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11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Conference Registration at Host Hotel, Newport Marriott Hotel & Spa
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Pre-conference Institute #1
Understanding Historical Trauma and Healing in Indigenous Communities
This intensive and interactive learning session is an optional AMDiP experience focused on trauma and healing within indigenous communities. Participate in a meaningful exploration of both the historical trauma and programs to support wellness and healing within these communities.
Facilitator: Dr. Dolores Subia Bigfoot (Caddo Nation of Oklahoma) – Professor, Pediatrics- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Dolores Subia Bigfoot, PhD – OU College of Medicine (ouhsc.edu)
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Pre-conference Institute #2
Building a Plan as a Destination for Diverse Individuals
This intensive and interactive learning session is an optional AMDiP experience designed for law school professionals with responsibility for institutional diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging objectives. Increase your knowledge, understanding, skills, and confidence as you pursue success in DEIB administration and programming. Open to All AMDiP registrants.
Facilitator: Dr. Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA – Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School – Joan Y. Reede | Harvard Medical School
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Welcome Reception at Newport Marriott Hotel & Spa
8:00 AM Bus Departs Hotel to Roger Williams University School of Law
8:45 AM Breakfast, Rogers Williams University School of Law, Second Floor
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM Keynote Address, Roger’s Cafe
Dr. Myriam Rogers, Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Break
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Workshop I, Room 283
DEIB Administration: Doing the Work, Realizing the Vision
In this session, we will explore and discuss the hallmarks of success in our field with a panel of experienced graduate and undergraduate DEIB administrators. Participants will learn to effectively cultivate a universal understanding of DEI work across their institution; to inspire confidence in the DEI team as subject matter experts; and to assert the transformative potential of DEI work in the academy.
Speakers:
(1) Dr. Wanda Knight, Assistant Dean for DEI & Professor, Penn State Harrisburg
(2) Korey Mercer, Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions, William & Mary Law School
(3) Kathy Seward Northern, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and
Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
Moderator: Ruben Fierros
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch, Roger’s Cafe
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Workshop II, Room 283
Intersectionality & the Queer Experience in Legal Education
In this session our panel will guide us in discussing the full arc of the queer experience within legal education; defining successful student engagement and advocacy; exploring holistic approaches to supporting queer faculty, staff, and students; and identifying related training and continuous education strategies.
Speakers:
(1) The Honorable, Judge Karen DeMeola, Superior Court of Connecticut
(2) Jeffrey Dodge, Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn Dickinson Law
(3) Hope Freeman, Senior Director, LGBT and Women’s Centers. Tufts University
Moderator: Eric Kniskern
3:30-4:00 PM Buses Departs to Rosecliff Newport Mansions
Join us for a hosted reception and explore the Gilded Age Newport in Color exhibit.
6:00 PM Buses depart from Rosecliff to Newport Marriott
8:00 AM Bus Departs Hotel to Roger Williams University School of Law
8:45 AM Breakfast
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM Workshop III, Room 283
Dispelling Myths About Compliance: Working Toward Meaningful Support for Students with Disabilities
Opportunity, community, inclusion, and belonging for students and graduates with disabilities is the topic of this session. Learn how to navigate common contradictions between administrative realities and the student experience such as access-friendliness versus compliance; ADA audit results versus the student narrative; and broad-range preparedness versus budget conservation.
Speakers:
(1) Andra Roy Chernack, Director of Disability Support Services, George Washington University Law School
(2) Lisa-Michelle Houck, ALS Class of ‘23, Excelsior Fellow, NYS Workers’ Compensation Board
(3) Nick Lobosco, Project Manager, C.T. Male Associates
Moderator: Maya Alperin
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM WORKSHOP IV, Room 238
Identities Shape Experiences. Women in the Law Shape Common Ground.
The reality is identity and intersectionality shape our journeys. We will explore the historical and contemporary contexts where the disparate experiences of BIPOC and White women in legal education and the profession uncover shared and missed opportunities for meaningful collaboration.
Speakers:
(1) Nicole Dyszlewski, Director of Special Programs, Academic Affairs, Roger Williams School of Law
(2) Shirley Jefferson, Vice President of Community Engagement and Government Relations, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
(3) Michele Hong-Polansky, Deputy Director, Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts
(4) TaWanda Hunter Stallworth, Program Manager, Antiracist Development Institute, Penn State Dickinson
Moderator: Mark Bell
1:00 PM Afternoon BBQ, Roger’s Cafe and Yelnosky Patio
Various optional activities including Hot Topic conversations as well as closing remarks and awards from Conference Chair, Mark Bell.
4:00 PM Bus 1 Departs to Newport Marriott Hotel & Spa
5:00 PM Bus 2 Departs to Newport Marriott Hotel & Spa
PARKING AT ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY:
For those who are not riding the bus and will be driving to Roger Williams, you will park in Lot D. You can come to the main campus entrance and be directed to the lot OR (recommended) you can use the School of Law address of: 10 Metacom Avenue in Bristol and it will bring you to the North Entrance. Lot D is just to the left when you pull into campus. (Campus map and directions.)
(Note: if you choose to come to campus off schedule, the Mount Hope Bridge (which attaches the campus to the island Newport is on) will have traffic delays of about 15 minutes between 9 am and 3 pm. Also, Ubers are difficult to get in Bristol. We highly recommend that conference attendees not count on ride shares when they are at the Roger Williams campus. You should not plan to go directly from Bristol to the airport in a ride share.)