2023 WAPLA Conference Schedule


Thursday, April 13th

2-5pm Registration at Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek

5-7pm Reception at Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek (sponsored by LSAC)

Friday, April 14th

8:00am Bus departs hotel for S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

8:15-9:00am Breakfast (sponsored by AccessLex Institute)

9:00-9:50am Session 1

  • Prelaw Advisor Training- Old and New! (Chris Shortell, Associate Professor, Portland State University, Amy Urbanek, Pre-Professional Advisor, University of Utah)

10:00-10:50am Session 2

  • Updates from LSAC (Gisele Joachim, VP for Law School Engagement, Law School Admissions Council)

11:00-11:50am Session 3

  • Introduction to LawHub (Katya Valasek, LSAC Ambassador, Law School Admissions Council)

12:00-1:00pm Lunch (sponsored by S.J. Quinney College of Law)

1:00-1:50pm Session 4

  • Assisting Students with Navigating Financial Aid (Reyes Aguilar, Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, S.J. Quinney School of Law)

2:00-2:50pm Session 5

  • Reframing Professionalism in a (Post?) COVID Era (Jenny Branson, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Baylor Law School, Joseph Lindsay, Director of Admissions and Operations, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and Isabel Moreno, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, S.J. Quinney College of Law)

3:00-3:50pm Session 6

  • The State of Law School Student Life (Bryan Hamblin, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University)

4:00pm Bus departs for hotel

Saturday, April 15th

8:00am Bus departs hotel for S.J. Quinney College of Law

8:15-9:00am Breakfast

9:00-9:50am Session 7

  • New Options in Pre-law Advising: Legal Master’s Programs (Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Dean, S.J. Quinney School of Law, Daniel Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University)

10:00-10:50am Session 8

  • Updates from AccessLex (Teria Thornton, Pre-Law and Diversity Initiatives Director, AccessLex Institute, Natalie Daniels, Regional Director, AccessLex Institute)

11:00-11:50am WAPLA Business Meeting

12:00-1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Bus departs for hotel