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3rd Annual Legal Master's Degree Conference Materials

March 28-30, 2019

Program of Events

Materials are linked to program titles.
 Friday, March 29, 2019
Engaging Your Academic Audience: Working Toward Faculty Zeal
Presenters: Anne Marlenga, Director of Special Projects, Graduate & International Programs, USC Gould School of Law; Anitha Cadambi, Associate Director of Graduate Curriculum & Instruction, USC Gould School of Law
Accreditor-Worthy Learning Outcomes, Assessments and Grading for Non-J.D. Courses 1
Accreditor-Worthy Learning Outcomes 2 (Google Drive Documents)  VIDEO

Presenters: Lindsay Dunbar, Assistant Director, Center for Online Programs, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Ellen Murphy, Assistant Dean of Instructional Technologies & Design, Wake Forest University School of Law; Anna Luce, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Ken Randall, President, iLaw

New Program Breakout Session
Diving In: Starting a Legal Master's Program

Presenters: Erin Froyd, Chief Learning Officer, Carolina Academic Press; Cathy Schenker, Director of Online Learning, American University Washington College of Law

Advanced Program Breakout Session
Strategic Goals for Non-J.D. Curriculum Planning 1
Strategic Goals for Non-J.D. Curriculum Planning 2

Presenters: Sandra Erickson, Director of Graduate Law Programs, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Stephen Burnett, Executive Director, Experiential and Online Learning, Carolina Academic Press; Priya Sridharan, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Loyola Law School | Los Angeles

Digital Marketing and Branding for Legal Master's Programs 

Presenters: Mike Fogarty, Managing Director, MF Digital Marketing
Eric Menkhus, Associate Dean, New Education Initiatives, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

New Program Breakout Session
Career and Student Services for Masters Students

Presenters: Melissa Berry, Assistant Dean for Student & Career Services, University of Washington School of Law; Nicholas Kajimoto, Assistant Director of Online Programs, USC Gould School of Law; Shannon Sevier, Director of Graduate Law Programs, St. Mary’s University School of Law; Jackie Flynn, Director of Graduate Marketing and Associate Director of Master of Studies in Law, Wake Forest University School of Law

Advanced Program Breakout Session
Where Are We Now: Non-JD Program Survey (workshop)

Facilitator: Rebecca S. Purdom, Executive Director of Graduate and Online Programs, Emory University School of Law

 Saturday, March 30, 2019
Who is in the Driver's Seat: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Course Development for Master's Students

Presenters: Mark Edwin Burge, Professor of Law and Director of San Antonio Programs, Texas A&M University School of Law; Maryellen Maley, Director of Online Legal Writing Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law 

Legal Ed 2030: What does the Future Hold?  VIDEO

Moderator: Susan Hayes Stephan, Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law; Panelists: William H. Byrnes, Executive Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Special Projects, Texas A&M University School of Law; Camille deJorna, Deputy for Legal and Global Higher Education, LSAC; Daniel M. Filler, Dean and Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law; Jon M. Garon, Dean and Professor of Law, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law

 Thanks to the generous event sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor, iLaw

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Gold Sponsors, MF Digital Marketing and West Academic

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Silver Sponsors, Carolina Academic Press and LSAC

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Conference Planning Committee

Lindsay Dunbar, Assistant Director, Center for Online Programs, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Clémence Kucera, Director, Graduate and International Programs, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Colin Marks, Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law
Anne Marlenga, USC Gould School of Law, Director of Special Projects, Graduate & International Programs
Sandra Ortland Erickson, Director of Graduate Law Programs, Arizona State University
Rebecca Purdom, Executive Director of Graduate and Online Programs, Emory University School of Law
Susan Hayes Stephan, Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law

 

 

 

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