Program

Friday, January 25, 2008

Registration: 8:15 - 8:45 am (Pacific Time)

Welcoming Remarks: 8:45 - 9:00 am

Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Dean, Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Introduction to the Conference: 9:00 - 9:30 am

Professor Brian Landsberg, Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Panel 1: 9:30 - 10:45 am

The Theory of Experiential Education and the Role of the Lawyer in China

Questions for discussion: Why experiential learning in China? What skills and values are important to teach in order to shape the legal profession? What is the relationship between those skills and values and the Rule of Law and (social justice or human rights)?

Professor Elliot Milstein*, American University Washington College of Law

Professor Xu Kezhu*, China University of Political Science and Law

Break: 10:45 - 11:00 am

Panel 2: 11:00 - 12:30 pm

Reflections on the Summer Workshops

Professor Susan Bennett*, American University Washington College of Law

Professor Xu Shen Jian*, China University of Political Science and Law

Professor George Harris*, Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Professor Cai Yanmin#, Committee of Chinese Clinical Legal Educators

Professor Jay Pottenger#, Yale Law School

Lunch: 12:30 - 1:15 pm

Keynote: 1:15 - 2:00 pm

Dean Zhu Su Li, University of Beijing, School of Law

Panel 3: 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Methods of Experiential Education: Context, transferability and resources

Professor Julie Davies*, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Professor Bob Dinerstein*, American University Washington College of Law

Dean Qingjiang Kong*, Zhejiang Gongshang University, School of Law

Professor Jenny Lyman#, George Washington University Law School

Professor Whitmore Gray#, University of Michigan Law School and Fordham Law School

Break: 3:30 - 3:45 pm

Panel 4: 3:45 - 5:15 pm

What role should experiential education play in Chinese legal education and why?

Professor Wang Rong*, China University of Political Science and Law

Professor Peng Xihua*, South Central University of Economics, Politics & Law

Professor David Chavkin#, American University Washington College of Law

Dr. Stanley Lubman#, University of California , Berkeley Boalt Hall

Friday Close: 5:15 - 5:30pm

Professor Louis Del Duca, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law

Dinner for Conference Presenters and Special Guests: 7:00 pm

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 am (Pacific Time)

Welcoming Remarks: 9:00 - 9:05 am

Professor Brian Landsberg, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Panel 5: 9:05 - 10:45 am

The content of advocacy education courses: a proposed template

Professor Jay Leach, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Breakout session leaders:

Professor Jaime Horsley, Yale Law School

Professor Cary Bricker, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Professor Huang Juan, South China University of Technology

Breakout participants:

LL.M. Students in Advocacy

Other speakers and invitees

Break: 10:45 - 11:00 am

Panel 6: 11:00 - 12:45 pm

The content of clinical education courses: a proposed template

Professor Susan Bennett, American University Washington College of Law

Breakout session leaders:

Professor Yu Yanning, Zhejiang Gongshang University

Phyllis Chang, China Law and Development, Ltd.

Professor Barbara Schatz, Columbia Law School

Breakout participants:

LL.M. Students in Clinical Education

Other speakers and invitees

Lunch: 12:45 - 1:30 pm

Keynote: 1:30 - 2:15 pm

Professor and Provost Li Shuzong, China University of Political Science and Law

Panel 7: 2:15 - 4:00 pm

What strategies will increase the availability of skills education in China?

Professor Brian Landsberg*, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Professor Titi Liu*, University of Washington Law School

Professor Zhou Shiwen*, South China University of Technology

Dean Francis L. Wang#, Kenneth Wang School of Law, Suzhou (invited)

Professor Carl Minzner#, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law

Conference Close: 4:00 - 4:15 pm

Professor Elliott Milstein, American University Washington College of Law

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Invited Participants

Research team members
LLM candidates in the program
American law professors specializing in Law of China, Advocacy, and Clinical Education

This conference is possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.