Posted 11/5/09
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
"REGULATING AND DEREGULATING LAWYERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
London, England
June 3 & 4, 2010
The University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal
Studies (IALS), the University of Westminster School of
Law, and the Cleveland State University College of Law are
holding a conference on "Regulating and Deregulating
Lawyers in the 21st Century" June 3 & 4, 2010 at the IALS.
This announcement invites paper submissions from
individuals interested in contributing to this debate. It
is anticipated that papers and presentations will be
published subsequent to the meeting.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For further information interested individuals should
contact:
CONTACT: David Barnhizer
Email: MAILTO:david.barnhizer@law.csuohio.edu
Tel: 216-687-2315
CONTACT: Avrom Sherr
Email: MAILTO:Avrom.Sherr@sas.ac.uk
Tel: +44-207 862 5859
CONTACT: Andrew Boon
Email: MAILTO:a.boon@westminster.ac.uk
Tel: +0207 911 5153
OVERVIEW:
Contextual critiques of the current situation are welcome,
with a primary focus on trends impacting legal professions
in the US and UK, and strategies for improved regulatory
approaches (including deregulation) in the US, UK and
Canada. The aim is concrete discussions of strategies for
effective regulation and deregulation in the numerous and
distinct economic and client-varied modes of law practice.
Issues include the failure of self-regulation, controlling
the numbers of lawyers, revising rules on the unauthorized
practice of law, consumer protections aimed at creating
incentives for lawyers to provide improved service to their
clients through the potential for liability, and removal of
inappropriate entry barriers.
The structural transformation of legal practice in the
corporate hemisphere and elsewhere is more advanced in the
UK than in the US. This includes multi-disciplinary law
practice and a push to list law firms on the stock exchange
as some law firms in Australia started a few years ago.
The Smedley Report from the UK's Law Society considers the
problems of regulating such practices when there are
already serious regulatory failures in the other areas that
will be combined into multi-disciplinary practices.
Expected total meeting size: 60-75 participants.
Abstracts by 30th March 2010; Papers by 31st May 2010.
Publication in a planned book and journals emanating from
the conference.
PARTICIPANTS:
The preliminary list of those who have indicated
willingness to participate includes:
- Richard Abel, UCLA
- Benjamin Barton, University of Tennessee
- Andrew Boon, Dean and Professor, Westminster
- Lester Brickman, Yeshiva University
- Roger Burridge, Warwick University
- Scott Cummings, UCLA
- John Flood, Westminster
- Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin
- Jack Guttenberg, Dean, Capital University School of Law
- Joseph Harbaugh, former Dean and Professor, Nova
Southeastern University
- William Henderson, University of Indiana
- Allan Hutchinson, Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University, Canada
- Peter Joy, Washington University of St. Louis
- Lisa Lerman, Catholic University
- Susan Martyn, University of Toledo
- Richard Matasar, New York Law School
- James Moliterno, Washington & Lee
- Joseph Tomain, former Dean and Professor, University of
Cincinnati
- Alan Weinstein, Cleveland State University
- Alan Paterson, Strathclyde University
- Paul Paton, McGeorge Law School
- Russell Pearce, Fordham Law School
- George Priest, Yale Law School
- Elisabeth Rindskopf-Parker, Dean, McGeorge Law School
- Steve Smith, Dean, California Western School of Law
- Joseph Tanega, Westminster
- Nina Tarr, University of Illinois
- Lisa Webley, Westminster
REGISTRATION:
If you want to join them, please register your interest
with Belinda Crothers at IALS, stating if you will give a
paper or not:
Email: MAILTO:Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk