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
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Research team members
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LLM candidates in the program
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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.
