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International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

February 20 - 23, 2008

Program


* GSU applied for Georgia CLE credit for professionalism for these sessions

Wednesday, February 20

Embassy Suites AtlantaVenue: The conference hotel:
Embassy Suites Atlanta
at Centennial Olympic Park,
267 Marietta Street - map

Webcasting

The first two days of the program were videotaped and can be viewed on-line by clicking on the word webcast following the time or title of the session or the name of the speaker. You must have the most current version of Quicktime installed on your computer for this webcasting. Click here for a free download or update of Quicktime.

6:00 - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception

Commerce Club

Thursday, February 21

Venue: The Commerce Club,
34 Broad Street at Marietta Street in downtown Atlanta (15th and 16th Floors) - map

9:00 - 10:30 am -- Introduction and Opening Ceremony (webcast)

Moderator: Steven Kaminshine, Dean, GSU College of Law

9:30 - 10:50 am: Opening Keynote Addresses*

Focus on Law Schools: A New Approach to Preventing Unprofessional Behavior
Can the Carnegie Report Spark Fundamental Reforms of Legal Education?
Reflections on the Anniversary of the Carnegie Report
  • William Sullivan, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and lead author of Educating Lawyers (bio - webcast)

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Moderator: Andi Curcio, Professor, GSU College of Law
Aiming to Achieve Graduate Attributes Generates Radical Law Curriculum Renewal
  • Sally Kift, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Law and Senior Fellow in Higher Education, Carrick Institute of Australia (bio - paper - abstract - powerpoint - webcast)
Incorporating Legal Theory, Ethics, Skills and Justice in a Law School Curriculum
The New ABA Initiative to Measure Law School Outcomes
  • Hulett H. Askew, Consultant on Legal Education, American Bar Association (bio - abstract - webcast)

12:20 - 1:15 pm

Moderator: Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics, GSU College of Law
Luncheon Keynote Speakers:
Using 21st Century Technology to Provide Students with Practical Legal Experience (webcast)
  • Paul Maharg, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Professional Practice Courses, Glasgow Graduate School of Law (bio - paper - powerpoint) & Elizabeth Li, Student, GSU College of Law (paper - abstract - powerpoint)
A New Kind of Law School for Argentina
  • Martin Bohmer, founding Dean, Universidad de San Andres School of Law (bio - abstract - webcast)

1:30 - 2:15 pm

Moderator: Ron Blasi , Professor and Director, Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, GSU College of Law
Clinical Education in India (webcast)

2:15 - 3:15 pm

Moderator: Patrick Wiseman , Professor, GSU College of Law
Replacing  Lectures with I-Tutorials at Europe's Largest Postgraduate Law School
E-Langdell – The Future of the Casebook (webcast)
  • Gene Koo, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School (bio - paper - abstract - powerpoint)
  • Christian Turner, Professor, University of Georgia School of Law (bio)

3:45 - 5:00 pm

Moderator: Mary Radford, Professor, GSU College of Law
Outside the Box: Creating New Law Schools (webcast)

 

Friday, February 22

All sessions at the Commerce Club - map

9:00 - 10:00 am

Moderator: L. Lynn Hogue, Professor, GSU College of Law
Transforming Legal Education in Australia (webcast)

10:00 - 10:40 am

Moderator: Jonathan Todres, Associate Professor, GSU College of Law
Transforming Legal Education for a Transformed Society: the Case of South Africa (webcast)
  • David McQuoid-Mason, James Scott Wylie Professor of Procedural and Clinical Law and former Dean, University of KwaZulu-Natal (bio - abstract - powerpoint)
  • Tiffany Williams, Student, GSU College of Law (paper - powerpoint)
  • Nichole DeVries, Student, GSU College of Law (paper - powerpoint)
  • Edward O'Brien, Executive Director, Street Law Inc. (bio)

11 am - 12 pm

Moderator: Douglas H. Yarn, Professor and Director, Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, GSU College of Law
Transforming Existing Law Schools: Process (webcast)

12:20 - 1:15 pm*

Moderator: Roy Sobelson, Associate Dean, GSU College of Law
Luncheon Panel on the Role of the Bench and Bar in Transforming Legal Education (webcast)
  • Jim O. Stuckey II, Chair, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism (bio)
  • Melvin F. Wright, Jr., Executive Director, North Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism (bio)
  • Hulett H. Askew, Consultant on Legal Education, American Bar Association (bio)

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Moderator: Marjorie L. Girth, Professor, GSU College of Law
Transforming Existing Law Schools: Specific Examples (webcast)
  • James E. Moliterno, Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School (bio - paper - abstract)
  • Patrick Longan, William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics & Professionalism; Mercer University School of Law (bio - abstract - powerpoint)
  • John Burwell Garvey, Professor and Director, Daniel Webster Scholars Honors Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center (bio - paper - abstract- slides (pdf)
  • Kenneth M. Margolis, Professor and Director, Case-Arc Integrated Lawyering Skills Program, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (bio - paper - abstract - powerpoint)

 

King center

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Reception with food and private viewing at
the Martin Luther King Jr. Visitor Center (National Park Service),
450 Auburn Avenue - map

 


Urban Life Building

Saturday, February 23

Venue: Georgia State University College of Law
140 Decatur Street - map

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Concurrent workshop A
Moderator: Colin Crawford, Professor, GSU College of Law
  • Larry Catá Backer, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University, Parallel Tracks?: Assessing Models for the Internationalization of Law School Curricula in Light of the Principles in The Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers (bio - paper - abstract)
  • James Maxeiner, Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, More than Just Law School: Global Perspectives on the Place of the Practical in Legal Education (bio - paper - abstract)
  • Diego Blázquez-Martín, Professor and Clinical Unit Director, Instituto de Derechos Humanos "Bartolome de las Casas," Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, What is a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?: Description and reflection at the beginning of a Legal Clinic at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (bio - paper - abstract)
Concurrent workshop B
Moderator: Paul Lombardo, Professor, GSU College of Law
  • J. Gordon Hylton, Visiting Professor, Washington & Lee School of Law, The Immediate Impact of the First Carnegie Report on Legal Education and Some Lessons for the Present (bio - paper - abstract - powerpoint)
  • Andrew King-Ries, Professor, University of Montana School of Law, Just What the Doctor Ordered: The Need for Cross-Cultural Education in Law Schools (bio - paper - abstract)
  • Steven Schwinn, Professor, The John Marshall Law School, Developmental Learning Theory in the First Year: From Regression to Progression (bio - paper - abstract)

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Concurrent workshop A
Moderator: Charles A. Marvin, Professor, GSU College of Law
  • Maksymilian Del Mar, Co-Investigator, Beyond Text in Legal Education Project, Edinburgh School of Law, Beyond Text in Legal Education: Art, Ethics and the Carnegie Report (bio - paper - abstract - powerpoint)
  • Randy D. Gordon, Professional Development Partner, Gardere Wynne Sewell LL, A Narrative Theory of Legal Pedagogy (bio - paper - abstract)
  • Francis Mootz, Professor, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Vico's "Ingenious Method" and Legal Education (bio - paper - abstract - powerpoint)
Concurrent workshop B
Moderator: Lisa Radtke Bliss, Assistant Clinical Professor and Co-Associate Director of HeLP Clinic, GSU College of Law
  • Sande Buhai, Professor, Loyola Law School, Well Designed and Executed Externship Programs Meet Many of the Goals of the Carnegie Report (bio - paper - abstract)
  • Lisle Baker, Professor, Suffolk University Law School, Enhancing Professional Competence and Legal Excellence Through Teaching Law Practice Management (bio - paper)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Informal lunch provided

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Moderator: Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics, GSU College of Law
Improving Legal Eductation Through Cross-National Collaboration
  • George Mukundi (bio), Fellow, South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law and General Secretary, Global Alliance for Justice Education & Edward Santow (bio), Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales Law Faculty: Future of Legal Education: Fostering Civic Professionalism (paper - abstract - powerpoint)
  • Martin Geer (bio), Professor, University of Nevada - Las Vegas School of Law& Catherine Klein (bio), Professor, The Catholic University of America (paper - abstract - powerpoint)
  • Arkady Gutnikov, Vice-President, St. Petersburg Institute of Law and Program Manager, Clinical Legal Education Foundation (bio - powerpoint)
The conference concluded 3pm on Saturday

 


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