5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
West Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Hilton New York

Day of Equalitea Reception

Primary Sponsor: Commission on Women in the Profession
http://www.abanet.org/women/anniversary/dayofequality.html
Register online - The Equalitea is a tea/rally/reception that concludes the Day of Equality by bringing together hundreds of people for celebration and inspiration. It will celebrate all the Commission on Women has accomplished in the past 20 years, highlight and thank the CLE program participants, and issue a call to action regarding the work that still needs to be done to achieve full equality in the profession.

There is no charge to attend, but you must register in order to enter.

8:30 am -10:00 am
Sutton Parlor South, 2nd Floor
Hilton New York

GENERAL SESSION: How Judges Think: Rule of Law, or Rule of Man?

Primary Sponsor: Judicial Division

http://www.abanet.org/jd/meetings/2008annual/How_Judges_Think.pdf

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Clinton Suite, 2nd Floor
Hilton New York

GENERAL SESSION: e-Discovery from the War Room!

Primary Sponsor: Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice

http://www.abanet.org/tips/am08/schedule.pdf

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Alvin and Carnegie Hall
Conference Level
Grand Hyatt

GENERAL SESSION: Best Practices for Presenting Your Merger

Primary Sponsor: Section of Business Law

http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/leadership/nosearch/
2008annual/materials/program.pdf

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Imperial, Conference Level
Grand Hyatt

GENERAL SESSION: Antitrust Criminal Enforcement Today

Primary Sponsor: Section of Business Law

http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/leadership/nosearch/
2008annual/materials/alpha.pdf

Noon - 2:00 pm
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Hilton New York

ABA Rule of Law Initiative Luncheon

The ABA Rule of Law Luncheon is the American legal profession’s premier event honoring champions of the rule of law around the world. The 2008 Rule of Law Award will be bestowed upon those lawyers and judges in Pakistan who demonstrated courage in upholding the rule of law in their country.

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Conference Room H
Sheraton New York

GENERAL SESSION: China, Inbound & Outbound: Antitrust
Intellectual Property, Exon-Florio

Primary Sponsor: Section of International Law

http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/annual08/annual_agenda.html

5:30 pm
Grand Ballroom
Waldorf Astoria

Opening Assembly

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Museum of Modern Art

11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Metropolitan Ballroom
2nd Floor, Sheraton

Margaret Brent Luncheon

http://www.abanet.org/women/awards.html

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Azekka, 3rd Floor
Le Parker Meridien

2:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Azekka, 3rd Floor
Le Parker Meridien

9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Grand Ballroom
3rd Floor, Hilton New York

House of Delegates

8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Grand Ballroom
3rd Floor, Hilton New York

House of Delegates