The Gathering of the Bench and Bar at the University of Colorado Law School

 Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Wittemyer Courtroom- Colorado Law

Opening Session                                                                                            1:45 - 2:15PM

General Session:                                                                                              2:15 - 3:45PM

Evolving Challenges in an Increasingly Globalized Legal Profession:

Diversity and Inclusiveness, Training, and Leveraging Technology

Readings:

        Kathleen Nalty & Andrea Juarez, Diversity Really Does Matter, NALP bulletin, Sept. 2012.

        Dianne Hayes, The Evolution of Diversity, Diversity & The Bar (2012).

        Ctr. For Legal Inclusiveness, Advancing Inclusiveness Model for Excellence (2012).

        Ctr. For Legal Inclusiveness, Beyond Diversity Inclusiveness in the Legal Workplace (2012).

        trEVOR Faure, THE SMARTER LEGAL MODEL: MORE FROM LESS 5-7 (2010).

        Also by trEVOR Faure, www.practicallaw.com/about/morefromless.

University Memorial Center

The Byron R. White Center's 2012 Stevens Lecture

Thursday, September 20, 2012

St. Julien Hotel & Spa

Breakout Sessions                                                                   1:00 - 1:50PM, 2:10 - 3:00PM

Breakout 1: Confronting and Understanding Generational Dynamics in Law Room: Xanadu II

Readings: None

 Breakout 2: Privacy and Electronic Commerce                                           Room: Xanadu I

Readings:

1. Scott R. Peppet, Unraveling Privacy: The Personal Prospectus & The Threat of a Full Disclosure Future, 105 Nw. Univ. L. Rev. 1153 (2011).

 Breakout 3: Preserving and Producing E-Discovery                                    Room: Fandango

Readings: None

 Breakout 4: The Changing Dynamics of In-House Counsel                       Room: Xanadu III

Readings: None

 General Session:

Implications of the Legal Challenges to Health Care Reform                   3:20 - 4:20PM

Readings:

            1. National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. ___ (2012)   

 General Session:

Defining, Defending, and Advancing The Rule of Law                               4:20 - 5:35PM

Readings:

        Marcia S. Kreiger, A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHOS FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION: WHY BOTHER?, 86 U. Denv. L. Rev. 865 (2009).

        James Carlson, Into the Shadows, Law Week Co., Apr. 19, 2012.

        Terry Carter, The Prosecutor on Trial: Ex-Maricopa County Attorney Faces Disbarment for Political Acts, A.B.A. J., Apr. 1, 2012.

 Friday, September 21, 2012

St. Julien Hotel & Spa

General Session:

Supreme Court Review                                                                                  9:00 - 10:00AM

Readings:

     1.    Erwin Chemerinsky, Supreme Court Term in Review

 General Session:

The "Press" of Judicial Business                                                                  10:20 - 11:30AM

Readings:

1.        Linda Greenhouse, The Mystery of John Roberts, N.Y. Times, July 11, 2012, 9:00 PM.

2.        Todd C. Peppers, Leaks at the Supreme Court, Law.Com, Aug. 20, 2012.

3.        Jeffrey Toobin, How Chief Justice John Roberts Orchestrated the Citizens United Decision, The New Yorker, May 21, 2012.

 Breakout Sessions                                                                                           1:00 - 1:50PM

Breakout 1: The Differences Between Effective Trial Advocacy and

Effective Appellate Advocacy                                                                         Room: Xanadu II

Readings: None

 Breakout 2: The Future of Energy Law and Policy                                     Room: Xanadu III

Readings:

        1. IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Fueling North America's Energy Future: The Unconventional Natural Gas Revolution and the Carbon Agenda (2010).

2.      Daniel P. Schrag, Is Shale Gas Good for Climate Change?, 141 Daedalus 72 (2012).

 Breakout 3: Eat Your Spinach?: Access to Justice,

Continuing Legal Education, and the Idea of Professional Obligation    Room: Fandango

Readings: None

 Breakout 4: 10th Circuit Review: Top 12 of 2012                                        Room: Xanadu I

Readings: None

 Breakout Sessions                                                                                           2:10 - 3:00PM

Breakout 1:

The Differences Between Effective Trial Advocacy and Effective

Appellate Advocacy-Practitioner Perspective                                                Room: Xanadu II

Readings: None

 Breakout 2: Leading a Branch of the Largest National Law Firm             Room: Xanadu III

Readings: None

 Breakout 3: Eat Your Spinach?: Access to Justice,

Continuing Legal Education, and the Idea of Professional Obligation
    Room: Fandango

Readings: None

 Breakout 4: 10th Circuit Review: Top 12 of 2012                                        Room: Xanadu I

Readings: None

General Session:

The Decline of the Jury Trial: Causes, Effects, and Responses                   3:20 - 4:30PM

Readings:

1. Rebecca Love Kourlis & Dirk Olin, Rebuilding Justice 5-10 (2012).