2026 | Denver, Colorado

Registration and Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Welcome and Introductions

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Alyson Drake & Kerri-Ann Rowe, Teaching for Tomorrow: Evidence-Based Strategies to Maximize Transfer of Knowledge

Alyson Drake, University of Houston Law Center
Kerri-Ann Rowe, University of North Carolina School of Law

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Receiving Feedback

Catherine Dunn, University of Denver Law School

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Discussion Dens

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

“What, Why and How”—Session on Native American Law

Rebecca Chapman, University at Buffalo School of Law
Rebecca Plevel, University of Denver Law School

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

AI-Powered Course Design: Evidence from Two New Legal Research Programs

Katie Hanscke, Vanderbilt University Law School
Emily Pavuluri, Vanderbilt University Law School

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Wrap-up

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Strategies for Scaffolding One-off Research Classes

Brian Flaherty, Boston University School of Law

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Student Feedback in Real Time

Kristina Alayan, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Co-Created Classrooms: Fostering Agency and Intrinsic Value in Legal Research Classrooms

Austin Waters, University at Buffalo School of Law

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Discussion Dens

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Break

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

“Will it AI?” – A Practical Framework for Integrating AI in Legal Research Processes

Rebecca Fordon, Ohio State University Law School
Amanda Watson, Harvard Law School

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Wrap-up & Optional Library Tour

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM