2021 ALWD Leadership Academy
To foster relationship building, and to take advantage of the benefits of a virtual academy, the 2021 ALWD Leadership Academy met over the course of three weeks in the Summer of 2021. Participants learned from experts in the field on a range of topics critical to effective leadership, including:
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Tuesday, May 25 |
Leadership Theory |
Terrill Pollman, Emerita Professor of Law and past President of ALWD |
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Thursday, May 27 |
Handling Difficult Conversations |
Darby Dickerson, UIC John Marshall Law School Dean and Professor of Law |
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Tuesday, June 1 |
Well-Being for Effective and Inclusive Leadership |
Rosario Lozada, Associate Professor of Legal Skills and Values at FIU, and chair of the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education |
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Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and author of Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia |
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Tuesday, June 8 |
Mentorship |
Michael Hunter Schwartz, McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific, Dean and Professor of Law |
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Thursday, June 10 |
What Comes Next |
Ebony Smith, Executive Coach and the Founder of Ebenum Equation and Facilitator at the FIU Center for Leadership |
Following each session, facilitators led participants through interactive learning sessions. The Academy graduation was held during the 2021 ALWD Biennial Conference: Working on Our Core: Wellbeing, Equity, and Inclusion.
ALWD is grateful to the ALWD Biennial Leadership Academy Sub-committee, including:
Tiffany Atkins (Elon)
Erin Donelon (Tulane)
Rosario Lozada (FIU)
Fiona McKenna (Golden Gate)
Samantha Moppett (Suffolk)
Mary-Beth Moylan (McGeorge)
Shakira Pleasant (UIC John Marshall)
Craig Smith (UNC)
Mel Weresh (Drake)