International Conference on the Future of Legal Education
February 20 - 23, 2008
Program
(as of February 18)
* GSU has applied for Georgia CLE credit for ethics or professionalism for these sessions
Wednesday, February 20
Venue: The conference hotel: Embassy Suites Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta Street - map
3:00 pm
Check in available starting at 3pm. Contact the conference co-ordinator, Crystal Amos, or the hotel directly to request early check-in
5:00 pm
Conference registration desk at the hotel
5:30 pm
Hotel Manager’s Reception begins. Complimentary drinks for registered hotel guests
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception with food and cash bar. No charge for persons attending the conference regardless of whether staying at the conference hotel.
Thursday, February 21
(Complimentary cooked breakfast at Embassy Suites for hotel guests.)
Venue: The Commerce Club, 34 Broad Street at Marietta Street in downtown Atlanta (15th and 16th Floors). The Commerce Club is located halfway between the Embassy Suites Hotel and the GSU College of Law within walking distance of both - map
8:30 am
Conference registration desk open
9:00 - 10:40 am *
Moderator: Steven Kaminshine , Dean, GSU College of LawFocus on Law Schools: A New Approach to Preventing Unprofessional Behavior
Can the Carnegie Report Spark Fundamental Reforms of Legal Education?
- Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics, GSU College of Law (bio ppt slides-pdf)
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)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Moderator: Andi Curcio, Professor, GSU College of LawAiming 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)
Incorporating Legal Theory, Ethics, Skills and Justice in a Law School Curriculum
- Richard Johnstone, Professor and Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Research, Griffith Law School (bio - paper - abstract)
The New ABA Initiative to Measure Law School Outcomes
- E. Christopher Johnson, Jr, Vice President & General Counsel, General Motors Corporation (bio - abstract)
12:20 - 1:15 pm
Moderator: Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics, GSU College of LawLuncheon Keynote Speakers:
Using 21st Century Technology to Provide Students with Practical Legal Experience
- Paul Maharg, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Professional Practice Courses, Glasgow Graduate School of Law (bio - paper) & Elizabeth Li, Student, GSU College of Law (paper - abstract)
A New Kind of Law School for Argentina
1:30 - 2:15 pm
Moderator: Ron Blasi , Professor and Director, Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, GSU College of LawClinical Education in India
- M.R.K Prasad, Professor, V. M. Salgaocar College of Law (bio - abstract - paper)
- Ana Maria Florez, Student, GSU College of Law (paper)
- Frank S. Bloch, Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School (bio - paper)
2:15 - 3:15 pm
Moderator: Patrick Wiseman , Professor, GSU College of LawReplacing Lectures with I-Tutorials at Europe's Largest Postgraduate Law School
E-Langdell – The Future of the Casebook
- Matthew Bodie, Professor, St. Louis University School of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Gene Koo, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School (bio)
- Christian Turner, Professor, University of Georgia School of Law (bio)
3:45 - 5:00 pm
Moderator: Mary Radford, Professor, GSU College of LawOutside the Box: Creating New Law Schools
- Mary Lu Bilek, Associate Dean, City University of New York School of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Daniel Filler, Senior Associate Dean, Drexel University College of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Peggy Maisel, Professor, Florida International University College of Law (bio - abstract)
- Jerome M. Organ, Associate Dean, University of St. Thomas School of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Hotel Manager's Reception at Embassy Suites for registered hotel guests. Complimentary drinks and light snacks - map
Dinner: on your own
Friday, February 22
All sessions at the Commerce Club - map
9:00 - 10:00 am
Moderator: L. Lynn Hogue, Professor, GSU College of LawTransforming Legal Education in Australia
- Kay Lauchland, Professor, Bond University Law School (bio - paper - abstract)
- Gary Davis, Dean, Flinders University School of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Jeff Giddings, Deputy Dean, Griffith Law School (bio - paper - abstract)
10:00 - 10:40 am
Moderator: Jonathan Todres, Associate Professor, GSU College of LawTransforming Legal Education for a Transformed Society: the Case of South Africa
- David McQuoid-Mason, James Scott Wylie Professor of Procedural and Clinical Law and former Dean, University of KwaZulu-Natal (bio - abstract)
- Tiffany Williams, Student, GSU College of Law (paper)
- Nichole DeVries, Student, GSU College of Law (paper)
- 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 LawTransforming Existing Law Schools: Process
- Suellyn Scarnecchia, Dean, University of New Mexico School of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Richard Henry Seamon, Associate Dean, University of Idaho College of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Edward L. Rubin, Dean, Vanderbilt University Law School (bio - paper - abstract)
- Brett McDonnell, Associate Dean, University of Minnesota Law School (bio - paper - abstract)
- Peter Joy, Professor, Washington University School of Law (bio - abstract)
12:20 - 1:15 pm*
Moderator: Roy Sobelson, Associate Dean, GSU College of LawLuncheon Panel on the Role of the Bench and Bar in Transforming Legal Education
- Melvin F. Wright, Jr., Executive Director, North Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism (bio)
- Jim O. Stuckey II, Chair, American Bar Association Standing Committee 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 LawTransforming Existing Law Schools: Specific Examples*
- 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)
- John Burwell Garvey, Professor and Director, Daniel Webster Scholars Honors Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center (bio - paper - abstract)
- Kenneth M. Margolis, Professor and Director, Case-Arc Integrated Lawyering Skills Program, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (bio - paper - abstract)
- Michael Hunter Schwartz, Professor, Washburn University School of Law (bio - abstract)
- Hiram Chodosh, Dean, University of Utah College of Law (bio - abstract)
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Hotel Manager's Reception at Embassy Suites for registered hotel guests. Complimentary drinks and light snacks
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 - mapDinner: on your own (although the reception may suffice).
Saturday, February 23
(Complimentary cooked breakfast at Embassy Suites for hotel guests.)
Venue: Georgia State University College of Law, 140 Decatur Street (Marietta Street becomes Decatur Street as you walk east from the hotel or the Commerce Club) - 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)
- 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)
- 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)
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)
- Marsha Freeman, Professor, Barry University School of Law, Producing Problem-Solving Family Law Attorneys (bio - paper - abstract)
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 LawImproving 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)
- Martin Geer (bio), Professor, University of Nevada - Las Vegas School of Law& Catherine Klein (bio), Professor, The Catholic University of America (paper - abstract)
- Arkady Gutnikov, Vice-President, St. Petersburg Institute of Law and Program Manager, Clinical Legal Education Foundation (bio)
The conference concludes 3pm on Saturday
