At the AALS Workshop on Women Rethinking Equality, there are 6 plenary sessions. The chart below lists each session’s title, speakers and moderator. The participant’s home institution is listed next to his or her name. To the right of the participant’s school is a number indicating the rank of the participant’s home institution, according to the 2011 US News survey (issued in 2010 — it’s the one I happen to have handy on my computer).
| Plenary 1: “The Unfinished Business of Women’s Equality in Legal Education” | ||
| Rachel Moran | UCLA | 15 |
| Cynthia E. Nance | Arkansas | 86 |
| Juan F. Perea | Florida | 47 |
| Camille Gear Rich | USC | 18 |
| Elizabeth Nowicki (moderator) | Tulane | 48 |
| Plenary 2: The Workplace as a Site of Gender (In)Equality | ||
| Catherine R. Albiston | Berkeley | 7 |
| Victoria L. Bescoll | Yale School of Management | N/A |
| Kimberly D. Krawiec | Duke | 11 |
| Vicki Schultz | Yale | 1 |
| Joan C. Williams | Hastings | 42 |
| Tanya Kateri Hernandez (moderator) | Fordham | 34 |
| Plenary 3: Meanings and Contexts of Gender Equality | ||
| Martha E. Chamallas | Ohio State | 34 |
| Brenda Cossman | Toronto | N/A |
| Katherine F. Franke | Columbia | 4 |
| Angela P. Harris | Davis | 28 |
| Reva B. Siegel | Yale | 1 |
| Judith Resnik (moderator) | Yale | 1 |
| Plenary 4: Women as Scholars | ||
| Anita L. Allen | Penn | 7 |
| Lolita Buckner Inniss | Cleveland-Marshall | T3 |
| Bridget Crawford | Pace | T3 |
| Sonia K. Katyal | Fordham | 34 |
| Nancy Levit | UMKC | T3 |
| Martha T. McCluskey | Buffalo | T3 |
| Roberta Romano | Yale | 1 |
| Stephanie Wildman (moderator) | Santa Clara | 93 |
| Plenary 5: Women as Teachers, Gender in the Classroom | ||
| Margalynne J. Armstrong | Santa Clara | 93 |
| Tucker Culbertson | Syracuse | 86 |
| Kamille N. Wolf | Texas Southern | T4 |
| Lisa R. Pruitt (moderator) | Davis | 28 |
| Plenary 6: Reshaping Institutions | ||
| Jennifer M. Chacon | Irvine | N/A |
| Aya Gruber | Colorado | 38 |
| Xuan-Thao Nguyen | SMU | 48 |
| Catherine E. Smith | Denver | 80 |
| Phoebe A. Haddon (moderator) | Maryland | 48 |
By my count, there are 28 plenary speakers and 6 plenary-session moderators. Of these 34 plenary participants, twenty-one come from so-called “Tier 1” law schools. Five come from so-called “Tier 2” schools (i.e., those ranked 50 to 100). Five come from schools further down the ranking totem pole. 1 is from outside the legal academy. 1 is from a school (Irvine) that was not ranked in the 2011 survey. 1 is from a Canadian school.
Of the plenary participants, some are also presenting papers in a second conference appearance in two days. Many of the moderators are also commenting on papers in breakout sessions, in addition to their plenary moderation duties, thus also serving in two formal roles at the conference over two days.
Of the six members of the Planning Committee for the Workshop, five come from so-called “Tier 1” schools. One comes from a so-called “Tier 2” school.
-Bridget Crawford
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