II Conference – June 16, 2008

CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES AND LEGAL EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY
June 16, 2008


Polish – American Symposium on Current Legal Issues and Legal Education in a Global Society

commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Center for American Law Studies, a joint program of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw,

Collegium Iuridicum II, Auditorium A.2 and A.3,

8:30 am – Registration, Coffee

9:00 am – Welcoming Remarks: Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration of University of Warsaw Professor Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Dean of University of Florida Levin College of Law Professor Robert Jerry

9:20 am – Panel I: Legal Education in the Era of Globalization – European and American Perspectives – Witold Daniłowicz, Esq., Professor Robert Jerry, Professor Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Professor Henry Wihnyk

10:20 am – Coffee break

10:40 am – Panel II: Privacy Issues and Freedom of Speech in the US and Polish Constitutions – President of the Constitutional Tribunal Jerzy Stępień, Professor Jon Mills, Professor and Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal Mirosław Wyrzykowski

12:00 pm – Lunch sponsored by Upchurch, Watson, White & Max and by Westlaw

12:50 pm – Panel III: Is Mediation a Successful Transplant? – Benefits and Challenges of Mediating Commercial Disputes – Dr Ewa Gmurzyńska, Professor Donald Peters, Sylwester Pieckowski, Esq., John Upchurch – mediator

2:00 pm – Panel IV: Current Issues in Business Law – Professor Tom Hurst, Professor Józef Okolski, Professor Adam Opalski, Roman Rewald, Esq., Professor Stanisław Sołtysiński

3:20 pm – Coffee break

3:40 pm – Panel V: The “Greening” of Environmental Law: Adapting Environmental Law to 21st Century Challenges, Professor Julian Juergensmeyer, Professor Maria Kenig-Witkowska, Dr Michał Polański

4:40 pm – Summary of the Conference

5:30 pm – Reception in the lobby of Kazimierzowski Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28