Symposium on the Status of the Legal Profession

From the Web page (Inns of Court):

A Symposium on the Status of the Legal Profession will be held at the Georgetown University Law Center on March 31 to April 2, 2011. The symposium is presented by the American Inns of Court and the Georgetown Law School with assistance and support from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in London. The purpose of the symposium is to discuss timely topics relating to the practice of law and the administration of justice.

We are delighted that the following distinguished judges and lawyers have already agreed to be presenters at the symposium:

Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Lord Nicholas Phillips,  President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

• Fred Thompson, Esquire, former United States Senator
• Michael Chertoff, Esquire
• Robert S. Bennett, Esquire
• Judge Andrew Napolitano
• Judge David Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
• Judge Carl Stewart, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Chief Justice Norman Veasey, Retired, Supreme Court of Delaware

Included among the diverse topics that will be discussed are: the special challenges of technology, professionalism and civility on the bench, legal education, training and mentoring, and the influence of the media on the image of the legal profession.

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