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Conference Program

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - Pre-Conference Events

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. "Educating the Digital Lawyer" Mini-Conference

     Co-Sponsored with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. PLP Roundtable: Law and Development in Brazil

• Luciana Gross Cunha, FGV Law School, Sao Paulo
• Fabio de Sa e Silva, IPEA Research Center, Brasilia and Northeastern Univeristy
• Judith Tendler, Professor of Political Economy, MIT
• David Trubek, Wisconsin Law School
• Commentator: Ary Oswaldo Mattos Filho, Dean of FGV Law School, Sao Paulo

Friday, October 15, 2010 - Theory & Context

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

• Elizabeth Chambliss, NYLS Center for Professional Values & Practice
• David Wilkins, Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession

9:15 - 10:45 a.m. Global Perspectives on Legal Education

• Yves Dezelay, Legal Sociologist at French CNRS Research Center
• Dan Foote, University of Tokyo
• C. Raj Kumar, Dean of Jindal Global Global Law School, Delhi
• Ary Oswaldo Mattos Filho, Dean of FGV Law School, Sao Paulo
• Zhang Qi, Legal Sociologist at Peking University
• Moderator: William Alford, Harvard Law School

10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 - 12:30 p.m. Cross-Professional Comparison

• Jules Dienstag, Dean of Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
• Rakesh Khurana, Harvard Business School
• Chris McKenna, Novak Druce Center for PSFs, Oxford Business School
• Andrew von Nordenflycht, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
• Moderator: Ashish Nanda, Harvard Law School/Program on the Legal Profession

12:45 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Keynote

• Chris Kenny, CEO, U.K. Legal Services Board

2:15 - 3:45 p.m. The Regulators Weigh In

• Walter Jones, U.S. Rep. to African Development Bank
• Gopal Subramanium, Solicitor General and Head of Bar Council of India
• J. William Wu, Shanghai Bar Association
• Stephen Zack, American Bar Association President
• Moderator: Todd Rakoff, Harvard Law School

3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Break

4:00 - 5:45 p.m. Globalization, Lawyers and Emerging Economies - A Theoretical Synthesis

• Luciana Gross Cunha, FGV Law School, Sao Paulo
• Marc Galanter, Wisconsin Law School
• Sida Liu, Wisconsin Law School
• Fabio de Sa a Silva, IPEA Research Center, Brasilia and Northeastern University
• David Trubek, Wisconsin Law School
• David Wilkins, Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession
• Moderator: Mark Wu, Harvard Law School

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Dinner and Keynote

• Martha Minow, Dean, Harvard Law School

Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Proposals for Reform

7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Professional Development Proposals

• Moderator: William Lee, Co-Managing Partner of WilmerHale

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Technology-Related Proposals

• Moderator: Mitt Regan, Georgetown Center for Study of the Legal Profession

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Structural/Regulatory Proposals

• Moderator: Elizabeth Chambliss, NYLS Center for Professional Values & Practice

11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Public Sphere Proposals

• Moderator: Erik Ramanathan, Harvard Law Program on the Legal Profession

12:45 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Keynote

• Laura Stein, General Counsel of Clorox; ACC Value Challenge

2:15 - 4:15 p.m. Thematic Working Group Meetings

4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Break

4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Working Group Moderator Reports

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Future Plans

• David Wilkins, Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession
• Elizabeth Chambliss, NYLS Center for Professional Values & Practice

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