FRIDAY, March 28
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| Time |
Type/location |
Title |
Who (link to bio) |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Kelly Lounge |
Breakfast |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Plenary: LL101 |
Welcome, Announcements |
Steve Saltzburg, Margo Schlanger
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| 09:15 - 10:30 |
Plenary: LL101 |
1. Networking Resources:
(Video)
Probono.net Listserve & Library
National Police Accountability Project (NLG)
Prison Legal News
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
Protection & Advocacy Organizations |
John Boston
Howard Friedman
Paul Wright
Margo Schlanger
Nina Loewenstein |
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Coffee Break |
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| 10:45 - 12:30 |
Breakout:
L101
Moot courtroom |
Participants choose one session to attend:
2a. - Issues In Individual Litigation:
Discovery/FOIA,
Crash Course on the PLRA,
Dealing with clients; choice of forum
(state vs. federal); pleading; etc. |
Paul Wright
John Boston
Alan Mills |
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LL101 |
2b. - Issues in Class Action Litigation:
(Video)
Do You Really Need a Class?
Dealing with Class Action Skepticism
Decree Implementation and Access |
Howard Friedman
Lisa Kung
Ernest Galvan |
| 12:30 - 01:45 |
Kelly Lounge |
Lunch |
|
| 01:45 - 02:30 |
Plenary: LL101 |
3. Congressional Activity:
(Video)
PLRA Reform
Second Chance Act
Prison Rape Elimination Act |
Jody Kent,
Jesselyn McCurdy
Gene Guerrero
Brenda V. Smith |
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Coffee Break |
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| 02:45 - 04:30 |
Plenary: LL101 |
4. Mental Health Care & Classification
(Suing Parchman) |
Margaret Winter, Steve Hanlon,
Terry Kupers, Jim Austin |
| 04:30 - 05:30 |
Faculty conf. ctr: B505 |
Reception |
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SATURDAY, March 29
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| Time |
Type/location |
Title |
Who (link to bio) |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Kelly Lounge |
Breakfast |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Plenary: LL101 |
5. KEYNOTE: Prison Reform Advocacy in the Era of the Roberts Court
(Video 1,
Video 2)
Stephen Bright
President & Senior Counsel;
Southern Center for Human Rights
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| 10:00 - 11:15 |
Plenary: LL101 |
6. Current Challenges & Opportunities:
The Proof Arms Race
Medical Care Cases
Litigating Against Private Corrections and Health Care Providers |
Margo Schlanger
Elizabeth Alexander
Randall Berg |
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Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Breakout: LL101, L101, L202, L402 |
7. Brainstorming |
Multiple sessions on topics to be determined by conference participants. |
| 12:30 - 01:30 |
Kelly Lounge |
LUNCH |
|
| 01:30 - 03:15 |
Plenary: LL101 |
8. Money
Sustaining Your Practice Economically -
Attorneys Fees & Contingency Practice
How to Plead & Prove Substantial Money Damages |
Michael Bien, Greg Belzley
Elizabeth Koob & Joan Magoolaghan
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Cookie Break |
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| 03:30 - 04:30 |
Breakout: LL101 |
Participants choose one session to attend:
9a. Coping With the PLRA: (Video) |
John Boston, Michael Bien |
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L101
Moot courtroom |
9b. Working with Pro Bono Attorneys/
Working with Advocacy Organizations: |
Bob Fleischner, Steve Hanlon |
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L402 |
9c. Working with Experts: |
Robert Greifinger,
Gordon Kamka,
Lisa Kung
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