Lawyers as Conservators - Schedule of Events
Abstracts of Presentations (PDF)
| Time | Event / Panel |
|---|---|
| 2:45 p.m. |
Shuttle from Hotel to Law College |
| 3:00 p.m. | Symposium Welcome Joan W. Howarth, Dean, Michigan State University College of Law Amanda Frank, Editor-In-Chief, Michigan State Law Review Daniel D. Barnhizer, Professor, Michigan State University College of Law David Barnhizer, Professor Emeritus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel No. 1 - What’s All The Fuss About? |
| Moderator: Barbara O’Brien, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| Steven R. Smith, Dean and Professor of Law, California Western School of Law, “Back to the Future: Reducing the Nonessentials” | |
| Jack A. Guttenberg, Professor of Law, Capital University Law School, “Practicing Law in the 21st Century in a 20th (19th) Century Straight Jacket: Something Has to Give” | |
| Gordon Turriff, Q.C., Senior Counsel, Stikeman Elliott LLP, “The Importance of Being Earnestly Independent” | |
| Daniel D. Barnhizer, Professor of Law and Bradford Stone Faculty Scholar, Michigan State University College of Law, “Cultural Narratives of the Legal Profession” | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Shuttle from Law College to Dinner |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner and Welcome Address |
| The Honorable David W. McKeague, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Time | Event / Panel |
|---|---|
| 7:45 a.m. |
Shuttle from Hotel to Law College |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Panel 2 - Educating Lawyers to Face 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities |
| Moderator: Philip A. Pucillo, Visiting Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| Joan W. Howarth, Dean, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| Blake Morant, Dean, Wake Forest University School of Law | |
| Peter T. Hoffman, Professor of Law and Director of Legal Skills, Elon University School of Law, “Skills Training: Are We Teaching Theory or Plumbing?” | |
| Avrom Sherr, Woolf Professor of Legal Education and Director Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, “Regulation of Education: How the 'English' Jurisdiction is Facing the Future” | |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Panel 3 - Regulation, Lawyers & The Rule of Law |
| Moderator: Catherine M. Grosso, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| Russell Pearce, Professor of Law and Edward & Marilyn Bellet Chair in Legal Ethics, Morality, and Religion, Fordham University School of Law, “Relational Self-Interest and Regulation at the Firm Level” | |
| Benjamin H. Barton, Director of Clinical Programs and Professor of Law, University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Law, “The Lawyer-Judge Bias in Regulation of the Legal Profession” | |
| Aviva Abramovsky, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Special Projects, Syracuse University College of Law, “Regulating the Judicial Politician: A Brave New World in the Wake of Citizens United” | |
| Alan C. Weinstein, Associate Professor and Director, JD/MPA, JD/MUPDD and Law & Public Policy Programs, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, “What Does Regulatory Theory Suggest about Regulation of the Legal Profession?” | |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch and Keynote Address |
| Thomas D. Morgan, Oppenheim Professor of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, George Washington University School of Law | |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Panel 4 - Developments, Perspectives, and Proposals in Regulation of the Legal Profession |
| Moderator: Kevin W. Saunders, Professor of Law & The Charles Clarke Chair in Constitutional Law, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| Laurel S. Terry, Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, “Infrastructure, the Rule of Law, and the Need for a Global Lawyer Regulatory Umbrella Organization” | |
| Paul D. Paton, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, “The ABCs of ABS: Core Values, Alternative Business Structures and New Directions for the Delivery of Legal Services” | |
| Izabela Krasnicka, Lecturer and Dean’s Representative for International Relations, University of Bialystok Faculty of Law, “Polish Perspectives on American Legal Education” | |
| Michael J. Churgin, Raybourne Thompson Centennial Professor, University of Texas School of Law, “New Developments in United States Bar Admission and Regulation” | |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Panel 5 - Moving Forward: Solutions and Admonitions |
| Moderator: Daniel Martin Katz, Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| John Flood, Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Westminster, “The Aftermath of the Legal Services Act 2007: Changes, Challenges and Global Repercussions” | |
| Renee Newman Knake, Associate Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession, Michigan State University College of Law, “Democratizing the Delivery of Legal Services: On the First Amendment Rights of Corporations and Individuals” | |
| David Barnhizer, Professor Emeritus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, “Realistic Evaluation of Legal Disputes and Transactions for Strategic Purposes: The Growing Conflict between Client and Lawyer Interests” | |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Shuttle from Law College to Hotel |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
Daniel D. Barnhizer