9th Annual Lutie Lytle Black WomenRegistration for the 9th Annual Lytle Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop is now closed. For more information, please contact Beth Hickman or at (615) 322-3710.
The Lutie Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop is an annual event for current and aspiring female black law faculty and students considering going into the legal academy. While the primary focus is on legal scholarship, this event is important for networking, bonding and getting refreshed.
The 2015 session will be hosted by Vanderbilt University Law School on July 9-12 in Nashville. There will also be a Writing Retreat in conjunction with the conference on July 8, 9, 12, 13, and 14. There will be sessions designed for all career stages, including mock job talks for aspiring professors, discussion of works-in-progress, strategies for getting published, and advice for mapping a path to tenure and mentoring others. Thank you to our other sponsors: University of Denver Sturm College of Law , University of Michigan Law School , St. Thomas University School of Law , Suffolk University Law School and Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law .
Professor Beverly Moran is delighted to host this year’s workshop. Early registration is strongly encouraged. Although there is no fee to attend, space is limited.
Registration deadline: June 24, 2015
Proposal abstract submission: June 1, 2015
Hotel booking accommodations under room block: June 8, 2015
Draft paper submission: June 15, 2015
(Updated 5/27/15)
9:00 am - 5:00 pm - Writing Retreat (lunch and dinner provided)
Flynn Auditorium
9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Writing Retreat (breakfast and lunch provided)
Flynn Auditorium
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Opening Reception
North Lobby
- Serena Williams (written tribute for Starla Williams) read by Tonya Evans (tentative);
backup reader Angela Onwuachi-Willig- Deleso Alford (tribute for Pamela Bridgewater)
6:45 pm - Depart Vanderbilt Law School for the historic Ryman Auditorium
7:30 pm - Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman
10:00 pm - until - Hospitality Suite open at the Embassy Suites (hosted by Eboni Nelson)
8:00 am – Breakfast at Vanderbilt Law School
North Lobby
8:30 am - 10:30 am – Plenary Panel 1: Advancing your Research Agenda and Social Agenda
Flynn Auditorium
This session addresses building a scholarly profile and advancing your research agenda as well as your social agenda through the pieces that you choose to write and disseminate. This session also focuses on telling a coherent and compelling story about the development and trajectory of your scholarship. Speakers will emphasize the importance of writing a research agenda and updating it periodically as you finish each piece in order to ensure that you are weaving a common thread through your work. In addition, we will discuss how to target particular audiences (e.g. legislators, courts, non-profits, etc.) with your scholarship in order to create a social impact among the “movers and shakers” who can create real societal change. This will make you a powerhouse in your field, a “go-to” person for non-academics regarding your topic, and an attractive hire on the lateral market.
Speakers: Ann Cammett, Gilda Daniels, Cheryl Nelson Butler, Wendy Greene, Ifeoma Ajunwa (moderator)
Guest Speaker: Jennifer Shinall, assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt; former articles editor of Vanderbilt Law Review
10:30 am - 10:45 am – Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm – Works in Progress & Incubators – Round 1
(concurrent sessions in multiple rooms – sessions will be organized by Work-in-Progress committee)
If there are only two presenters in this time slot, this round of sessions will be split into two 35-minute sessions, with a 5-minute break between sessions. If there are three presenters in the time slot, this round of sessions will be split into three 23-minute sessions, with a 3-minute break between sessions. Individual sessions fall into two formats, works-in-progress with commentators and presentations with assigned audience members who can provide feedback. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with only two presenters) is as follows: 8-10 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 13-15 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with three presenters) is as follows: 8 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 8 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. Each commentator will provide written commentary for their assigned authors. The suggested format for facilitated presentations is 10 minutes for the presenter and 20 minutes for the Q&A.
12:10 - 12:15 pm - Break
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm - Working Lunch: Building Your Brand
Flynn Auditorium
(lunch served in North Lobby)
As women, we can sometimes be shy to promote ourselves while men “go for the glory.” This session focuses how to be effective at self-promotion and building your brand as a scholar, teacher, and public servant. This session also focuses on shaping your internal institutional brand, as well as your external brands within your subspecialty, in academia, and in the non-academic community at large. We will discuss leveraging your involvement in academic and professional organizations, including how and when strategically to move into leadership roles within an organization. We will also discuss methods for building your brand through social media, targeted speaking engagements, networking, and organizing events for constituencies and groups that you would like to meet, as well as other avenues.
Speakers: Eleanor Brown, Lolita Buckner Inniss, Kristin Johnson, Eboni Nelson, Shaakirrah Sanders (moderator)
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm – Works in Progress & Incubators – Round 2
(concurrent sessions in multiple rooms – sessions will be organized by WIPs committee)
If there are only two presenters in this time slot, this round of sessions will be split into two 35-minute sessions, with a 5-minute break between sessions. If there are three presenters in the time slot, this round of sessions will be split into three 23-minute sessions, with a 3-minute break between sessions. Individual sessions fall into two formats, works-in-progress with commentators and presentations with assigned audience members who can provide feedback. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with only two presenters) is as follows: 8-10 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 13-15 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with three presenters) is as follows: 8 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 8 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. Each commentator will provide written commentary for their assigned authors. The suggested format for facilitated presentations is 10 minutes for the presenter and 20 minutes for the Q&A.
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Break
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Plenary Panel 2: Charting your Career
Flynn Auditorium
This session will focus on identifying one's purpose for writing, presenting, and publishing beyond meeting tenure and promotion requirements. We will discuss the importance of finding and valuing one's scholarly voice and identifying and developing a plan to achieve concrete professional goals for your career trajectory pre- and post-tenure. This is chance for you to “dream your wildest dream” and plan for your “academic oasis.” We will discuss how to “write your own story” and engage in long-term planning for your academic career over the next 5 to 10 years or longer.
Speakers: Angela Mae Kupenda, Tamara Lawson, Camille Gear Rich, Dorothy Roberts, Angela Onwuachi-Willig (moderator)
4:30pm - 4:45 pm - Break
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm - Navigating the New Normal in the Academy
Flynn Auditorium
Speakers: Danne Johnson, Peggie Smith, Danielle Holley-Walker, Natasha Martin (moderator)
6:15 pm - Adjourn – (dinner on your own)
9:00 pm - until Hospitality Suite open at the Embassy Suites
8:00 am – Breakfast at Vanderbilt Law School
North Lobby
9:00 am – 10:15 am - Concurrent Sessions – Round 1
9:00 – 9:35 - Session 1
Speakers: Tamara Lawson and Nicola Boothe Perry
9:35 – 9:40 - Break
9:40 – 10:15 - Session 2
Same speakers as above
10:15 am – 10:30 am - Break
10:30 am – 11:45 am - Works in Progress & Incubators – Round 3
(concurrent sessions in multiple rooms – sessions will be organized by WIPs committee)
If there are only two presenters in this time slot, this round of sessions will be split into two 35-minute sessions, with a 5-minute break between sessions. If there are three presenters in the time slot, this round of sessions will be split into three 23-minute sessions, with a 3-minute break between sessions. Individual sessions fall into two formats, works-in-progress with commentators and presentations with assigned audience members who can provide feedback. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with only two presenters) is as follows: 8-10 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 13-15 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with three presenters) is as follows: 8 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 8 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. Each commentator will provide written commentary for their assigned authors. The suggested format for facilitated presentations is 10 minutes for the presenter and 20 minutes for the Q&A.
11:45 – 12:00pm - Break
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm - Working Lunch: On Being Black and Female in the Classroom
Flynn Auditorium
(lunch served in North Lobby)
Speakers: Laura Beny, Angela Mae Kupenda, Natasha Martin, Jessica Dixon Weaver (moderator)
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm – Works in Progress & Incubators – Round 4
(concurrent sessions in multiple rooms – sessions will be organized by WIPs committee)
If there are only two presenters in this time slot, this round of sessions will be split into two 35-minute sessions, with a 5-minute break between sessions. If there are three presenters in the time slot, this round of sessions will be split into three 23-minute sessions, with a 3-minute break between sessions. Individual sessions fall into two formats, works-in-progress with commentators and presentations with assigned audience members who can provide feedback. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with only two presenters) is as follows: 8-10 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 13-15 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. The format for works-in-progress with commentators (with three presenters) is as follows: 8 minutes for the presenter, 5 minutes for the commentator, 8 minutes for audience feedback, and 2 minutes for the presenter to respond. Each commentator will provide written commentary for their assigned authors. The suggested format for facilitated presentations is 10 minutes for the presenter and 20 minutes for the Q&A.
2:45 – 3:00 - Break
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions – Round 2
3:00 – 3:35 - Session 1
3:35 – 3:40 - Break
3:40 – 4:15 - Session 2
Same speakers as above
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm - Break
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm - Free Time
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm - Working Dinner and Keynote Speaker -
North Lobby
Introduction: Eboni Nelson
Keynote address:
Danielle Holley-Walker
Presentation of plaque
9:00 pm – until - Hospitality Suite open at the Embassy Suites hosted by Shaakirrah Sanders & Natasha Martin
11:00 am - 1:00 p.m. Business Committee Meeting and Brunch
Flynn Auditorium
(brunch served in North Lobby)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm - Writing Retreat (dinner provided)
Flynn Auditorium
9:00 am – 5:00 pm - Writing Retreat (breakfast, lunch and dinner provided)
Renaissance Room (036)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm - Writing Retreat (breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided)
Renaissance Room (036)
Rachel Anderson (University of Nevada-Las Vegas Boyd School of Law)
Michele Anglade (Florida International University College of Law)
Laura Beny (University of Michigan School of Law)
Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman (University of Wyoming College of Law)
Tonya Brito (University of Wisconsin Law School)
Ann Cammett (CUNY School of Law)
Marcella David (University of Iowa School of Law)
D. Wendy Greene (Samford University, Cumberland School of Law)
Taja-Nia Henderson (Rutgers School of Law)
Lolita Buckner Inniss (Cleveland-Marshall College of Law)
Kristin Johnson (Seton Hall University School of Law)
Tamara Lawson (St. Thomas University School of Law)
Natasha T. Martin (Seattle University School of Law)
Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt Law School)
Eboni Nelson (University of South Carolina School of Law)
Melynda Price (University of Kentucky College of Law)
Victoria Shannon (Washington and Lee University School of Law)
Catherine Smith (University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
Peggie Smith (Washington University School of Law)
Asmara Tekle (Thurgood Marshall School of Law)
Angela Onwuachi-Willig (University of Iowa College of Law)
Coordinator
Beth Hickman (Vanderbilt Law School)
