Next week, I will be in New York for AERA, the largest educational research conference in the world. It is a yearly pilgrimage for educational scholars ... however undesirable (it is really too big for my tastes and is always in the largest and costliest cities). Anyway, for those of you going, below are the Law and Education Special Interest Group presentations. For those of you not going, you can get a sense of what is important or hot in educational law by what gets presented at these conferences.

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1.	Academic Decisions and the Law: Where Has the First Amendment Taken Higher Education?   Session type: Symposium   Time: Tue, Mar 25 - 4:05pm - 5:35pm Place: Hilton New York, Holland Suite, 4th Floor   Descriptors: Law/Legal, Policy, Higher Education   Audio Taping: Yes	view
2.	Law and Modernity: Current and Emerging Dilemmas   Session type: Paper Session   Time: Mon, Mar 24 - 4:05pm - 5:35pm Place: Hilton New York, Green Room, 4th Floor   Audio Taping: No	view
3.	Legal, Policy, and Practical Challenges to Providing Education Quality   Session type: Paper Discussion (formerly known as Roundtables)   Time: Tue, Mar 25 - 2:15pm - 2:55pm Place: Hilton New York, Trianon Ballroom/Petit Trianon, 3rd floor   Audio Taping: No	view
4.	SIG - Law and Education SIG Business Meeting/Symposium on Legal Literacy   Session type: Business Meeting   Time: Tue, Mar 25 - 6:15pm - 8:15pm Place: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Lyceum Complex, Booth/Edison Rooms, 5th Floor   Audio Taping: No	view
5.	The Legal Complexity of Race-Based Policy and Students' Rights   Session type: Paper Discussion (formerly known as Roundtables)   Time: Wed, Mar 26 - 3:05pm - 3:45pm Place: Hilton New York, Trianon Ballroom/Petit Trianon, 3rd floor   Audio Taping: No	view
6.	The Reach of Law Into Cyberspace: Implications for Administrative Discretion, Safety, and Student Civil Liberties   Session type: Paper Session   Time: Wed, Mar 26 - 10:35am - 12:05pm Place: Hilton New York, Concourse F, Concourse Level   Audio Taping: No	view
7.	Where Do We Go From Here? Analysis of the 2007 Supreme Court Rulings   Session type: Symposium   Time: Thu, Mar 27 - 8:15am - 10:15am Place: Hilton New York, Nassau Suite A, 2nd Floor   Descriptors: Desegregation, Diversity, Law/Legal   Audio Taping: Yes	view

I will be blogging as much as possible, but it might be a little lighter next week depending on Internet Access. I am doing a lot with the Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership SIG, so I am not sure if I will be able to catch all the Law and Education SIG presentations, but I will liveblog as many as I can. It will be my first time in New York, so I am sort of looking forward to it and sort of apprehensive. I do hope that I get to ride in the Cash Cab.