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Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
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Researchers may not access and play the recordings on the original audiocasettes due to concerns about their fragility. However, researchers may request and listen to digital copies of the recordings.
Michael Marshall, Head of the University of Virginia School of Law Communications Office, transferred these tapes to the UVA Law Library in 2005.
On October 26 and 27 of 2001, The University of Virginia School of Law celebrated its 175th anniversary by convening the conference "Law Schools, Lawyers, and the Future of American Law." The School hoped that this occasion would be an opportunity for law professors and practitioners to discuss and debate the future of legal education in the United States. It featured four panels and two addresses. Thomas H. Jackson, a former dean of the School of Law, gave one address, and Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist gave the other.
This collection includes audio recordings of all the conference panels and addresses.
The Spring 2002 issue of UVA Lawyer documents the conference and shares excerpts from the panels and addresses.
Four federal appeals court judges discuss changes they have seen during their ninety-five combined years on the bench, both in the courts and in the lawyers who appear before them. They also speak about what they believe law schools should be doing to prepare young students to become effective lawyers.
The panelists are: Edward M. Becker, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Carolyn D. King, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Boyce F. Martin, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The moderator is: Lillian R. Bevier, Henry L. and Grace Doherty Foundation Professor of Law
The content of this note was copied from page 5 of the Spring 2002 issue of UVA Lawyer.
Lawyers must understand their clients' businesses in order to do the best job representing them, say four alumni panelists who work in law firms or in the world of commerce. Teaching law students how to think and write is still fundamental, but for lawyers choosing a corporate practice, an understanding of the intersection of law and business is also critical.
The panelists are: Ralph H. Baxter, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe Jeffery L. Humber, Jr., Senior Vice President and Head, Global Diversity Group, Merrill Lynch Gordon F. Rainey, Jr., Chairman, Executive Committee, Hunton and Williams Lyn G. Walker, Partner, Shipman and Goodwin LLP
The moderator is: George A. Rutherglen, O.M. Vicars Professor of Law
The content of this note was copied from page 11 of the Spring 2002 issue of UVA Lawyer.
The conference dinner speech was given by Thomas H. Jackson, eighth dean of the Law School, former provost of the University of Virginia, and president of the University of Rochester. He compared two forms of professional education--legal and medical--and examined how legal education's broadly academic approach prepares students remarkably well for a lifetime of leadership.
The content of this note was copied from page 35 of the Spring 2002 issue of UVA Lawyer.
Four alumni employed as senior managers in major American corporations talk about their work as consumers--rather than providers--of legal services. In these excerpts from their panel discussion, they offer advice on what law schools should do to prepare graduates, including graduates who leave practice to enter the world of business.
The panelists are: Alfonso L. Carney, Jr., Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Edward J. Kelly III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mercantile Bankshares Corporation Donald M. James, Chairman and CEO, Vulcan Materials Company John R. Towers, Vice Chairman, State Street Corporation
The moderator is: Richard A. Merrill, Daniel Caplin Professor of Law and Seventh Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law
The content of this note was copied from page 18 of the Spring 2002 issue of UVA Lawyer.
Using a fictious law school beset with problems as a model, four law school deans debate what it would take to put the school back on track. They wrangle with issues ranging from the divide between the legal academy and the world of practice, to the value of merit scholarships and the realities imposed by law school rankings.
The panelists are: Katharine T. Barlett, Dean, Duke University School of Law Anthony T. Kronman, Dean, Yale Law Schoo David W. Leebron, Dean, Columbia Law School Karen H. Rothenberg, Dean, University of Maryland School of Law
The moderator is: Robert E. Scott, Ninth Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law
The content of this note was copied from page 26 of the Spring 2002 issue of UVA Lawyer.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist delivered the conference keynote address: "The Future of the Federal Courts."