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Inaugural
Conference on Law and Liberal Arts at Oberlin College
"Law and Social Change in the 21st Century"
Conference
Schedule:
November 14-16, 2003
There may be
changes in the Conference Schedule as we draw closer to November 14.
Please check back for updates.
Last modified -- November 4, 2003
| Friday,
November 14, 2003 |
| 4:00-8:00 |
Registration |
Carnegie
Building
Main Lobby |
| 4:30-6:00 |
Law
Careers Workshop - "Preparing For and Securing Law School
Admission, the Law School Experience, and Careers in the Law"
Moderator: Wendy S. Miller - Director of Career Services, Oberlin
College
Participants:
• Liz Ryan Cole '68 - Professor of Law, Vermont School of Law, South
Royalton, VT
• Christopher S. Elmendorf '94 - Assistant Professor, University of
California at Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
• Cedric
M. Powell '84 - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor
of Law, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Louisville,
KY
• William F. Vodrey '87 - Magistrate, Cleveland Municipal Court,
Cleveland, OH
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Science
Center
Craig Lecture Hall
|
| 6:00
p.m. |
Reception |
Carnegie
Building
Root Room |
| 7:00
p.m. |
Dinner
MC: Ronald C. Kahn, James Monroe Professor of Politics and Law
Welcome: Nancy S. Dye, President of Oberlin College
Keynote Address: "Affirmative Action: Grutter and Beyond"
Richard O. Lempert '64, Eric Stein Distinguished University Professor
of Law and Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and
Division
Director for the Social and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation,
Washington, DC |
Carnegie
Building
Root Room |
| Saturday,
November 15, 2003 |
| 8:00
a.m. |
Continental
Breakfast and Registration |
Science
Center
Commons |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Panel
1- "Women, Gender, and Family Rights"
Moderator: Amy J. Gittler '72 - Frazer, Ryan, Goldberg, Arnold & Gittler,
Phoenix, AZ
Participants:
• Susan M. Dennehy '99 - Kadish Fellow, Jurisprudence and
Social Policy Department, University of California,
Berkeley, CA
• Bennett H. Klein '82 - AIDS Law Project Director, Gay
& Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Boston, MA
• Carolyn A. Kubitschek '70 - Lansner and Kubitschek, NYC
• Louise K. Melling '82 - Director, Reproductive Freedom Project,
American Civil Liberties Union, NYC
• William F. Vodrey '87 - Magistrate, Cleveland Municipal
Court, Cleveland, OH |
Science
Center
West Lecture Hall |
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Panel
2- "Tort Reform and Your Right to a Day in Court:
Class Action Suits and the Capping of Damage Awards"
Moderator: Patricia A. McCoy '76 - Professor of Law, University of
Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT
Participants:
• Michael H. Barr '77 - Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, NYC
• Joel S. Feldman '74 - Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago,
IL
• Merril J. Hirsh '79 - Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington,
DC
• Stephanie Y. Moore '82 - Minority Counsel, House Judiciary
Subcomsmittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Washington,
DC
• Paul D. Rheingold '55 - Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik
& McCartney, NYC |
Science
Center
Craig Lecture Hall |
| 10:45-12:15 |
Panel
3- "Affirmative Action"
Moderator:
William L. Robinson '63 - Professor of Law and
Founding Dean, District of Columbia School
of Law, Washington, DC
Participants:
• Jacqueline A. Berrien '83 - Program Officer, Peace and Social
Justice Program, Ford Foundation, NYC
• Thomas M. Keck '92 - Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY
• Richard O. Lempert '64 - Eric Stein Distinguished University
Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI
• Terry A. Maroney '89 - Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, NYC
• Cedric M. Powell '84 - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
and Professor, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law,
Louisville
KY |
Science
Center
West Lecture Hall |
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Panel
4- "The Internet, the Recording Industry, Broadcast Science Center
Media and Intellectual Property: Napster and the New York Yankees"
Moderator: Michael A. Santoro '76 - Associate Professor, Graduate
School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Participants:
• Justin J. T. Hughes '82 - Assistant Professor, Cardozo School
of Law, Yeshiva University, NYC
• Peter E. Jaffe '84 - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington,
D.C.
• Robert S. Lemle '75 - Consultant and former Vice President
and General Counsel, Cablevision Systems Corporation, NYC
• Valarie R. Marcus '84 - Vice President, Business & Legal
Affairs, RCA Music Group, NYC
• Michael N. Schlesinger '89 - Smith & Metalitz, Washington,
DC |
Science
Center
Craig Lecture Hall |
| 12:30-1:45 |
Networking
Lunch with Students
"Oberlin As A Cradle for Legal Scholars, Practitioners
and Advocates of Social Change"
Speaker: Ronald C. Kahn, James Monroe Professor of Politics
and Law, Department of Politics
"Reflections on Oberlin College, Law School and a Life
in the Law"
Speaker: Charles A. Spitulnik '73 - Mcleod, Watkinson &
Miller, Washington, DC
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Carnegie
Building
Root Room |
| 2:00-3:30 |
Panel
5- "Capital Punishment"
Moderator: David J. Gottlieb '69 - Professor of Law, University of
Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
Participants:
• Patrick J. Culligan '73 - Chief of Capital Defense & Trial
Services Unit, Office of Chief Public Defender, State of Connecticut,
Hartford, CT
• Gretchen M. Engel '85 - Director of Post Conviction Litigation,
Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Durham, NC
• Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn '76 - Baker Ferguson Professor
of Politics and Leadership, Department of Politics, Whitman College,
Walla Walla,
WA
• Michael C. Meltsner '57 - Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard
School of Law, and George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished
Professor of Law, Northeastern
University School of Law, Boston, MA
• Gregory W. Meyers '80 - Chief Counsel, Death Penalty Division,
Ohio Office of Public Defender, Columbus, OH |
Science
Center
West Lecture Hall |
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Panel
6- "Environmental Law"
Moderator: Andrew M. Manshel '78 - Vice President of Finance and Administration,
Barnard College, NYC
Participants:
• Karen L. Florini '79 - Senior Attorney, Environmental Health
Program, Environmental Defense, Washington, DC
• Peter J. Kirsch '79 - Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, Denver,
CO
• Christopher S. Elmendorf '94 - Assistant Professor, University
of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
• Eric W. Orts '82 - Guardsmark Endowed Professor of Legal Studies
and Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA
• Victor M. Sher '76 - Sher & Leff, San Francisco, CA |
Science
Center
Craig Lecture Hall |
| 3:45-5:15 |
Panel
7- "The Supreme Court and Appellate Courts in Contemporary
Society"
Moderator: James E. Pohlman '54 - Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur,
Columbus, OH
Participants:
• Nancy Aron '70 - President, The Alliance for Justice, Washington,
DC
• Thomas A. Balmer '74 - Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme
Court, Salem, OR
• Nancy E. Crowe '91 - Frieda L. Miller Fellow, Radcliffe Institute
for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Eric R. Olson '95 - Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott,
Chicago, IL
• Robert H. Tiller '77 - Helms Mulliss & Wicker, Raleigh,
NC |
Science
Center
West Lecture Hall |
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Panel
8- "Social Change from Within and Without Government"
Moderator: Willliam R. Perlik '48 - Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering,
Washington, DC
Participants:
• J. William Callison '77 - Faegre & Benson, Denver, CO
• Holly B. Fechner '85 - Chief Labor Counsel, US Senate Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Washington, DC
• Lee I. Fisher '73 - President & CEO, Center for Families
and Children, Cleveland, OH
• Dale A. Iverson '78 - Principal and Mediator, Just
Mediation PLC, Grand Rapids, MI
• Joan P. Warrington '74 - Morrison & Foerster, NYC |
Science
Center
Craig Lecture Hall |
| 6:00
p.m. |
Reception
|
Carnegie
Building
Root Room |
| 7:00
p.m. |
Dinner
MC: Ronald Kahn, James Monroe Professor of Politics and Law
Remarks: Clayton R. Koppes, Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Keynote Address: "New Insights Into Old Problems: Wrongful
Convictions in the 21st Century"
Nancy J. King '82, Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Professor of Law,
Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN |
Carnegie
Building
Root Room |
| Sunday,
November 16, 2003 |
| 8:00
a.m. |
Continental
Breakfast |
Science
Center
Commons |
| 9:00-11:00 |
Faculty
Symposium: "Liberal Arts Education (at Oberlin), Law, and
Social Change"
Moderator: Michael J. Frantz - Frantz Ward, Cleveland, OH
Participants:
• Timothy Hall - Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department
of Philosophy
• Joyce K. McClure - Assistant Professor of Religion, Department
of Religion
• David W. Orr - Distinguished Professor of Environmental
Studies, Environmental Studies Program
• Harlan G. Wilson - Associate Professor of Politics, Department
of Politics
•
James E. Zinser - Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
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Science
Center
West Lecture Hall |
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Conference
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