Calendar of Events
New England Law | Boston is sponsoring a full year of events in observance of our Centennial year. Spring events are listed below. Except as noted, events are open to the public and are free of charge. Click here for information on other projects and activities.
Portia Law School 1908-1938: Its Place in History
2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Cherry Room
Professor C. Ronald Chester, New England Law | Boston, author of Unequal Access: Women Lawyers in a Changing America
Professor Virginia Drachman, Tufts University
Professor Nina A. Kohn, Syracuse University College of Law,
Professor Mary Jane Mossman, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, director of the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies
New England Law Review
Symposium on the Jurisprudence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Cherry Room
Speakers include former clerks of Justice Ginsburg:
Professor Hugh W. Baxter, Boston University School of Law
Dean Paul Schiff Berman, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Professor Heather Elliott, University of Alabama School of Law
Professor David G. Post, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Professor Jay D. Wexler, Boston University School of Law
Law Day Banquet
6:00 p.m.
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Speaker
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Alumni who would like to attend should send name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, along with a check for $75 per ticket, to Office of the Dean, New England Law | Boston, 154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116. Reservations and checks must be received by February 13, 2009. If you have questions, please contact Paula LaMonica at 617-422-7221 or at plamonica@nesl.edu
A Panel Discussion
Featuring Chief Justices of State Supreme Courts
3:00 p.m. panel discussion with a reception to follow
Cherry Room
RSVP: Janet Chavez jchavez@nesl.edu or 617-422-7248
RSVP by Friday, March 13, 2009
Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court
Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor, Arizona Supreme Court
Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, Supreme Court of Georgia
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling:
Solutions to Women's Attrition in the Legal Profession
4:00 p.m.
Cherry Room
Pamela Berman, Partner, Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, Boston
Christina Guerola Sarchio, Partner, Howrey LLP, New York, NY
Andrew Bruck, Co-founder, Building a Better Legal Profession, Clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court
Lauren Stiller Rikleen, Partner, Bowditch and Dewey, Boston
Center for International Law and Policy Annual Conference
CEDAW & Its Optional Protocol
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Marriott Courtyard Boston Hotel on Tremont Street.
Honoring the 10th anniversary of the Optional Protocol of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Judge Sylvia Cartwright, Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Cambodia
Shanthi Dairiam, Director, International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, Maylasia
Professor Cornelius Flinterman, Leiden University, Netherlands
Pramila Patten, Barrister, Mauritius
Professor Silvia Pimentel, Catholic University of São Paulo Law School, Brazil
Click here for more information.
Commencement
Featured Speaker:
Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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