ABA Law School Facilities Conference
March 7 - 8, 1997
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, MO

Friday, March 7, 1997

9:00 a.m. - Noon REGISTRATION and tours of new Anheuser-Busch Hall, furniture and equipment vendor displays, and continental breakfast (at Washington University)

Noon LUNCHEON
Opening remarks: Dean Ellis and James P. White, ABA Consultant on Legal Education; Overview of conference: Dean Ellis Remarks: Lee -3Gcker, Hartman-Cox Architects

2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. SESSION I
'Ruminations on the Future Impact of Technology an Legal Education' Dean Samuel Thompson, University of Miami, Presiding Opening addresses by Dean Sichard Matasar. Universitv of Florida and Professor Michael Froomkin, University of Miami

4:00 p.m.- 4:15 p.m. SESSION II
'Visioning the Future: Legal Education in 2010" Dean Richard Wirtz, University of Tennessee, Presiding

4:15 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. BREAK

4:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. SESSION II (continued) Breakout groups: objectives, outcomes, strategies

5:30 p.m. RECEPTION

6:30 p.m. DINNER
'Roles of the Architect and Owners, The Architect's Perspective' Professor Leah Wortham, Catholic University of America, Presiding Mark Maves, KCF95HG Architects

Saturday, March 8, 1997

8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. SESSION III
'Budding the Law Library of Tomorrow Today: Challenges and Options' Associate Dean James Hoover, Colombia University, Presiding

10:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. BREAK

11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. SESSION IV
Breakout groups: Architects, Consultants. ADA; Classrooms: Courtrooms; Clinics/skills training spas; Administrative needs: Faculty/research facilities; Student areas

12:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. LUNCHEON
Tables designated by topic

2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. SESSION V
Morning breakout groups repeated

3:0 p.m. -4:00 p.m. BREAK

4:00 p.m.- 5:00 P.M. SESSION VI
Breakout group reports, dosing observations associate Dean Andrew Popper, American University, Press

5:00 p.m. CLOSING RECEPTION

Evening DINNER (on your own)

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