Connecticut Bar Association - Future of the Legal Profession Symposium

The Connecticut Bar Foundation
James W. Cooper Fellows
and
The Connecticut Bar Association

Future of the Legal Profession Symposium
Yale Law School, New Haven
October 29, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

9:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 am

Welcoming Remarks

Harold Hongju Koh, Dean, Yale Law School

William H. Narwold, Motley Rice LLP, Hartford
President, Connecticut Bar Foundation

Louis R. Pepe, Pepe & Hazard LLP, Hartford
President, Connecticut Bar Association

9:35-11:00 am

The Future of Law Practice in the United States
Trends, likely developments in the next decade or so, and what the practicing bar can and should do to adapt to likely upcoming changes.
Future Changes and Prospects for Law Firms Other Than Those Serving the Poor

Chair: Robert W. Gordon, Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Comments of Roger C. Cramton, Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, Cornell Law School

Comments of Robert Nelson, Director, American Bar Foundation, Chicago

11:00-11:15 am

Break

11:15-12:15 pm

Future Changes and Prospects for Legal Aid and Public Defender Organizations

Chair: Robert A. Solomon, Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Comments of Alan W. Houseman, Director, Center for Law and Social Policy
Washington, DC

12:15-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-1:15 pm

The Future of Law Practice in Connecticut
Chair: Peter Arakas, General Counsel, Americas, LEGO Systems, Inc., Enfield

Report on the CBA Task Force Questionnaire

Brad Saxton, Dean, Quinnipiac University School of Law
Timothy S. Fisher, McCarter & English LLP, Hartford

1:15-2:00 pm

Future Prospects for Legal Services for the Poor in Connecticut
The Legal Service Needs of the Poor in Connecticut, Report on the Connecticut Study

Marvin Farbman, Executive Director, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc., Middletown

Likely Future Needs and Prospects for Staffing and Funding Legal Services for the Poor in Connecticut

Patricia R. Kaplan, Executive Director, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
New Haven

2:00-2:45 pm

Enhanced Competition for Providing Legal Services in Connecticut and What Can and Should Be Done About It
Competition from Non-Lawyers (among matters to be considered are multidisciplinary practice by accounting firms and others, and pro-se representation by clients who can afford to pay lawyer fees)

Donat C. Marchand, Ivey Barnum & O’Mara LLC, Greenwich
Former President, Connecticut Bar Association

Competition from Other Lawyers (among matters to be considered are house counsel and multijurisdictional practice by lawyers outside Connecticut)

Peter L. Costas, Pepe & Hazard LLP, Hartford
Former President, Connecticut Bar Association

2:45-3:00 pm

Break

3:00-4:00 pm

Future Prospects for Particular Important Segments of the Connecticut Bar
Chair: Professor Jeremy Paul, Associate Dean, University of Connecticut School of Law

Women and Minorities - Andrea Barton Reeves, Hartford

Solo Practitioners and Small Firms - Deborah J. Tedford
Deborah J. Tedford & Associates, Mystic
Former President, Connecticut Bar Association

The Real Property Bar – Barry Hawkins, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Stamford

House Counsel - William H. Trachsel, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford

4:00-4:30 pm

Closing Observations
Frederic S. Ury, Ury & Moskow LLC, Fairfield
Past President, Connecticut Bar Association

Louis R. Pepe, Pepe & Hazard LLP, Hartford
President, Connecticut Bar Association

Norman K. Janes, Executive Director, Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc.
Middletown; President-Elect, Connecticut Bar Association

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