Registration Deadline Date:
Sunday, October 3, 2008
on-site registration form

Location:
Harvard University Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4612
Harvard Law School Website

Calling all law students from DC to Maine!  Please join us for a regional leadership summit for law student presidents, executives boards, and aspiring leaders in Cambridge, MA on October 11, 2008.  Every Fall, law schools leaders from Washington, DC to Maine get together to share ideas, network with top professionals, and work to bring their efforts from good to great.  This year’s theme is just that: From Good to Great.  We’ve invited a former state attorney general, state supreme court justices, top professors, and award-winning professionals to share their leadership strategies with us. Join us for an unprecedented summit this Fall!  

Best of all: the cost of attendance is free!

If you have any questions about the Fall Leadership Summit, please feel free to contact us.

• Debbie Rosenbaum, 1st Circuit Governor
  Harvard Law School
• Michelle Sassouni, 2nd Circuit Governor
  Touro Law School
• Jason Blinder, 3rd Circuit Governor
  University of Pennsylvania School of Law
• Ryan Sanders, 11th Circuit Governor
  George Washington University Law School

The Fall Leadership Summit is designed to bring law school leaders together to exchange ideas and develop camaraderie. You should make plans today to attend this summit if you are:

• A Current or aspiring law student leader:
  • Student Bar Association Presidents
  • Student Bar Association Officers
  • ABA Representatives
  • Law student interested in becoming a leader
• A law students leader interested in:
  • Discussing important issues facing law students and legal education.
  • Debating the issues of public policy that effect law students on both a regional and nation level.
  • Exchanging ideas for enhancing legal education.
  • Building a network with other law school leaders.

Hotel Accommodations
The Leadership Summit will be held in Pound Hall at Harvard Law School.  Please contact Tina Huang for suggested hotels or visit Harvard University's visitors website. The Circuit leaderships will be staying at the Sheraton Commander Hotel:

Sheraton Commander Hotel
16 Gaden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.547.4800 Fax: 617.868.8322
Reservation Direct: 617.234.1349
Hotel website
SPECIAL RATE: $159 for Friday evening (subsidized by Harvard Law School Dean of Students Office), October 10th – We only have this rate for a limited number of rooms!  Book your housing ASAP!  Please be sure to tell them you are with the Harvard Law School American Bar Association group. ****Because we have only managed to secure a limited number of rooms at this special rate, you are highly encouraged to share rooms in groups of 2, 3, or 4.**** (REGULAR RATE: $309). When calling the Sheraton, please ask for Sandra Poehler (617.234.1349)

Advance Registration
Advance registration for the Leadership Summit is now closed. If you were unable to register by October 3, and wish to register when you arrive at the meeting, please print out the on-site registration form and be sure to have it completed before you arrive at the Summit in order to expedite the check-in process.

On-Site Registration
Registration for the meeting begins at 8:00am in Pound Hall at Harvard Law School. Meeting attendees should stop at the registration table to sign-in, pickup their badge and a final scheduled of events before proceeding to the meeting room.

Making Airline Reservations
As a member benefit, you can fly to ABA meetings with unbeatable savings on airfares when you purchase your tickets through Orbitz Business. For information on the ABA Discounted Meeting Airfares Program, visit the ABA website.

Ground Transportation and Driving Instructions
Information regarding ground transportation can be found on the websites of the closest major airport to your meeting. Driving instructions and parking information is available on the law school website as follows:

• Parking Information
• Directions to Harvard Law School
• Campus Map

Those flying into Boston's Logan Airport can find ground transportation option between the airport and hotels or Harvard University's campus by visiting the airport website.

Other Information About the Meeting
For information about the American Bar Association Law Student Division, visit our website at www.abanet.org/lsd. Updates about this meeting will be posted on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 11th Circuit webpages as it becomes available.

Meeting attendee seeking roommates to share expenses during the Fall Summit should indicate so on the registration form. Contacting potential roommates and making arrangements to share expenses are the responsibility of the parties involved. The ABA Law Student Division is not responsible or liable for matching individuals together or for any agreements between roommates. Currently, the following individuals are seeking roommates:

Cherell Beddard
Hofstra University School of Law

Maryam Biazar
New York Law School

Joshua Daymean
Widener University School of Law - Delaware

Ann Duong
Vermont Law School

Joshua Nelson
Georgetown University Law Center

• About the Law Student Division
• ABA Law Student Division Calendar
• Student Bar Association Presidents and ABA Reps

• Who Should Attend This Summit
• Summit Schedule of Events
• Summit Details
• Important Deadline Dates
• On-site Registration Form
• Looking for a Roommate?

Additional information on speakers and topics will be posted as arrangements are finalized. All meetings will be held in Harvard University Law School's Pound Hall unless otherwise indicated.

Friday, October 10, 2008
Attire: Business Casual

7:30pm - 10:00pm
Reception with the ABA Young Lawyers Division
John Harvards, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617.868.3585)
RSVP Required to Debbie Rosenbaum

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Attire: Business

8:00am - 9:00am
Registration and Breakfast

8:30am - 8:45am
Introductions

8:45am - 9:00am
Welcome

• Ellen Cosgrove , Harvard University Dean of Students

9:00am - 10:00am
Leadership Case Study - What It Means to Be a Leader
As a law student leader, you learn to negotiate, listen, organize, advocate, and manage your time. This invaluable experience teaches you how to work with others to resolve conflicts between parties, to prioritize responsibilities and cultivate your public speaking skills. Join us for a discussion designed to help you discover your hidden leadership potential and provide you with proven strategies for nurturing your talents as a leader while in law school and beyond.

• Mukti Kaire, Professor of Management, Harvard Business School

10:00am - 10:15am
Break

10:15am - 11:00am
Keynote Address

• Justice Robert J. Cordy, Associate Justice for the Supreme Court of Massachusetts

11:00am - 12:00 Noon
Discussion - Motivating Your Student Body Into Action
Bobby Sullivan, former SBA President at New England School of Law, will join your host governors to provide you with management tips, funding suggestions, and other resources you can use to plan rewarding and thought-provoking events and activities for your law school's student body throughout the coming year. Topics will include:

• Thinking About Diversity
• Communicating with Students and Administration
• Law Student Mental Health Issues
• Membership Recruitment and Benefits
• Article of interest
• 200 Innovative Ideas for America's Law Schools

12:00 Noon - 1:15pm
Lunch with Experience
Local members of the bar and the ABA Young Lawyers Division will join us for lunch to share their insights about adjusting and thriving in the legal profession. Get insider tips on what is really relevant from the law school experience and discover how to refine your career expectation during informal roundtable discussions.

• Cara Bradley, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
  Practice Setting: Corporate
• Pamela M. Dashiell, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Administrative Office of the Trial Court
  Practice Setting: State Governorment/Public Policy
• Heather Douglas, American Tower
  Practice Setting: Telecommunications
• Jenny Hedderman, Office of the Comptroller
  Practice Setting: Government Finance
• Melissa A. Gill, Shah Law, LLC
  Practice Setting: Of counsel specializing in corporat law for small businesses
• Robert H Glotzer, Law Office of Robert H. Glotzer
  Practice Setting: Criminal, Domestic Relations
• Barbara A. Jones, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• Phil Lee, Harvard Law School Admissions
  Practice Setting: Formerly: Government, Civil Litigation, Securities Litigation
• Jessica Keeney, Aspen Publishing
  Practice Setting: Legal Publishing
• Sean Mahoney, K&L Gates                                   
  Practice Setting: Bank Regulatory/Corporate
• Sheri Mason, Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts
  Practice Setting: Non-Profit and Pro-Bono
• Bruce Nicholls, Rubin and Rudman LLP
  Practice Setting: Real Estate, Corporate, Environmental, Maritime
• Jason Niederkorn, Masterman Culbert & Tully LLP
  Practice Setting: Litigation
• Frank E. Reardon, Hassan and Reardon, P.C.
  Practice Setting: Litigation Health Employment
• Tania N. Shah, Shah Law LLC
  Practice Setting: Corporate law for small businesses
• Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York and former president of the Harvard Law School Association
  Practice Setting: Federal Bankruptcy Judge

1:15pm - 1:30pm
Leading As Lawyers and the Future of the Legal Profession

• Jeanne Charn, Assistant Dean for Clinical Programs and Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School; Director, Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project.
  

2:00pm - 2:30pm
National Welcome and Veterans Advocacy Overview
For injured servicemembers, the range of administrative and legal hurdles they face upon return home is unacceptable.  Timely access to accurate, useful, and critical information is seldom available making service delivery a frustrating and sometimes life-altering endeavor.  Set yourself on the path to a unique form of professional and personal fulfillment by Serving Those Who Served Us. The clinical world offers an enormous range and depth of support, encouragement and professional development. For more information, download the Veterans Advocacy Handbook and bring your questions with you to the meeting.

• Chris Sprowls, ABA Law Student Division Chair, Stetson University College of Law

2:30pm - 3:00pm
The ABA and Setting Policy for the Accreditation of Law Schools
Learn how the policies of the ABA and the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar affect law students on a daily basis.  Discuss the issues that the section will address in the coming year and give your input about the hottest issues in legal education.  Also, get the inside scoop on the recently approved ABA Resolution 112B (PDF) that now allows law schools to require students to take and pass bar exam prep courses given by the schools prior to graduation.

• Daniel Thies, Law Student Division Liaison to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Harvard University Law School

3:00pm - 3:15pm
Break

3:15pm - 4:30pm
Open Discussion Roundtables
SBA Presidents and ABA Representatives will use this time as a forum for discussion of best practices, hot topics and pitfalls to avoid. Law students at every level are encouraged to participate in an effort to address issues and ideas to student leaders concerning programs and activities that will enhance their legal education inside and outside the classroom.

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Why the ABA Matters
There are many ways the ABA Law Student Division can help you motivate your student body into action. Join a discussion of solutions to some of the most common problems facing law students, law schools and legal education and how the ABA can help you in your quest to address those dilemmas.

• Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York and former president of the Harvard Law School Association
• Kay H. Hodge, Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP and ABA superstar
• Bill Hogan III, partner with Nelson Mullins Riley, Chair of the ABA's General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, Division’s Delegate to the ABA’s House of Delegates.  Past Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Judicial Administration Section.
• Lauren Rikleen, equity partner in the Real Estate and Environmental Law Practice Group of Bowditch & Dewey, member of the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors

5:30pm - 5:45pm
Closing Remarks

5:45pm
Adjournment