2008 Conference Panels


Friday, May 30, 2008

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration, Lunch, and Networking

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks

My Fantasy Curriculum and Other Almost Random Thoughts
Tina L. Stark – Emory University School of Law, Professor in the Practice of Law and Executive Director of the Center for Transactional Law and Practice

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Session 1

Teaching Transactional Skills through Simulations in Upper-level Courses – Three Exemplars

  • Rob Illig – University of Oregon School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law
  • Therese H. Maynard – Loyola Law School - Los Angeles, Professor of Law and Leo J. O’Brien Fellow
  • Cherie O. Taylor – South Texas College of Law, Professor of Law
  • Irene Kosturakis – South Texas College of Law, Adjunct Professor and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, BMC Software, Inc., Houston, Texas

Teaching Transactional Skills in First-year Writing Courses

  • Irene Ayers, New York University School of Law, Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering
  • Danton Berube, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law
  • Wayne Schiess, University of Texas School of Law at Austin, Senior Lecturer
  • Craig Smith, Vanderbilt University Law School, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Legal Writing

Pedagogic Techniques – Multi-disciplinary Courses, Annotated Document Review, Collaborative Work, and Large Groups

  • Anthony J. Luppino, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Tax Program
  • George W. Kuney, The University of Tennessee College of Law, W.P. Toms Professor of Law and Director of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law
  • Jamison Wilcox, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Associate Professor of Law

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Break

3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Afternoon Session 2

You Too Can Create a Simulation Exercise (or Even a Course)

  • James F. Hogg, William Mitchell College of Law, Professor of Law
  • Praveen Kosuri, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Practice Associate Professor of Law
  • Daniel Jaffe, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Assistant Professor
  • Jeff Leslie, University of Chicago Law School, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director for Curriculum
  • Elizabeth W. Milnikel, University of Chicago Law School, Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship and Lecturer in Law

How to Create Contract Drafting Exercises

  • Rosemary Dillon, Texas Tech University School of Law, Associate Professor of Legal Practice
  • T. Dale Jones, Texas Tech University School of Law, Professor of Legal Practice
  • Sue Payne, Northwestern University School of Law, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Lisa Penland, Drake University Law School, Associate Professor of Law

Transactional Skills Training: Contract Drafting – The Basics

  • George W. Kuney, The University of Tennessee College of Law, W.P. Toms Professor of Law and Director of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law
  • Tina L. Stark, Emory University School of Law, Professor in the Practice of Law and Executive Director of the Center for Transactional Law and Practice

5:15 - 6:30 p.m.
Reception – Third Floor, Hunter Atrium
Emory University School of Law

7:45 p.m.
Dinner – Emory Conference Center Hotel

Saturday, May 31, 2008

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Conference Keynote Address

Thinking Like a Lawyer: An English Interpretation
Phillip Knott, Professor of Professional Legal Education at Nottingham Trent University Law School, Nottingham, England

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Morning Session 1

Pedagogic Techniques – Using Technology to Teach Contract Drafting

  • Ken Chestek, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, Clinical Associate Professor of Law 
  • Tracy L. McGaugh, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Associate Professor of Legal Process

Teaching Transactional Skills in a Clinic

  • Carmen Huertas, CUNY School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law
  • Serge Martinez, Hofstra University School of Law, Associate Clinical Professor of Law
  • Aimee Munnings, Western New England College School of Law, Director of the Law and Business Center
  • Robert Statchen, Western New England College School of Law, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law

Teaching Multiple Skills in Drafting and Simulation Courses

  • Pamela Armstrong, Albany Law School, Lawyering Professor and Director, Lawyering Program
  • Elizabeth Anne August, Syracuse University College of Law, Legal Writing Professor
  • Susan M. Chesler, Widener University School of Law, Legal Writing Professor
  • Mark E. Need, Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
  • Karen Sneddon, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Assistant Professor

Transactional Skills Training: Contract Drafting – Beyond the Basics

  • Kenneth A. Adams, AdamsDrafting and University of Pennsylvania Law School, Lecturer in Law
  • Scott J. Burnham, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Visiting Professor of Law
  • Larry A. DiMatteo, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law and Legal Studies
  • J. Lyn Entrikin Goering, Washburn University School of Law, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Analysis, Research and Writing Program

11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Break

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Morning Session 2

How to Critique and Grade a Contract Drafting Assignment

  • Robin A. Boyle, St. John’s University School of Law, Professor of Legal Writing, Coordinator of Academic Support Program, and Assistant Director of the Writing Center
  • David Epstein, New York Law School, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and Legal Research Specialist
  • Sue Payne, Northwestern University School of Law, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law

Using Finance and Economics to Teach Transactional Skills

  • Robert P. Bartlett, III, University of Georgia School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law
  • Karl S. Okamoto, Drexel University College of Law, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Program in Business and Entrepreneurship Law
  • D. Gordon Smith, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Glen L. Farr Professor of Law

Incorporating Transactional Skills Training into First-year Doctrinal Courses

  • Cynthia M. Adams, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, Clinical Professor of Law
  • Christina L. Kunz, William Mitchell College of Law, Professor of Law
  • Richard K. Neumann Jr., Hofstra University School of Law, Professor of Law
  • Debra Pogrund Stark, The John Marshall Law School (Chicago), Professor of Law

Transactional Skills Training: All about Due Diligence

  • Mark Dorosin, Duke Law School Community Enterprise Clinic, Supervising Attorney and Senior Lecturing Fellow
  • Charles Fox, Founder, Fox Professional Development, LLC
  • Douglas Godfrey, Chicago-Kent College of Law,  Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing
  • Edward C. Harris, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Visiting Assistant Professor

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Lunch 

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Session

Teaching Transactional Skills in Upper-level Doctrinal Courses – Three Exemplars

  • Rachel Arnow-Richman, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Associate Professor of Law
  • Lisa Bliss, Georgia State University College of Law, Associate Director HeLp Legal Services Clinic
  • Sylvia B. Caley, Georgia State University College of Law, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director, Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Assistant Clinical Professor and Co-Associate Director of HeLP Clinic
  • Michael A. Woronoff, UCLA School of Law, Adjunct Professor, and Proskauer Rose LLP, partner and head of the corporate and securities practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office

More Pedagogic Techniques – Online Exercises and Integrating Skills into Different Kinds of Courses

  • Leslie Larkin Cooney, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Professor of Law
  • Maggie Finnerty, Lewis & Clark Law School, Clinical Law Professor
  • Judith Karp, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Professor of Law
  • Howard E. Katz, Capital University Law School, Visiting Professor of Law

You Too Can Create a Simulation Exercise (or Even a Course) (A Reprise)

  • James F. Hogg, William Mitchell College of Law, Professor of Law
  • Praveen Kosuri, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Practice Associate Professor of Law
  • Daniel Jaffe, Case Western Reserve University of Law, Assistant Professor
  • Jeff Leslie, University of Chicago Law School, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director for Curriculum
  • Elizabeth W. Milnikel, University of Chicago Law School, Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship and Lecturer in Law

Transactional Skills Training: Opinion Letters

  • Charles R. Beaudrot Jr., Emory University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, and Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, partner