2006 Spring Symposium March 31 and April 1, 2006 New York Law School’s Center for Professional Values and Practice invites you to attend its 2006 spring symposium, The Plaintiffs’ Bar, on March 31 and April 1, 2006. SCHEDULE | CLE | REGISTRATION

With keynote speaker Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master, Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 speaking on "The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund: Plaintiffs' Bar to the Rescue"

Eminent speakers from around the nation—practicing lawyers and leading scholars—will take on an array of timely topics:

• How can a lawyer do good and do well in plaintiffs’ work? Panelists will share their experiences in securities and business litigation, personal injury law, civil rights, and prison litigation.
• When, how, and why did the plaintiffs’ bar make its transition from struggling individual lawyers into a powerful, wealthy, and politically salient institution?
• Where is the defense bar headed?
• What explains the intensification of attacks on the plaintiffs’ bar in the last twenty years? How have plaintiffs’ lawyers been coping and with what results?
• Which changes in procedural and financing rules are having the greatest effects on litigation?
• What might the future hold for the plaintiffs’ bar?

SCHEDULE
All events will take place in the Harry H. Wellington Conference Center, New York Law School, 47 Worth Street, New York. For directions to the law school, click here.

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
9:00 A.M.–9:45 A.M.

WELCOME
9:45 A.M.–10:00 A.M.

PANEL ONE
10:00 A.M.–12:00 NOON
THE PLAINTIFFS’ BAR ON THE DEFENSIVE

• Moderator: Anita Bernstein, Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, New York Law School
• Stephen Daniels, Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Association
• Marc Galanter, John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and Professor of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Joanne Martin, Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Mike McCann, Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship, University of Washington
• John Vail, Vice President and Senior Litigation Counsel, Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC

LUNCH
12:00 NOON–1:30 P.M.

PANEL TWO
1:30 P.M.–3:30 P.M.
HISTORY: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTINCTIVE PLAINTIFFS’ BAR

• Moderator: Elizabeth Chambliss, Professor of Law, New York Law School
• Sara Parikh, Leo J. Shapiro and Associates
• Paul Rheingold, Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney LLP
• John Fabian Witt, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
• Stephen Yeazell, David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law

PANEL THREE
3:45 P.M.–5:45 P.M.
PLAINTIFFS’ LAWYERING IN DIVERSE AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Moderator: Carlin Meyer, Professor of Law, New York Law School
• Brad Friedman, Partner, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
• Janice Goodman, Attorney for Employees
• Ralph Knowles, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine
• Margo Schlanger, Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
• Mary Nell Trautner, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona

RECEPTION AND KEYNOTE
6:00 P.M.–7:30 P.M.
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Managing Partner, The Feinberg Group, LLP, and Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001: "The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund: Plaintiffs' Bar to the Rescue"
Mr. Feinberg's keynote speech will begin at 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1

BREAKFAST
9:00 A.M.–9:30 A.M.

PANEL FOUR
9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M.
ENGAGING THE DEFENSE

• Moderator: Tanina Rostain, Professor of Law, New York Law School
• Tom Baker, Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Bert Kritzer, Professor, University of Wisconsin
• Ken McNeil, Susman Godfrey L.L.P.

PANEL FIVE
11:15 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
PROCEDURAL INNOVATIONS AND MONEY MATTERS

• Moderator: Frank Munger, Professor of Law, New York Law School
• Howard Erichson, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
• Myriam Gilles, Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
• Susan Nial, Visiting Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law
• Tony Sebok, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

LUNCH
1:00 P.M.–1:30 P.M.

PANEL SIX
1:30 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
WHAT NEXT: PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

• Moderator: Edward A. Purcell Jr., Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law, New York Law School
• Rick Abel, Michael J. Connell Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
• Arthur Bryant, Executive Director, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Marc Galanter, John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and Professor of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Sybil Shainwald, Practitioner and Trustee, New York Law School

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

This CLE program has been approved for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys for a maximum of 13 continuing legal education credits in professional practice. The price of attendance with CLE is $400.

New York Law School offers financial assistance to attorneys who wish to attend CLE courses but who find it difficult to attend due to cost considerations. For more information, please visit the law school's continuing legal education tuition assistance page.

REGISTRATION

Registration is open to the public. There is no cost for attendance without CLE credit. Attendance with 13 CLE credits in professional practice is $400. Fees are waived for all New York Law School staff, students, and faculty. Online registration is now closed, but at-the-door registration is available the day of the event.