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Conference on Graduate Legal Education for Foreign Lawyers
Duke University School of Law
March 5-6, 1999
Sponsored by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar

Friday, March 5, 1999  
1:00-2:00
 Registration and Box Lunch
2:00-2:10
 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Examining thePurpose of U.S. Legal Education for Foreign Lawyers - Dean Pamela Gann, Duke University School of Law
2:10-4:10
 L.L.M. Programs: Issues for the 21st Century
Moderator: Jerome Barron, GWU
  • Developments in LL.M. Programs - Charles Gustafson, Georgetown 
  • Specialized LL.M. Programs - Claudio Grossman, American 
  • Intensive and Certificate Course Programs - David Van Zandt, Northwestern 
  • LL.M. Programs at Non-U.S. Universities - Frans Vanistendael, U. of Leuven
  • New Programs and ABA Acquiescence - James White, ABA, William Mock, John Marshall
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4:30-6:00
 Funding U.S. Legal Education for Foreign Lawyers: Sponsorship and Financial Aid Moderator: Virginia Gordon, U Mich.
  • Funding for Lawyers from Developing Countries: International Sponsoring Institutions - Martha Loerke, Soros Foundation
  • U.S. Government Support - Kevin O'Grady, Institute of International Education
  • Fundraising for L.L.M. Programs - Linda Steckley, Duke
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6:30-7:30
 Reception
7:30-10:00
 Dinner - Kenote speaker: John Sexton, NYU
Saturday, March 6, 1999  
8:00am
 Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00
 Evaluation and Recruitment of Foreign Lawyers to Graduate Programs
Moderator: Judy Horowitz, Duke
  • Techniques for Evaluating Applications - Michael Dooley, UVA, Kenneth Kleinrock, NYU, Lloyd Bonfield, Tulane
  •  Evaluating the New TOEFL Exam - Rodney Ballard, Associate Program Director, TOEFL Program Office 
  • Recruitment Fairs: Will The Business School Model Work for Law Schools?Katie Joyce, Fuqua School of Business
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10:15-12:00
 Overcoming the Barriers: Approaches to Academic Training for Foreign Lawyers Part 1 - Specialized Courses for Foreign Lawyers
Moderator: Jennifer Maher, Duke
  • Barriers to Studying U.S. Law - Jill Ramsfield, Georgetown
  • Preparation for Study in U.S. Law Schools: Orientation Programs - Beth Greenwood, UC-Davis 
  • Teaching U.S. Legal Reasoning in an Introduction to U.S. Law Course - Charles Abernathy, Georgetown 
  • Teaching U.S. Legal Research and Writing and the Use of Information Technology - Gregory Bendlin, Duke, Jill Ramsfield, Georgetown 
 
12:00-1:30p.m.
 Lunch - Seating by topic of interest, with facilitators at tables. 
Organizer: Ruth Schlossberg, NWU - Topics including:
  • Visa, work & funding issues
  • Counseling
  • Integration of U.S. and foreign students
  • Foreign alumni associations and communications
1:45-3:15
 Approaches to Academic Training for Foreign Lawyers Part 2 - Foreign Lawyers in the Regular Curriculum
Moderator: Calvin Sharpe, Case Western
  • Responding to Different Legal Backgrounds Among Students - Barbara Safriet, Yale
  • Cross-Cultural Honor Code Expectations, Charles Cramton- Cornell
  • Techniques for Integrating Foreign Students into the Regular Curriculum - James Cox, Duke
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3:30-5:00
 Designing Careers for the Global Market: Employment and Admission to the Bar
Moderator: James Hickey, Hofstra
  • Introduction: Developments in Global Law Practice - Peter Smith, Director of Professional Development, Baker & McKenzie, London
  • Career Service Support for Foreign Lawyers: Job Fairs; Recruitment Policies - Irene Dorzback, NYU, Robert Smith, Duke 
  • Changes to the New York State Bar Requirements - Hope Engle - New York State Court of Appeals
  • Admission to the Bar - J. Richard Hurt, Deputy Consultant, Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar, ABA
5:00
 Concluding Remarks - Pamela Gann
6:00
 Vans depart Washington Duke Hotel for dinner at the Siena Hotel
Sunday, March 7, 1999  
Golf, suggested local activities  

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