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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

 

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

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

Break 10:30 – 10:45
Jamail Pavilion
Concurrent Session 2-A –
Teaching in and with Context
10:45 – 12:00
Jeffers Courtroom

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

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

Lunch 12:15 – 1:30
Law School Atrium

Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, Supreme Court of Texas

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

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

Reception and Banquet –
Effective Teaching and Effective Research
6:30
Tarlton Law Library
Searls Reading Room

Larry Sager, Dean, The University of Texas School of Law

Sir David Williams, Emeritus Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge

 

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

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

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.

Adjournment

Informal Breakout 1:45
Eidman Courtroom & Jury Room

TBA

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.