AALS Midwest Regional Faculty Pre-Recruitment Conference

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is offering several Faculty Pre-Recruitment Conferences in different regions of the country. Northwestern Pritzker Law will be hosting the Midwest Regional Conference.  

Agenda

2:00-2:10 pm – Welcome

Zachary Clopton, Interim Dean and Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 

2:10-2:30 pm – State of the Market

Sarah Lawsky, Howard Friedman '64 JD Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, moving to University of Illinois College of Law
 

2:35-3:15 pm – Tenure Track Panel Discussion

Dhruv Aggarwal, Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Monica Haymond, Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Max Helveston, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, DePaul University College of Law
Stephen Rushin, Judge Hubert Louis Will Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

3:20-4:00 pm – Clinical/Writing Discussion

Michelle Falkoff, Clinical Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Legal Writing and Instruction, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Clinical Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic
 

4:05-4:45 pm – Fellowships

Vince Buccola, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Paul Gowder, Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Greg Reilly, Associate Dean for Scholarship and Faculty Development, Chicago-Kent College of Law

4:50-5:00 pm – Q&A

5:00 pm – Closing

5:00-5:45 pm – Networking Reception

Agenda subject to change.  

Registration

Please RSVP to attend.

Location

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Rubloff Building, RM 180
420 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611

Contact

For questions, please email Diane M. Miller at diane.miller@law.northwestern.edu.