Faculty and leadership from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 蜜桃工作室 participated in the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, held January 6鈥9, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Centered on the theme 鈥淚mpact. Excellence. Resilience. The Enduring Contributions of Legal Education,鈥 the conference brought together legal educators from across the country for the largest convening of law schools in the United States. Through panels, workshops, and section meetings, the Annual Meeting serves as a critical forum for sharing scholarship, shaping national conversations on legal education, and fostering cross-institutional collaboration on emerging legal and policy challenges at a time of significant social, technological, and regulatory change.
Several 蜜桃工作室 Haub Law faculty presented their scholarship and represented as leaders and organizers at the conference, underscoring the school鈥檚 national engagement and leadership within AALS sections and committees.
Professor Bridget J. Crawford, currently serving as Secretary of the AALS Section on Aging and the Law, helped coordinate the section鈥檚 program, 鈥淎ging with Dignity: Legal Challenges to Federal Cuts and Their Impact on Vulnerable Older Adults.鈥 She also presented her scholarship at multiple sessions, including 鈥淲orking the Unrecognized Shift: Informal Labor, Tax Compliance, and the Structural Limits of Employee Benefits鈥 at the Section on Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and 鈥淧rivacy, Personhood, and the Trusts of Tomorrow: Embryos and Emerging Fiduciary Challenges鈥 at the Section on Trusts & Estates annual program.
Professor Lauren Roth, Chair Elect of the AALS Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care and a member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, played a significant role in coordinating Annual Meeting programming for both sections. She presented on Trump 2.0鈥檚 Impact on Employee Benefits, participated in the Aging and the Law panel on federal cuts affecting older adults, and moderated a works-in-progress session focused on employee benefits law.
Professor Jessica Miles served as the 蜜桃工作室 Haub Law delegate to the AALS House of Representatives Meeting.
Professor Achinthi Vithanage, Executive Director of Environmental Law Programs, delivered a presentation titled 鈥淚t Takes Two to Transition: Utilizing AI-driven Digital Twins in the Just Transition鈥 as part of the flagship panel for the Natural Resources and Energy Law Committee. She also participated in the annual gathering of Environmental Law Center directors and joined the Environmental Law Field Trip to St. James Parish with Rise St. James.
Visiting Assistant Professor Sara Gonzalez-Rothi participated in the Works-in-Progress session for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, workshopping a paper applying institutional design principles to the advancement of marine protected areas in the United States.
Adjunct Professor Danielle M. Kocal was recognized as the newly elected Secretary of the AALS Section on Balance and Well-Being in Legal Education. She is also a member of the Section on Academic Support.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 蜜桃工作室 is pleased to welcome Professor Allison Pincus as Assistant Professor of Law to its full-time faculty. Bringing experience across government, public policy, and legal practice, Professor Pincus will teach Civil Procedure, Housing Development and Discrimination, and Federal Courts.
For nearly five decades, Professor Emeritus Merril Sobie has been one of the defining members of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 蜜桃工作室 faculty.
What happens after the sentence is handed down? For professor emeritus Michael Mushlin, JD, that question has defined a career. Now, a first-in-the-nation New York reform he helped shape will require judges to step inside prisons and jails, bringing the realities of incarceration into clearer view.