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Thursday Schedule
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Annual
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Thursday, January 2, 2003
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2:00-3:45 p.m.
Section on Litigation
- Christine N. Cimini, University of Denver, Co-Chair
- Michael W. Martin, Fordham University, Co-Chair
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Delaware Suite B
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Lobby Level
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Beyond Experts: Using Interdisciplinary Models
to Improve Litigation Solutions
Moderator:
Christine N. Cimini, University of Denver
Speakers: - Ann M. Moynihan, Fordham University
- Leonard E. Noisette, Executive Director, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York, New York
- Pamela Tames, Senior Staff Attorney, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
In recent years, there has been increasing recognition that clients' legal problems cannot be easily compartmentalized. In the past, both law school education and lawyers tended to focus on individual legal rights as the sole way to conceptualize the lawyer's role. However, lawyers have often found that traditional litigation approaches rarely cured the problems faced by their clients. New lawyering models that allow for creative problem-solving with assistance from other professionals via an interdisciplinary approach offers more hope in assisting clients with complex legal and non-legal issues.
This session will explore interdisciplinary lawyering models in the litigation context. The first two speakers will discuss why, as litigators in the civil and criminal fields respectively, they moved towards the interdisciplinary model, while outlining their respective models. The third speaker will take us "beyond litigation" as a medium for solving problems and will discuss interdisciplinary policy efforts of problem-solving/client representation.
An interactive exercise and discussion will follow the panel discussions to explore how law professors can prepare law students for this emerging practice model, including how to incorporate interdisciplinary skills/theory into classroom courses.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion
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