Washington, D.C. CLE Program

6 CLE credits (including 1 ethics)

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Please join us for a complimentary reception.
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Alston & Bird LLP
The Atlantic Building, 950 F Street, NW, Washington, DC

Friday, September 19, 2014

A Day of CLE
Alston & Bird LLP
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

A special thank you to Thomas Schendt, L'85, of Alston & Bird LLP for making possible the reception and CLE.

SCHEDULE

8:30 a.m. — Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. — Where Is the Legal Profession Headed?
Michael K. McChrystal, L'75, Marquette Law School Professor

The books seem to capture the mood. From Steven J. Harper's The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis to Bruce MacEwen's Growth Is Dead: Now What? Law Firms on the Brink and Richard Susskind's Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future, a narrative of fundamental and permanent change is taking hold. Professor McChrystal will look at som

9:50 a.m. — Break

10:00 a.m. — Washington, DC – The Hottest Legal Issue —Affordable Care Act Changes and Challenges
Carolyn E. Smith, Alston & Bird LLP

As a past associate deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Ms. Smith will be bringing a unique and insightful perspective on current issues relating to health care reform as we head into the beginning of the second year of operation of federal and state health marketplaces. As a veteran of Capitol Hill and with extensive experience dealing with the relevant regulatory agencies, she will address current legislative and regulatory issues, including the state of play with respect to health marketplaces, employer obligations, and insurance market reform issues.

11:00 a.m. — The Role of Medical-Legal Partnership in a Reformed Health Care System
Joel Teitelbaum, L'96, LLM, Associate Professor, Director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program, and Co-Director, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, The George Washington University

Every day, unmet health-harming legal needs keep vulnerable Americans, particularly the 50 million Americans living in poverty, from getting and staying healthy. In many instances, traditional health care services—no matter how expertly administered, and no matter how capable and compassionate the clinician—will not improve individual health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) bridge this gap.
MLP is a health care delivery model that embeds legal professionals from the legal aid, law school, and private sector pro bono communities directly into health care delivery teams to improve the health and well-being of low-income and other vulnerable populations by addressing unmet legal needs and removing legal barriers that impede good health.

11:50 a.m. — Lunch

12:45 p.m. — Supreme Court of the United States October Term 2014 Preview
Annie L. Owens, L'05

Ms. Owens, a Washington lawyer with several years of significant Supreme Court and appellate litigation experience, will provide a look ahead to the Supreme Court's October 2014 term.

1:45 p.m. — Succeeding at Mediation Means More Than Showing Up
Gregory M. Weyandt, L'76, Briol & Associates

What a trial lawyer has learned from turning to a peacemaker. Do's and don'ts for successful mediation (and some thoughts on the definition of success).

2:45 p.m. — Conflicts of Interest, Lateral Hires and Other Thorny Ethics Issues that Keep Law Firm Counsel Awake at Night
Ann M. Maher, L'88, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

Ms. Maher will provide an update on recent ethics opinions and insight into the wide variety of ethics challenges lawyers face in a world where everything seems to move at the speed of light.

ACCOMMODATIONS

A limited number of rooms are reserved at Courtyard by Marriott Convention Center. To receive the $179 rate (rate does not include taxes), you must book by July 24. Reservations can be made by calling 202.638.4600. Mention that you are with the Marquette Law School CLE Program.

COST

The CLE program is free for Marquette lawyers. The charge for non-alumni is $100.

QUESTIONS

Contact Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, Associate Dean for External Relations, Events, and Facilities, at 414.288.3167 or christine.wv@marquette.edu.