Conference Program

Friday, April 9th

12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Lunch and Welcome

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Apocalypse Now? The Future of U.S. Legal Education

• Bill Henderson, Professor of Law and Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Mauer School of Law
• Paul Lippe, CEO, Legal OnRamp
• Chester Paul Beach, Associate General Counsel, United Technologies Corporation

1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Break

1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Top Three Problems with the Current Model

Moderator: Anthony Kearns, National Risk Manager, Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee; Adjunct Professor, The Maurer School of Law at Indiana University

• Joseph B. Altonji, Consultant, Hildebrandt Baker Robbins
• Heather Bock, Chief Professional Development Officer, Howrey LLP
• Gillian Hadfield, Richard L. and Antoinette S. Kirtland Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, University of Southern California
• Vielka Holness, Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Pre Law Institute
• Keith C. Wetmore, Chair, Morrison & Foerster

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Possible Alternative Models

Moderator: Milton C. Regan, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, Georgetown Law Center

• Accelerated Program: Lisa Kloppenberg, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law
• Distance Ed: Barry Currier, Dean and Professor of Law, Concord Law School
• Experiential Learning: Robert T. Danforth, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law; Emily A. Spieler, Dean and Hadley Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law
• In-Firm Training: James Faulconbridge, Lecturer in Human Geography, Lancaster University
  

4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Break and E-Registration for Saturday Breakout Sessions

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. New Markets for the U.S. Model

Moderator: Laurel S. Terry, Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson School of Law

• Australia: James Hathaway, Dean and William Hearn Chair of Law, Melbourne Law School
• China: Stephen Yandle, Associate Dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law
• Korea: Carole Silver, Visiting Professor of Law; Executive Director, Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, Georgetown University Law Center

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Reception 

Saturday, April 10th

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Goals for Breakout Sessions

9:45 - 11:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions

• Distance Ed
• Big Firm Recruitment and Training
• The Future of Domestic and International Regulation
• Nominations from the Field

11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:15 p.m. Feedback Session

Moderator: Elizabeth Chambliss, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Professional Values and Practice, New York Law School

12:15 - 12:30 p.m. Break

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch: Lessons from Other Fields

Moderator: Paul Lippe, CEO, Legal OnRamp

• Anthony Kearns, National Risk Manager, Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee; Adjunct Professor, The Maurer School of Law at Indiana University
• Ashish Nanda, Robert Braucher Professor of Practice and Faculty Director of Executive Education, Harvard Law School

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Implementation  and Next Steps

Moderator: David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Director, Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School

2:30 p.m. Conference close

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