THURSDAY, MARCH 13

5–9 p.m.

Registration Pound Hall
2nd Floor, Room 210 Lobby

6–7:30 p.m.

Special Events

American Constitution Society Reception
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin West Rotunda

Join the HLS American Constitution Society chapter for a reception welcoming back Harvard members and bringing together progressive alumni and students.

6–8 p.m.

Wasserstein Public Interest Fellows Reception and Dinner
Langdell Library, 4th Floor, The Caspersen Room

6–8 p.m.

Celebrating Public Interest Law with the Legal Services Center: An Open Reception
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, John Chipman Gray Room

7–10 p.m.

Celebration Opening and Dessert Party
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Ropes-Gray Room

FRIDAY, MARCH 14

8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Registration
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 210 Lobby

8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Hospitality Center
Harkness Commons, 1st Floor, Harkness Fireside Lounge

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Austin Hall, Ground Level, Basement

9 a.m.

Welcome Remarks
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom

9:15–10:45 a.m.

Plenary Session

Public Interest Success Stories
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom

Moderator: William B. Rubenstein '86, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Rachel L. Brand '98, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (bio)

Maina Kiai '89, Chairman, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (bio)

Thomas J. Miller '69, Attorney General, Iowa Department of Justice (bio)

Robert C. Owen '89, Clinical Professor of Law, University of Texas Law School (bio)

Julie A. Su '94, Litigation Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (bio)

Readings for Public Interest Success Stories

11:00 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

Plenary Session

The Public Interest Lawyer's Toolkit: New Models of Advocacy
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom

Moderator: Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Jennifer M. Green '91, Senior Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights (bio)

Penda D. Hair '78, Co-Director, Advancement Project (bio)

Alan Jenkins '89, Executive Director and Co-Founder, The Opportunity Agenda (bio)

Lori M. Wallach '90, Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch division (bio)

12:45 p.m.

Luncheon

From HLS Activism to Policital Positions: Dean Kagan moderates a conversation with Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Ropes-Gray Room

Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm '87, Governor of Michigan (bio)

Daniel G. Mulhern '86, First Gentleman of Michigan (bio)

Readings for Friday Luncheon Remarks

2:15–3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Career Development for Government Lawyers
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 201

Moderator: Philip B. Heymann '60, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Shara L. Aranoff '88, Vice Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission (bio)

David M. Karnovsky '82, General Counsel at New York City Department of City Planning; former Chief, Division of Legal Counsel, New York City Law Department (bio)

Hon. Stuart J. Rabner '85, Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court; former New Jersey Attorney General; former Chief Counsel to Governer Corzine; former Chief, Criminal Division, New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office (bio)

Alberto Ruisanchez '01, Trial Attorney, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice (bio)

Career Development for Nonprofit Lawyers
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 204

Moderator: Jodi I. Grant '93, Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance (bio)

Ira A. Burnim '77, Legal Director, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (bio)

Nina Dastur '97, Grassroots Policy Specialist, Center for Community Change (bio)

John M. Isaacson '73, Managing Director, Isaacson Miller (bio)

Nicky Sheats '82, Director, Center for the Urban Environment, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy of Thomas Edison Sate College (bio)

Career Transitions: Moving from Private to Public, Public to Private and Public to Academia
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin West

Moderator: Carolyn Stafford Stein '85, Attorney Advisor, Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (bio)

James E. Johnson '86, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton (bio)

Peggy Kuo '88, Chief Hearing Officer, New York Stock Exchange (bio)

Nicholas D. Lundgren '00, Counsel, New York City Economic Development Corporation (bio)

Verna L. Williams '88, Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law (bio)

Angela C. Wu '00, Acting Executive Director and International Director, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (bio)

Freedom in Cyberspace: The Intersection Between Human Rights and Law on the Internet
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin East

Moderator: John G. Palfrey, Jr. '01, Clinical Professor; Executive Director, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School (bio)

James Cavallaro, Clinical Professor; Executive Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School (bio)

Bonnie L. Docherty '01, Clinical Instructor, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School (bio)

Urs Gasser '03, Berkman Faculty Fellow; Associate Professor and Director of the Research Center for Information Law, University of St. Gallen (bio)

Stephanie K. Wang '02, Resident Fellow, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School (bio)

Public Service from the Bench
Langdell South, Kirkland & Ellis Hall

Moderator: Lloyd L. Weinreb '62, Professor, Harvard Law School (bio)

Hon. Robert M. Bell '69, Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals (bio)

Hon. Fern A. Fisher '78, Administrative Judge, Civil Court, City of New York (bio)

Hon. Neal E. Kravitz '83, Judge, Superior Court, Washington D.C. (bio)

Hon. Mark L. Wolf '71, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts (bio)

Readings for Public Service from the Bench

Volunteer and Paid Public Service Options for Senior and Parenting Lawyers
Hauser Hall, 1st Floor, Nathaniel Jackson Room 105

Moderator: Jenny Brody '81, solo practitioner (bio)

Iris Sokolow Barnett '83, solo practitioner (bio)

Anthony F. Essaye '61, Co-Founder and Co-President, International Senior Lawyers Project; former Partner, Clifford Chance, LLP (bio)

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr. '60, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law (bio)

Ellen M. Semonoff '75, Assistant City Manager for Human Services, City of Cambridge (bio)

4:00–5:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Climate Change
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 201

Moderator: Howard A. Learner '80, President and Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center (bio)

Roger S. Ballentine '88, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Dale S. Bryk '93, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (bio)

Douglas I. Foy '73, Founding Partner, Serafix (bio)

Predatory Lending
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 201

Moderator: Roger Bertling, Clinical Instructor, Predatory Lending/ Consumer Protection Clinic and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Eric I. Halperin '98, Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Center for Responsible Lending (bio)

Stuart T. Rossman '78, Litigation Director, National Consumer Law Center (bio)

Henry J. Sommer '74, Supervising Attorney, Pro Bono Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (bio)

Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Readings for Predatory Lending

The Quest for International Justice
Pound Hall, 1st Floor, Room 101

Moderator: Larry D. Johnson, '70, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, United Nations (bio)

Sandra L. Babcock '91, Clinical Associate Professor of Law; Clinical Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University (bio)

Mark C. Fleming '97, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (bio)

Hon. O-Gon Kwon '85, Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (bio)

Kenneth R. Scott '79, Senior Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (bio)

Racial Justice
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin West

Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree '78, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law; Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School (bio)

Victor A. Bolden '89, General Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (bio)

Dennis Parker '80, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Project (bio)

Elizabeth S. Westfall '96, Senior Attorney and Deputy Director, Voter Protection Program, Advancement Project (bio)

Readings for Racial Justice

Separation of Powers
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin East

Moderator: Jack L. Goldsmith, Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Deborah N. Pearlstein '98, Current Law and Public Affairs Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; former Director, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First (bio)

Steve R. Shapiro '75, National Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union (bio)

M. Edward Whelan III '85, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center Washington, D.C. (bio)

Readings for Separation of Powers

6–7:15 p.m.

Practice Setting, Student Practice Organization and Clinical Receptions

Government: Federal, State, Local, Judiciary
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin West Rotunda

Harvard Immigration Project, Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic and Human Rights Program
Pound Hall, 4th Floor, Room 407

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
23 Everett Street

International
Pound Hall, 4th Floor, Room 419

Legal Services and Legal Aid
Pound Hall, 3rd Floor, Pound 332

Other U.S.-focused non-profits
Pound Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 335

Private Sector and Pro Bono
Harkness Commons, 2nd Floor, South Dining Room

Student Practice Organizations: Prison Legal Assistance Project, Tenant Advocacy Project, Harvard Defenders and Mediation Program
Austin Hall, 1st Floor, Austin East Rotunda

7:15–10 p.m.

Dinner
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Ropes-Gray Room

Keynote Speaker: Bryan Stevenson '85, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama (bio)

Readings for Friday Dinner Keynote Speaker

SATURDAY, MARCH 15

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Hospitality Center
Harkness Commons, 1st Floor, Harkness Fireside Lounge

8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Registration
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 210 Lobby

8:30–9:15 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Ropes-Gray Room (Facilitated issue area tables)

9:30–10:30 a.m.

A Conversation with the Dean
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom

Elena Kagan '86, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Career Development for the International Lawyer
Pound Hall, 1st Floor, Room 107

Moderator: Henry J. Steiner '55, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School (bio)

Raymond A. Atuguba '04, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Legal Resources Centre-Ghana (bio)

James A. Goldston '87, Senior Trial Attorney, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague (bio)

Sarah E. Prosser '02, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (bio)

Fatemeh Ziai '90, Chief of Integrated Training Service, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations (bio)

Equality and Citizenship
Pound Hall, 1st Floor, Room 101

Moderator: Deborah E. Anker '84, Clinical Professor, Harvard Law School (bio)

Lucas E. Guttentag ’78, Founding National Director, American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project (bio)

Jennifer J. Rosenbaum '02, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center (bio)

Gloria M. Valencia-Weber '86, Regents Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law (bio)

How do you teach integrity: What role should law schools play?
Hauser Hall, 1st Floor, Lumbard Hall 104

Moderator: Jamienne S. Studley '75, President, Public Advocates Inc. (bio)

David Hall '85, Senior Vice President and Provost, Northeastern University (bio)

David A. Hoffman '84, Lecturer, Harvard Law School; Founding Partner, Boston Law Collaborative (bio)

Jeffrey Purcell '84, Senior Attorney, Housing Unit, Greater Boston Legal Services (bio)

Henry (Hank) J. Shea '81, Senior Distinguished Fellow, University of St. Thomas School of Law; Fellow, Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions (bio)

Keeping the Flame Alive: Working on the Front Lines and Preventing Burnout
Hauser Hall, 1st Floor, Malkin Room 102

Moderator: John. C. Gray '67, Project Director, South Brooklyn Legal Services (bio)

Heather Kendall-Miller '91, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (bio)

Gregory S. Schell '79, Managing Attorney, Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, Florida Legal Services (bio)

David A. Singleton '91, Director, Ohio Justice & Policy Center; Visiting Professor of Law, Northern Kentucky University (bio)

Lois J. Wood '74, Executive Director, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation (bio)

Readings for Keeping the Flame Alive: Working on the Front Lines and Preventing Burnout

Private/Public Partnerships: Best Practices
Pound Hall, 1st Floor, Room 100

Moderator: David A. Grossman '88, Clinical Professor; Director, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard Law School (bio)

David Abromowitz '82, Partner and Director, Goulston & Storrs P.C.; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress (bio)

Stefanie Balandis '93, Senior Attorney, Housing Unit, Greater Boston Legal Services (bio)

Andrew E. Goldsmith '04, Litigation Associate, Cravath, Swain & Moore LLP (bio)

Michael Gregory '04, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Fellow in the Special Education/ Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative Clinic, WilmerHale Legal Services Center, Harvard Law School (bio)

Reenah L. Kim '01, Associate, Covington & Burling LLP (bio)

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon

Criminal law enforcement, public policy, and politics
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Ropes-Gray Room

Keynote Speaker: Hon. William F. Weld '70, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery; former Governor of Massachusetts and Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Criminal Division, Washington, D.C. (bio)

2:15–3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Beyond the Big City: Joys and Challenges Facing HLS Grads in Smaller Cities and Rural Areas
Hauser Hall, 1st Floor, Lumbard Hall 104

Moderator: Leah A. Plunkett '06, Staff Attorney, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Manchester (bio)

Laurel A. Firestone '04, Founder and Co-Director, Community Water Center (bio)

Deborah N. Goldstein 01, Executive Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending (bio)

Tricia H. Lucas '80, Policy Director, New Futures (bio)

Robert McDuff '80, Civil Rights and Criminal Defense Attorney (bio)

Nurturing the Next Generation: How to Promote Public Service in an Era of Rising Student Debt
Pound Hall, 1st Floor, Room 102

Moderator: Kenneth H. Lafler, Director, Student Financial Services, Harvard Law School (bio)

David J. Barron '94, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (bio)

Amy E. Copperman '98, Staff Attorney, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (bio)

Susan Butler Plum, Director, Skadden Fellowship Foundation (bio)

John P. Sarbanes '88, Congressman, Third District of Maryland (bio)

D. Loren Washburn '02, Assistant Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Utah; Heyman Fellow (bio)

Readings for Nurturing the Next Generation: How to Promote Public Service in an Era of Rising Student Debt

Social Entrepreneurs
Hauser Hall, 1st Floor, Malkin Room 102

Moderator: Alan Amir Ali Khazei '87, Co-Founder, City Year (bio)

Janet L. Benshoof '72, Founder and President, Global Justice Center; former Founder and President, Center for Reproductive Rights (bio)

Betsy Krebs '87, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Youth Advocacy Center (bio)

Jessica A. Neuwirth '85, Founder and President, Equality Now (bio)

Earl M. Phalen '93, Chief Executive Office, BELL Foundation (bio)

Talking Across the Table: Grantmakers' and Grantseekers' Perspectives on Foundation Support
Pound Hall, 1st Floor, Room 100

Moderator: Jacqueline A. Berrien '86, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (bio)

Elise C. Boddie '96, Board of Directors, Northstar Fund and Visiting Assistant Professor, Fordham Law School (bio)

Patrick J. Horvath '87, Manager, Strengthening Neighborhoods Program, Denver Foundation (bio)

Raquiba N. LaBrie '94, Program Director, Community Advocacy Project, Open Society Institute (bio)

Deborah Peterson Small '87, Founder and Executive Director, Break the Chains (bio)

Work-Life Balance: Personal Stories & Public Policy Possibilities
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 204

Moderator: Chai R. Feldblum '85, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Director, Georgetown's Federal Legislation Clinic; Co-Director, Workplace Flexibility 2010 (bio)

Shereen R. Arent '84, Managing Director, Legal Advocacy, American Diabetes Association (bio)

Susanne Sachsman '02, Attorney, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (bio)

Brian Q. Wolfman '84, Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group (bio)

4:00 p.m.

Plenary Session

Public Interest Renaissance at HLS
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom

Moderator: Alexa Shabecoff, Assistant Dean for Public Service; Director, Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School (bio)

Sarah E. Belton '09, Student, Harvard Law School (bio)

Robert A. Cacace, Jr. '08, Student, Harvard Law School (bio)

Lisa Dealy, Director, Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, Harvard Law School (bio)

Veena A. Iyer '05, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Legal Assistance Foundation (bio)

John M. Rappaport '06, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Central District of California (bio)

6:30 p.m.

Cocktails and Light Supper
Pound Hall, 2nd Floor, Ropes-Gray and John Chipman Gray Rooms