Program
THURSDAY, October 18th
| Registration | 4:00 – 6:30 Law School Atrium |
| Opening Reception | 6:30 – 8:30 Law School Atrium |
Roy M. Mersky, Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and Director of Research, The University of Texas School of Law |
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FRIDAY, October 19th
| Continental Breakfast | 8:00 – 8:45 Jamail Pavilion |
| Conference Welcome – Opening Remarks |
8:45 – 9:00 Eidman Courtroom |
Roy M. Mersky, Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and Director of Research, The University of Texas School of Law William Powers, Jr., President, The University of Texas |
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| Plenary Panel 1 – Thoughts on Being an Effective Teacher |
9:00 – 10:30 Eidman Courtroom |
Richard J. Conviser, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law Stanley Johanson, Fannie Coplin Regents Chair, The University of Texas David S. Sokolow, Senior Lecturer, Director – Student Life, The University of Texas |
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| Break | 10:30 – 10:45 Jamail Pavilion |
| Concurrent Session 2-A – Teaching in and with Context |
10:45 – 12:00 Jeffers Courtroom |
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Moderator: Patrick Woolley, Professor of Law, The University of Texas Robert Abzug, Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor in History, The University of Texas, and Director, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies Hersel W. Perry, Professor of Law and Government, The University of Texas Paul Woodruff, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, The University of Texas |
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| Concurrent Session 2-B – Developing a Teaching Philosophy |
10:45 – 12:00 Eidman Courtroom |
Michelle Arnopol Cecil, William H. Pittman Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Mechele Dickerson, Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas School of Law R. Anthony Reese, Arnold, White & Durkee Centennial Professor, The University of Texas School of Law |
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| Lunch | 12:15 – 1:30 Law School Atrium |
Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, Supreme Court of Texas |
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| Plenary Panel 3 – The Changing Nature of Legal Research and Legal Thought |
1:45 – 3:00 Eidman Courtroom |
Steven M. Barkan, Professor & Director of Library and Information Services, University of Wisconsin Law School Virginia Wise, Thayer Senior Lecturer on Law for Legal Research, Harvard |
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| Break | 3:00 – 3:15 Jamail Pavilion |
| Plenary Panel 4 – From the Courtroom to the Classroom |
3:30 – 5:00 Eidman Courtroom |
Moderator: Mark Yudof, Chancellor, The University of Texas System Judge Nancy F. Atlas, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division Joseph D. Jamail, Jr., Jamail & Kolius Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey |
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| Reception and Banquet – Effective Teaching and Effective Research |
6:30 Tarlton Law Library Searls Reading Room |
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Larry Sager, Dean, The University of Texas School of Law Sir David Williams, Emeritus Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge |
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SATURDAY, October 20th
| Continental Breakfast | 8:00 – 9:00 Jamail Pavilion |
| Plenary Panel 5 – Technology in the Classroom |
9:00 – 10:30 Eidman Courtroom |
Stephen Burnett, Associate Dean & Professor of Law, Concord Law School David Epstein, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Joel Wm. Friedman, Jack M. Gordon Professor of Procedural Law & Jurisdiction, Tulane Steve H. Nickles, C. G. Hope Chair in Law and Management, Wake Forest University |
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| Break | 10:30 – 10:45 Jamail Pavilion |
| Concurrent Session 6-A – Teaching Legal Research |
10:45 – 12:00 Jeffers Courtroom |
Diana R. Donahoe, Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Georgetown University Law School James S. Heller, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, The College of William & Mary Richard Leiter, Director, Schmid Law Library, University of Nebraska College of Law |
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| Concurrent Session 6-B – Legal Research Skills of New Attorneys |
10:45 – 12:00 Eidman Courtroom |
Bill Allison, Professor & Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic and the Texas Center for Actual Innocence, The University of Texas Sarah M. Buel, Founder & Clinical Professor of the Domestic Violence Clinic, The University of Texas School of Law | |
| Lunch | 12:15 Tarlton Law Library Searls Reading Room |
Bryan Garner, LawProse, Inc. |
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Adjournment |
| Informal Breakout | 1:45 Eidman Courtroom & Jury Room |
TBA |
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Please note that while the above schedule is currently accurate, it is not yet finalized and subject to change.
All locations are in The University of Texas School of Law, 727 East Dean Keeton St., Austin 78705.
