Center for Transactional Law and Practice

8:00 – 8:45 a.m.

 Registration, Breakfast, Networking
(Emory Foyer, Emory Break Area, Oak Break Area)

Welcome
(Emory Amphitheater)
Sue Payne, Katherine Koops, Kelli Pittman
Emory University School of Law, Center for Transactional Law and Practice

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Having Fun While Learning:  Pedagogical Techniques for Teaching Contract Drafting

• Robin Boyle, St. John’s University School of Law

Transactional Skills for Tomorrowland

• Adam Eckart, Suffolk University Law School

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Teaching Transaction Planning and Project Management

• Michelle Sonu, Stanford Law School

Balancing Predictability with Flexibility in Contract Drafting

• Tahirih Lee, Florida State University College of Law
• Li Massie, Akerman, LLP

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Teaching the Choice Between Vagueness and Precision in Contracts

• Naveen Thomas, Brooklyn Law School

The Empty Space in the Teaching of Commercial Law – An Argument for Including Article 7 of the UCC in the Commercial Law Curriculum

• Glenys Spence, Barry University School of Law

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch
(The Dining Room)

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

 1:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Preparing Future Lawyers to Draft Contracts and Communicate with Clients in the Era of Generative AI

• Kristen Wolff, University of Michigan Law School

One Semester, One Deal:  A Transactional-Practice Focused Syllabus

• Kari Sanderson, University of Illinois College of Law

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Raising the Bar:  The NextGen Bar Exam and Contract Drafting

• Sue Chesler, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Karen Sneddon, Mercer University School of Law

OK Computer:  Harnessing AI in Contracts to Change How Our Students Will Practice and How We Will Teach

• Mark E. Need, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

 HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

The Pitch:  Teaching Client Impact, Board Governance, and Advocacy

• Casey E. Faucon, University of Connecticut School of Law

Training Law Students for Cybersecurity Practice

• Stephen Black, Texas Tech University School of Law

5:30 – 6:15 p.m.

Cocktails
(Club Room Lobby)

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Dinner and Presentation of the Tina L. Stark Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Transactional Law and Skills
(Starvine Ballroom)

8:00 – 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast
(Oak Break Area & Emory Break Area)

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Keynote Address
(Emory Amphitheater)
Stephanie Hunter McMahon, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Author of “What Law Schools Must Change to Train Transactional Lawyers,” 43 Pace L. Rev.106 (2022)

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Teaching Transactional Business Law through Campus and Community Partnerships

• Joan MacLeod Heminway, The University of Tennessee College of Law
• Brian Kingsley Krumm, The University of Tennessee College of Law

Taking Care of Business Where Business Takes No Care: Teaching Drafting for Cooperatives

• Chris Adams, CUNY School of Law
• Missy Risser, CUNY School of Law

HICKORY ROOM

OAK AMPHITHEATER

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

How to Make Transactional Classes More Engaging and Practical with Blended Learning and Flipped Classrooms:  A Practical Framework and a Look at the University of Miami School of Law’s Innovative Approach

• Marcia Narine Weldon, University of Miami School of Law
• Ian Nelson, Hotshot Legal

Introducing Law Students to Transactional Practice: From Using Precedent to Closing the Deal

• Ben L. Fernandez, University of Florida Levin College of Law

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.

Lunch and Farewells
(The Dining Room)