a digital copy of the proceedings.  CA CLE is available.

Participation:

Please complete and submit the registration form to our conference program chair, Lydie Pierre-Louis, at lnpierrelouis@usfca.edu.  If you wish to be placed on the program for presentation at the conference, please submit your registration by March 14, 2014. We will receive a confirmation.

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On April 24, 2014, the University of Saint Thomas (Minnesota) will host a conference on social enterprise.  The conference will be interdisciplinary, engaging experts in Catholic studies, entrepreneurship, law, management, and public policy.

The first session will address issues surrounding using business as an agent for social change, with a focus on social entrepreneurship and benefit corporations.  The first session will run from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Atrium at the University of St. Thomas, School of Law and is approved for 2.0 hours of CLE credit (Minnesota).  Speakers are listed below:

  • Elizabeth K. Babson, Attorney with Drinker, Biddle and Reath LLP and a co-author of the Benefit Corporation White Paper
  • Lyman P. Q. Johnson, LeJeune Distinguished Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas, School of Law, and Robert O. Bentley Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University
  • John F. McVea, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business
  • J. Haskell Murray, Assistant Professor of Management and Business Law, Belmont University
  • Michael J. Naughton, Director, John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, University of St. Thomas, Center for Catholic Studies
  • Elizabeth R. Schiltz (moderator), Thomas J. Abood

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The following call for papers comes to us from Janine Hiller (Virginia Tech):

I am pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a research colloquium focused on “Legal and Ethical Issues in Predictive Data Analytics.” The colloquium is co-organized and the resulting publication will be co-edited by Tonia Hap Murphy of  the University of Notre Dame. The colloquium of 8-10 scholars will be held at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. on June 19-20, 2014. Virginia Tech and the Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics are sponsoring the research meeting, and will pay for meals and lodging during the colloquium dates.

Predictive data analytics are used in a variety of settings and applications,  including personalized marketing, crime prevention, insurance, health care, and increasingly in the legal profession itself. Within the next few years, the sale of predictive analytics business software alone is forecast to reach billions of dollars and to be utilized in a wide variety of industries. In contrast to the growth of data analytics and predictive modeling, legal and ethical considerations have not been widely identified or discussed in academic literature. The goal of the colloquium is to provide leadership for research about these issues and

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Information about the annual Academy of Legal Studies in Business (“ALSB”) conference is available here. 

Supposedly, the conference hotel, the Hyatt Olive 8, is already booked.  (Who knew that you had to book earlier than January 24 for an early August academic conference).  I hear that the conference organizers are negotiating for reduced rates at the nearby hotels, or perhaps more rooms will come available (at the conference rate of $159/night) at the Hyatt Olive 8.

This will be my first ALSB conference and my first trip to Seattle.  I am looking forward to it.  The ALSB conference is the annual, national conference for legal studies professors in business schools.  Last fall I attended, presented, and enjoyed the SEALSB regional conference in Tampa.  I am told that ALSB will be similar, but on a much larger scale.

If you are interested in this conference and/or are interested in teaching law in business schools, it might be worth joining ALSB.  The new member rate is only $30. 

Hope to see some of our readers in Seattle in August.   

An announcement from the Faculty Lounge that may be of interest to some of our readers is reproduced below:

“The National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC) will be held on Thursday, June 19th and Friday, June 20th at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

This is the fifth annual meeting of the NBLSC, a conference which annually draws together dozens of legal scholars from across the United States and around the world. We welcome all scholarly submissions relating to business law. Presentations should focus on research appropriate for publication in academic journals, especially law reviews, and should make a contribution to the existing scholarly literature. We will attempt to provide the opportunity for everyone to actively participate. Junior scholars and those considering entering the legal academy are especially encouraged to participate.

To submit a presentation, email Professor Eric C. Chaffee at eric.chaffee@utoledo.edu with an abstract or paper by April 4, 2014. Please title the email “NBLSC Submission – {Name}”. If you would like to attend, but not present, email Professor Chaffee with an email entitled “NBLSC Attendance.” Please specify in your email whether you are willing to serve as a commentator or moderator. A conference schedule will be circulated in late

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