2007 Workshop of the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism

co-sponsored by

The Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism

The ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism

W. Lee Burge Endowment for Law & Ethics, Georgia State University College of Law

Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism, Mercer University School of Law

Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, Fordham University School of Law

Stanford Center on Ethics

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism,

University of South Carolina School of Law

Friday, November 16 - Sunday, November 18, 2007

Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge

THEME ONE: DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL DECISIONMAKING AND ETHICAL COMMITMENT DURING LAW SCHOOL AND THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF PRACTICE

THEME TWO: WHAT CAN BE DONE IN ONE HOUR? HOW TO DESIGN A ONE-HOUR CLASS OR CLE SESSION THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

All meals are in the Mountain Cove Restaurant in the Main Lodge

All sessions are in the Lakeside Room unless otherwise indicated

Friday:

5:30 - 7:30 pm    Dinner

7:30 - 9:30 pm   Opening Session: Introduction to both Theme One and Two

Saturday

7:30 - 8:45 am    Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30 am  Theme One

9:00 - 9:20 Pat Longan: Introduction to Saturday program & overview of Mercer’s first year required course on professionalism.

9:20-9:50 Neil Hamilton: Defining professionalism. Initiatives at St. Thomas. Measuring outcomes with the Defining Issues Test.

9:50-10:10 Lisa Brabbit: the St. Thomas required mentor externship

10:10-10:30 Tim Floyd: Mercer’s Law and Public Service Program

10:30 -10:45       Morning Break

10:45-12:30        Theme Two

10:45 - 11:30: Mary Lu Bilek: demonstrating a first year orientation program

11:30 - 12:30 Avarita Hanson and Jim Elliot: CLE for lawyers

12:30 -1:30         Lunch

1:30 - 3:00          Theme One

1:30-2:00 Doug Ashworth: Georgia Transition Into Law Practice Program.

2:00-2:30 Rob Wilcox: mentoring in the profession

2:30-3:00 Open discussion

3:00 - 4:00          Possible concurrent small groups on Themes One and Two

4:00 - 7:30          Free time

7:30 - 9:00 pm    Dinner

Sunday: Please check out of your room before the closing plenary at 9am

7:30 - 8:45 am    Breakfast

9:00- 11:30 am   The Florida Bar Initiative

                           Measuring Outcomes

11:30 - 1:00 pm  Working group meetings during Sunday brunch