8 - 9 a.m.
Registration and Continental
Breakfast
9 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
Andrew J.
Simons
Vice Dean
St. John’s University School of Law
9:15 – 10:15
Writing to Please the Court: The
Judicial Perspective
Hon. P. Kevin
Castel
U.S. District Court
Southern District of New York
Hon.
Charles E. Ramos
Chief, Commercial Division
Supreme Court, New York County
Rosa
Castello
Law Clerk to Hon. Walter Stapleton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Moderator
Patricia
Montana
Associate Professor of Legal Writing
St. John’s University School of Law
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee
10:30 – 11:50
The Professional Landscape: Current
Expectations, Current Needs
James
Castro-Blanco
Counsel, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker
LLP
Valerie Fitch
Director of Professional Development, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLP
Adjunct Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Richard
M. Greenberg
Attorney-in-Charge, Office of the Appellate Defender
Kristine
Kreilick
Manager of Research Training, Sullivan & Cromwell
Moderator
Jane
Scott
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
St. John’s University School of Law
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon and Keynote Address
Speaker
Mark
Herrmann
Partner, Jones Day
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Our Place on the Continuum:
Re-envisioning the Way We Prepare Law Students for
Practice
Jan M.
Levine
Director, Legal Writing and Research Program
Duquesne University School of Law
Tracy
Leigh McGaugh
Assistant Dean of Academic Advising
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Tina L.
Stark
Professor in the Practice of Law
Executive Director, Center for Transactional Law & Practice
Emory University School of Law
Kathleen
Elliott Vinson
Professor of Legal Writing
Director, Legal Practice Skills Program
Suffolk University Law School
Moderator
Robin
Boyle
Professor of Legal Writing
St. John’s University School of Law
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Closing Reception
Contact Information
Karyn DiDominici
Manager of Special Events
(718)
990-1950
didomink@stjohns.edu
Conference Organizers
Patricia Montana
grandep@stjohns.edu
Jane Scott
scottj@stjohns.edu
Registration is free. Register
online by November 14, 2008.