A Message From the Conference Director

Roy D. Simon, Hofstra Law School

8:00 AM

Brunch

Leeds Morelli & Brown Atrium, Hofstra Law School, Second Floor

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Michelle Wu, Hofstra Law School
Roy D. Simon, Hofstra Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Morning Session - The First Thing We Do, Let's Get Their Lawyers: Assaults on the Bar From the Civil Rights Era to Charles Stimson and KPMG

Stephen Gillers, New York University School of Law

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Morning Session - Ethical Challenges at Guantanamo

Clive Stafford-Smith, Reprieve

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Keynote Address - Introduction

Monroe H. Freedman, Hofstra Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Keynote Address - The Torturers' Legal Advisers: Professional Responsibility and Human Rights

Michael E. Tigar, American University Washington College of Law

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Keynote Address - Lawyering at the Edge of the Rule of Law

Ellen Yaroshefsky, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Coffee Break

Dorothy R. and Adolph J. Eckhardt Faculty Conference Room, Hofstra Law School, Room 303

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Afternoon Session - Client Counseling at the Edge: The Lawyer's "Conscience" and the Limits of Persuasion

Abbe Smith, Georgetown University Law Center

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

2:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Banquet

The Garden City Hotel

6:00 PM

Banquet Speaker - Why One Wired Phone Call is Worth $500,000 of Investigation, and Why I Represent "Those People"

Gerald B. Lefcourt, Law Offices of Gerald B. Lefcourt

The Garden City Hotel

6:30 PM

Breakfast

Leeds Morelli & Brown Atrium, Hofstra Law School, Second Floor

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Conference Registraion

Barbara and Maurice A. Deane Law Library Foyer, Hofstra Law School

8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Morning Session - Criminal Defense Lawyering on the Edge: A Look Back

Bruce A. Green, Fordham University School of Law

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

9:15 AM - 9:15 AM

Morning Session - How to Handle a Scandal

John Steele, Fish & Richardson P.C.

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Morning Session - Lawyering at the Edge: Henry Lord Brougham's Controversial Campaigns for Human Rights

Monroe H. Freedman, Hofstra Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Luncheon

Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Luncheon Speaker - Ethical Considerations on Witness Grooming

James Farragher Campbell, Campbell, DeMetrick & Jacobo

Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library

12:30 PM

Afternoon Session - Representing Capital Clients and the Elusive Quest for “Meaningful Access to Justice”

Glenda Grace, Hofstra Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Afternoon Session - Prosecutorial Misconduct: Does the Disciplinary Process Provide an Adequate Remedy

Angela J. Davis, American University Washington College of Law

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Afternoon Session - Zealous Obedience and the Subordinate Lawyer: Lessons From Social Psychology

Andrew M. Perlman, Suffolk University Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Morning Session - Corrupt Scientific Evidence

Kevin McMunigal, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Morning Session - Lawyering “Through” Fear: When the Edge Is All That’s Left

Burnele V. Powell, School of Law, University of South Carolina

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Morning Session - Competitor Conflicts

Charles Wolfram, Cornell Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Luncheon

Leeds Morelli & Brown Atrium, Hofstra Law School, Second Floor

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Luncheon Speaker - Prosecutors, Power, and Professional Ethics: From the Thompson Memorandum to the International Criminal Court in Sierra Leone

Raymond Brown, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis

Leeds Morelli & Brown Atrium, Hofstra Law School, Second Floor

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Afternoon Session A - Sanctions as a Deterrent to Post-Conviction Relief for Wrongfully Convicted Defendants

Richard P. Mauro

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Afternoon Session A - Lawyering at the Edge — How to Make Sure that When the Trial Ends You Are Not Going to Jail

Ronald Kuby, Law Offices of Ronald Kuby

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

Afternoon Session B - Lawyering on the Edge (No CLE Credit)

Lynne Stewart
Monroe H. Freedman, Hofstra Law School
Roy D. Simon, Hofstra Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

4:05 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Monroe H. Freedman, Hofstra Law School
Roy D. Simon, Hofstra Law School

Sidney R. and Walter Siben Moot Courtroom, Hofstra Law School, Room 308

5:00 PM - 5:05 PM