| 6:00
- 9:00pm |
Opening
Reception
Law School Atrium |
Friday,
December 7: |
| 8:00am
|
Registration desk opens |
| 9:00
- 10: 40 |
Program
1: The Age of Rastell
The Eidman Courtroom |
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Welcoming Remarks:
Larry R. Faulkner |
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Introduction:
William C. Powers |
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Speaker:
Roy M. Mersky, "The 'Jamail' Rastell Dictionary" |
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Speaker:
Mike Widener, "The Tarlton
Law Library's Legal Dictionary Collection" |
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Speaker:
John
H. Baker, "John Rastell and the 'Terms of the Law'"
|
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Speaker:
Anthony Taussig, "William Rastell and the Development of the Law Book for
Students and Practicioners"
|
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Commentator:
Victor Tunkel
|
| 10:40
- 11:00 |
Coffee
Break |
| 11:00
- 12:30 |
Program
2: The Evolution of Legal Lexicography
The Eidman Courtroom |
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Speaker:
Morris Cohen, "English Legal Lexicographers After Rastell" |
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Speaker:
George Grossman, "Early American Legal Lexicographers" |
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Speaker:
Mary Whisner, "Dictionaries Make Strange Bedfellows" |
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Commentator:
Joel Silver |
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Moderator:
Nathan Hecht |
| 12:30
- 1:45 |
Luncheon
Texas Memorial Museum (next to the Law School) |
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Introduction:
Chief Justice Thomas Phillips |
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Speaker:
Bryan A. Garner, "Legal Lexicography" |
| 2:00
- 3:30 |
Program 3: The
Role of Storytelling in Law
The Eidman Courtroom
|
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Speaker:
Rachel Moran, "Law and Remembrance"
|
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Speaker:
Gerald Torres, "Translation and Stories: The Construction of Knowledge" |
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Speaker:
Richard Weisberg, "The Legal Speaker and Writer at the New
Millenium" |
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Commentator:
Aloysius P. Martinich |
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Moderator:
Lee Anne Fennell |
| 3:30
- 3:45 |
Coffee
Break |
| 3:45
- 5:15 |
Program
4: The Language of the Law
The Eidman Courtroom |
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Speaker:
Lawrence Solan, "Finding Ordinary Meaning in the Dictionary" |
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Speaker:
Christopher Balmford,
"Plain Language: Beyond a 'Movement'" |
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Speaker:
Hilary Penfold, "When
Words Aren't Enough: Graphics and Other Innovations in Legislative
Drafting" |
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Commentator:
Bryan A. Garner |
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Moderator:
Norma Cantu |
| 7:30pm |
Dinner
Reserve Room of Tarlton Law Library |
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Introduction:
Bryan A. Garner |
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Speaker:
Christopher Ricks, "The Most Just Law" |
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Presentation of
the Millionth Volume and the Million-and-First Volume
Roy M. Mersky, "Honoring
Joseph D. Jamail and Other Donors: Bryan and Pan Garner; Jenkins
Garrett; The Hon. Joe Greenhill; Chauncey D. Leake, Jr.; and
Jenni Parrish"
|
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The Language & the Law Committee would like to extend its thanks to the Bar & Grill Singers of Austin, Texas for their special performance at the dinner. |
Saturday,
December 8: |
| 8:00am
|
Registration desk opens
Law School Atrium |
| 9:00
- 10:30 |
Program
5: The Law In Context
The Eidman Courtroom |
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Speaker:
Gary McDowell,"The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and Interpretation" |
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Speaker:
Peter Tiersma,"From Speech to Writing: Textualization and its
Consequences" |
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Speaker:
Fred Shapiro,
"The Politically Correct United States Supreme Court and the --------
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Using Electronic Resources to
Trace the Origins of Legal Terms and Quotations" |
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Commentator:
Sanford Levinson |
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Moderator:
Peter Birks |
| 10:30
- 10:50 |
Coffee
Break |
| 10:50
- 12:50 |
Program
6: Law Libraries: Defining the Legal Mind
The Eidman Courtroom |
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Speaker:
Tom Reynolds,
"Tarlton and the Role of Law Libraries" |
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Speaker:
Donald J. Dunn, "Speaking the Law Library Language" |
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Speaker:
Jay Foonberg, "Cybraries and Libraries. Pictionaries and
Dictionaries. Biology not Paleontology. Contests and Contested
Words: A Practicing Lawyer Deals with Words and Dictionaries" |
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Moderator:
Robert Willard |
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Conference
Summary:
M. Kathleen Price |
| 12:50
- 2:50 |
Closing luncheon
Law School Atrium
|
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Speaker:
Sir David Williams |
