Symposium & Workshops Schedule
October 24 - 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24
Call-for-Papers Panel, College of Law Room 132
12:30 - 2 p.m.
ABA Standard 303(c)
Becky Jacobs (University of Tennessee)
Sherley Cruz (University of Tennessee)
Karen Tokarz (Wash.U.)
Andrew King-Reis (Montana)
Kendall Kerew (Georgia State)
2 - 3 p.m.
Workshop Panel
3:30 - 5 p.m.
Why Take Leadership Courses led by Hardwick Fellows
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Gala Gathering/Happy Hour (by invitation only)
6:30 - 9 p.m.
Keynote speaker: Tom Galligan (LSU)
Friday, October 25
Symposium, College of Law Room 132
8 - 8:30 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Introductions – University of Tennessee College of Law Dean Lonnie T. Brown, Jr.
8:45 - 9:30 a.m.
Leadership in Law Schools: The Idea, The Implementation, The Future
Buck Lewis, Doug Blaze, Beth Ford
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Panel – The Shifting Landscape for Diversity Initiatives: A Leadership Challenge
Michelle Kwon (Facilitator)
Brooklyn Sawyers-Belk (Attorney)
Kellye Testy (The Law School Admission Council)
Bob Dinerstein (Emeritus, American Washington)
Judge Judy Levy (MI-E)
10:45 - 11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions – Facilitated exercise/discussion of issues raised by panel
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Panel – Self-Leadership in the Bar and Our Communities
Paula Schaefer (Facilitator)
Lisa Cole (President & Managing Shareholder Lewis Thomason)
Shailini George (Suffolk)
Mike Murphy (Duke)
Candice Reed (Latitude Legal)
Ron Tyler (Stanford)
2:45 - 3 p.m.
Break
3 - 4:15 p.m.
Panel – Empowering Lawyers to Lead Clients, Organizations, and Advocacy Issues
Lee Fisher-facilitator (Cleveland State University)
Zee Scout (Bertha Justice Fellow Center for Constitutional Rights)
Michael Han (Nike Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel)
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Paper Panel
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Reception, College of Law Rotunda