Public Interest Law Week Schedule, November 8-12, 1999

(All presentations will be held at the Law School, 375 E. Chicago Avenue in Rubloff Room 150, adjacent to the Atrium, unless otherwise indicated)

MONDAY, November 8

12:00 noon Keynote Address

Welcome: David Van Zandt, Dean and Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Introduction: Robert W. Bennett, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Speaker: Barack Obama, Illinois State Senator
(Reception to follow in the Atrium)

3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Pro-Bono To Policy:Serving the Public In Any Setting

MODERATOR: Tom Morsch,'55, Director, Small Business Opportunity Center, Northwestern University School of Law
Erica Pascal, Vice President for Business Development, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation Max Rovner, Deputy Policy Chief to Mayor Richard Daley
Ada Skyles, Associate Director, The Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago
Greg Vamos, Senior Associate, Winston and Strawn

TUESDAY, November 9

12:00 noon Panel Discussion: Careers in Government

MODERATOR: Dawn Clark Netsch, '52, Professor Emerita, Northwestern University School of Law; Former Illinois State Comptroller and Illinois State Senator
Carol Brook, Deputy Director, Federal Defender Program
Ethan Cohen, '91, Trial Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Arthur Hill, '78, Chief Deputy State's Attorney, Cook County State's Attorney
Andrew Mine, Senior Litigation Counsel, City of Chicago Department of Law

3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Practical Courses in Public Interest Law

MODERATOR: Thomas F. Geraghty, '69, Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Clinical Education, and Director of the Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law
Leonard S. Rubinowitz, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Karla Chrobak, '00, currently working at the HIV/AIDS Project of the Legal Assistance Foundation
through the Practicum in Public Interest Law
Angela Coin, '95, Staff Attorney, Northwestern University School of Law Legal Clinic; Director, Community Law Clinic
Ora Schub, Staff Attorney, Northwestern University School of Law Legal Clinic
Carlos Gonzales, '00

WEDNESDAY, November 10

12:00 noon Panel Discussion: Impact Litigation

MODERATOR: John S. Elson, Professor of Law and Assistant Director of the Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law
John M. Bouman, Deputy Director for Advocacy, Supervising Attorney of the Welfare Unit, National Center on Poverty Law, Inc.
Tom Buchele, Staff Attorney, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Colleen Connell, Director, Reproductive Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Harlan Loeb, Midwest Civil Rights Counsel, Anti-Defamation League
Joyce Tischler, Executive Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund

3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion How to Fund Your Public Interest Career

MODERATOR: Amy Kay, '00
Jeanne Kraft, Director of Center for Career Strategy and Advancement, Northwestern University School of Law
Kristin Nichols, Associate Director of Center for Career Strategy and Advancement, Northwestern University School of Law

THURSDAY, November 11

12:00 noon Panel Discussion: Direct Legal Services

MODERATOR: Cynthia Grant Bowman, '82, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Veronique Baker, Supervisory Attorney, Chicago Legal Clinic
Mary Margaret McCarthy, Director, Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center
Flint Taylor, '72, People's Law Office
Larry Wood, Attorney, Housing Project, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago

3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Lessons from Death Row

INTRODUCTION: Stephen A. Miller, '97, Associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt
Gary Gauger
Lawrence C. Marshall, '85, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law

6:30 p.m. Reception and Silent Auction to Benefit Student Funded Public Interest Fellowships

7:45 p.m. Reception and Live Auction

:FRIDAY, November 12

12:00 noon Panel Discussion: Public Interest Jobs for Students: How to Get Them, How to Find Them and Why it's Worth It

MODERATOR: Kristin Nichols, Associate Director of Center for Career Strategy and Advancement, Northwestern University School of Law
SPEAKER: Roslyn Lieb, Executive Director, Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
PANEL: Albert Hofeld, '00, summer clerk, Northwestern University School of Law Legal Clinic; DNA People's Legal Services
Avi Ionascu,'00, summer clerk, Anti-Defamation League; US Department of Justice
Jyoti Nanda, '01, summer clerk, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Fernando Rojas, '99, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago

1:30 p.m. Closing Reception in the Atrium

Sponsoring organizatrions of Public Interest Law Week include the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Asian-Pacific Americans LAw Student Association, the Black Law Students Asociation, the Diversity Coaltion, the Environmental Law Society, the Feminist and Women's Coalition, the Lesbian and Gay Alliance, the Southeast Asian Law Students Association and Student Funded Public Interest Fellowships. Law firm sponsors include Sidley & Austin and Latham & Watkins.

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