The 2024听Women in Legal Education conference is scheduled on Thursday, October 17 - Saturday, October 19 at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, CO.

Conference Details
Section on Women in Legal Education (WILE) Purpose
The Section on Women in Legal Education provides information to its members respecting the integration of women and women鈥檚 concerns into the legal profession and the law, promotes the communication of ideas, interests and activities among members of the Section, makes recommendations on matters concerning the administration of law schools and on the status of women in legal education and makes recommendations on matters of interest in the teaching and improvement of the law school curriculum.

Conference Vision
The vision behind this conference is to revive a once-regular mid-year event that focused on the pivotal role of women in the legal academy, exploring how gender identity, particularly in conjunction with other facets of identity, influences participation in the legal academic sphere. This conference will develop frameworks for fostering collaborative efforts and support within the WILE section and extend these beyond to other sections.听

Conference Organizers

  • Lolita Buckner Inniss, Dean and Provost鈥檚 Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
  • Iva J. Ferrell, Associate Professor of Law, Widener University Delaware Law
  • Tiffany Graham, Associate Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
  • Laura Lane-Steele, Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina, Joseph F. Rice School of Law
  • Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean and Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
  • Etienne Toussaint, Associate Professor of Law, University of South Carolina, Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Schedule at a Glance

Confirmed Speakers

Opening Remarks

Dean and Provost's Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School

Interim president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council

Panel 1: The historical perspective of women in the legal academy 鈥� past, present, and future of women.

Managing Director of ABA Accreditation and Legal Education

President and Dean of California Western School of Law

Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law

Executive Director and CEO of AALS

Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law, 听Washington and Lee University's School of Law

President of AALS

Panel 2: Women as leaders inside the law school and outside law schools (women managing partners, deans, etc.)

听Dean and Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law,听Boston University School of Law

Chief Business Integrity Officer and Global Counsel - Commercial Operations and AI, Diageo

Women's Advancement Leader,听Ropes & Gray

Dean and Nathan G. Gordon Professor,听University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law

Dean of the University of Hawai鈥檌 at M膩noa, William S. Richardson School of Law听

Panel 3: Addressing status-related issues, both in terms of instructor positionality and hierarchies within law schools.

Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Leonard B. Rosenberg Professor of Law,听University of Houston Law Center

Professor and听John A. Carver, Jr. Chair in Natural Resources Law, Sturm College of Law

Endowed Professorship, Frank J. Kellegher Professor of Trusts & Estates, Creighton University School of Law

Panel 4: Examining the feminization of our student bodies and its potential impact on our missions, visions, values, and access.

Associate Dean for Instructional Development and听Teaching Professor, University of Colorado Law School

Senior Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management, University of Colorado Law School

Clinical Professor of Law,听Boston University School of Law

Associate Professor of Law, University of Alabama School of Law

Associate Dean for Research, Vinson & Elkins Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law, SMU听Dedman School of Law