In this podcast, attorney Mark Thompson, addresses the impact of personal religious conviction on the practice of law and about his experiences practicing energy law in the Northwest.

Currently, Mark is the Staff Counsel at the Public Power Council. The Public Power Council is the region’s largest association of consumer-owned utilities. The Council preserves access of these utilities to Northwest energy sources. Previously, Mark worked at a private, law firm in Boise, Idaho.

Mark graduated Cum Laude from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2004. During law school, he worked at Bonneville Power,the Oregon Department of Justice, and PacifiCorp. Mark received a BS degree from Brigham Young University.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 26, 2010.

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In this podcast, hear from upper division students who attended various study abroad programs last year. Learn more about the different programs, how to research programs, considerations for whether or not to do a study abroad, and how to make the most of the experience.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 27, 2010

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In this podcast, the Latino Law Society’s annual Latinos in the Law panel includes four Latino attorneys from varying legal fields, including corporate law, family law, insurance law, and child advocacy. The panel discusses questions such as how being Latino affects their individual practice, and how to attract and retain more Latino attorneys and legal professionals here in Oregon.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on March 16th, 2009.

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In this podcast, hear about the in’s and out’s of the Northwest Public Service Career Services. The NW Public Service Career Fair is sponsored by the Northwest Consortium of Law Schools and is the largest public service career fair in the Northwest. The fair provides a great opportunity for you to talk with and interview with attorneys from government agencies, legal services organizations and a wide variety of public interest organizations. Come to this session and find out how to make the most of your career fair experience!

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 2, 2010

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In this podcast, the Federalist Society presents a debate concerning both historical arguments about what the framers of our constitution thought about property rights as well as modern concerns about smart growth and economic takings. Professor Steven Eagle of George Mason Law will be debating Professor Paul Diller of Willamette Law.

Did the framers intend for a European-style land-from-government conceptualization of property rights or did their anti-continental ideals run deeper? Professor Eagle will argue that the founding fathers believed that land belonged to the people foremost (consider Shay’s Rebellion, for one). More relevant today is the debate over such trends as “smart growth” development. Portland is a national leader in this kind of innovative land-use.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 28, 2010.

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In this podcast, learn about the process of applying for, and the requirements of doing, a summer or academic year externship. Associate Dean for Career Services, Libby Davis, will provide an overview of the requirements, application procedures and timelines including the recent changes to the summer externship program (a program that is now available to students as early as summer following their 1L year).

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 21, 2010.

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Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy presented the 2010 Lewis & Clark Law School Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture. Professor Kennedy presented his lecture, “Is The Election of Barack Obama The Fulfillment of Dr. King’s Dream?” A question and answer session followed.

Randall Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he joined the faculty in 1984. Professor Kennedy’s research focuses on racial conflict as it relates to legal institutions in American life.

His 80+ publications include four single-authored books, one of which – Race, Crime, and the Law – won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 1988.

Made possible by the generous support of Lee Matthews ‘73 and Jacqueline Alexander ‘07 and the law firm of Matthews Wilson Hunter, LLP

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 19, 2010.

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Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law Professor and Lewis & Clark Law School’s 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day speaker, spoke with students and other audience members during his campus visit. Professor Kennedy focused on his upcoming writings on race relations, a history of white anti-racist activism, and key words in American racial discourse.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 19, 2010.

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In this podcast, attorneys from the DOJ will give an overview of the office and discuss clerking opportunities with the various divisions of DOJ. Each year, the Oregon Department of Justice hires 40-50 first and second year law clerks. Information about the application process, and application forms were provided

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 14, 2010.

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Law Clerk opportunities at the Oregon Department of Justice

This podcast features Tre Arrow speaking publicly for the first time about his activism, his case, his extradition, and his prison hunger strike. Tre Arrow served 5 years in state custody after being accused by an FBI informant of masterminding a series of political arsons in Oregon in 2001. Tre fled to Canada, but was later arrested there, held, and ultimately extradited back to the US after being denied political asylum. Prior to his flight and ultimate arrest, Tre was a prominent organizer and activist working to protect Oregon’s ancient forests, including Eagle Creek, a major drinking water supply source for the state’s citizens. Tre gained widespread public recognition for his 11 day occupation of a 9 in. wide ledge on the Forest Service Building downtown.

This is a unique opportunity to hear from a former US Political Prisoner with a unique and complex case. Tre’s case has critical implications for students interested in environmental issues, free speech, criminal law, international law, and prisoner rights.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 14, 2010.

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Tre Arrow’s website

In this podcast, the issue of managing invasive species is debated from commercial, legal (both environmental law and animal law), and ecological standpoints. At the center of the debate is the Common (or Australian) Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) or Paihamu.

Panelists:
Ms. Chrys Hutchings, J.D. – Owner of Eco-Luxury Fur
Professor Dan Rohlf – Professor of Law & Director of Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
Professor Kathy Hessler – Clinical Professor & Director of the Animal Law Clinic

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on December 1, 2009.

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In this podcast, you will find out what it is like to work in criminal law and the various avenues to achieving criminal justice from a panel of attorneys working in the criminal justice field, including several alumni, covering several topics such as criminal defense, prosecution, animal welfare and victim’s rights. This event was brought to you by the Public Interest Law Project.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 19th, 2009.

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In this podcast, the Womens Law Caucus and Minority Law Student Association host a panel to talk about the changing fields of law. The focus is on changing dynamics for women, especially women minorities, which includes changing expectations of women and minority clients, different needs of women clients, and how to approach the change in client demands. Several practicing attorneys speak about their experiences with changing client needs and how they adapt their practice style to accommodate today’s clients.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 19th, 2009.

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In this podcast, the Federalist Society brings Doug Bandow to campus. Mr. Bandow was a policy analyst in the 1980 Reagan for President campaign and currently works at the CATO institute. He will be discussing our current health care situation.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 18th, 2009.

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Many law firms offer diversity scholarships to first year law students that provide a paid summer law clerk experience plus a substantial scholarship towards your 2L year’s law school tuition. Representatives from several larger Portland law firms that will be offering such scholarships this summer. In this podcast, representatives tell you more about their firm, what they look for in application materials and what summer law clerks do at their firm.

Application deadlines for most of these scholarships are in mid-January! Find out information NOW so you can prepare your materials over the holiday break.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 17th, 2009.

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Are you planning to look for a law clerk or attorney position outside of Oregon? If so, there are some resources and strategies you need to know about.

In this podcast, Associate Dean for Career Services Libby Davis discusses issues to anticipate with an out of state job search; resources for locating or researching out of state jobs; methods for approaching out of state employers; and what you need to be doing now to find a job out of state.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 11th, 2009.

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Are you interested in using your law degree in an alternative career? Come here from three L&C Law Alums who have successfully pursued non-law practice careers.

Guest Speakers:
Brendan McCarthy ‘95, former legislative counsel/current government affairs counsel for Portland General Electric
Catherine Ciarlo ‘94, former non-profit executive director/current transportation director, Office of Portland Mayor Sam Adams
Roger Dilts ‘95, environmental regulatory compliance, Clean Water Services

Each of our guests pursued an alternative career immediately or shortly after graduating from law school. Come find out how they decided to pursue an alternative career, how they utilize their legal training on a day-to-day basis and their advice for you for pursuing an alternative career.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 10th, 2009.

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This podcast is the second of a five panel series on farmworker law jointly sponsored by the Latino Law Society, Environmental Justice Advocates, and the National Lawyers Guild.

The panel will feature Santiago Ventura Morales from the Oregon Law Center and Janice Morgan, Director of the Farmworker Program at Legal Aid Services of Oregon.

The panel will discuss the unique legal, linguistic and social challenges faced by indigenous immigrant farm workers.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 10, 2009.

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It’s been 10 years since the Seattle 1999 WTO meeting at which well over 40,000 anti-globalization protestors successfully halted negotiations. In this podcast, Barbara Dudley and Arthur Stamoulis speak about what happened in Seattle and what’s happened in the subsequent ten years in both the global justice movement and inside the WTO.

Barbara Dudley is the former President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild, the former Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, and currently teaches a course at Portland State University on “The Politics of World Trade.”

Arthur Stamoulis is the Executive Director of the Oregon Fair Trade Coalition, and who is organizing the “D5″ activities around the 10th anniversary of the Seattle WTO demonstrations.

Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, Environmental Justice Advocates, International Law Society, and the Environmental Law Caucus.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on November 9th, 2009.

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The Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark in collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund and The Lewis & Clark Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund present Animal Law: The Links, The Animal Law Conference at Lewis & Clark Law School.

This year’s conference explores animal law and its link to other areas of the law and professional disciplines, philosophies, and social movements. Panel sessions include topics such as the link between animal law and: domestic violence; climate change; international trade; religion; the media; and social justice movements.

In addition to panels on animal law and the link, the conference also highlights hot topics in animal law, cutting-edge legislation, criminal law, a Holocaust survivor’s moving perspective on animal issues. . . and much more!

Friday, October 16, 2009

The Oregon Historical Society Keynote Presentation
Jonathan Lovvorn
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Toxicity Testing: Is Animal Testing Still Viable?
Debra Durham
Kathy Hessler

The People v. Animal Cruelty: Criminal Prosecutions
Scott Heiser
Heidi Moawad

Hot Topics in Animal Law
Katherine Meyer
Bruce Wagman

How Media Changes the Face of Animal Cruelty
Russ Mead
Charles Jantzen

Litigation & Advocacy for Wild Horses and Burros
Valerie Stanley

Creation Care: Our Duty Towards Animals
Daniel Dombrowski
Reverend Stephen Schneider

See No Evil, Taste No Evil? Factory Farms
Steven Wise
David Wolfson

The Classic Link: Domestic Violence & Animal Abuse
Frank Ascione
Megan Senatori
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Killing with Keystrokes: CITES, African Elephants & Internet Trade
Ed Newcomer
Paul Todd
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Keynote Address Followed by Q&A
Nicholas Kristof
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

What is “Human” in a Brave New World
Pamela Frasch
Joyce Tischler

Coping with Burnout & Secondary Trauma
Mark Hawthorne
Robert Roop

A Holocaust Survivor’s Perspective on Animal Issues
Alter Wiener

The Role of Animals in Indigenous Cultures
Se-ah-dom Edmo
Robert J. Miller

Social Justice: Forms of Oppression
Maneesha Deckha
Tio Hardiman

Climate Change
Dave Becker
Melissa Powers

Law Student Summit
Scott Beckstead
Alexis Fox
Kathy Hessler
Matthew Liebman
Nicole Pallotta

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 16-18th, 2009.

In this podcast, we invite you to attend a ground-breaking symposium on animals and toxicity testing at Lewis & Clark Law School on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

We may be on the verge of a scientific revolution in how chemicals are tested for toxicity in the United States—with major implications for animal testing.

This daylong symposium explores the scientific, ethical, legal and regulatory challenges and opportunities that are generated by the vision to improve scientific outcomes using alternatives to animal testing contained in the National Academy of Science’s (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) Report on Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century.

These issues are of the utmost concern to anyone interested in:
1) reducing toxins in our environment and dealing with the massive backlog of untested substances;
2) using the best science available to manage risk and advance positive outcomes;
3) improving animal welfare;
4) creating international harmonization of chemical testing standards; or
5) developing effective environmental regulatory policies.

The symposium features nationally recognized speakers with expertise in toxicology, risk analysis, environmental law, animal law, and policy implementation. We provide this opportunity for open dialogue and the exchange of diverse opinions and perspectives with the goal of encouraging the implementation of the NRC’s vision.

We intend to create an environment where candid discussion between experts can flourish and where concrete ideas for moving forward can be proposed and debated. We encourage those with interest and experience in this area to attend and learn from the experts and to share their knowledge.

Introduction & Overview
Dr. Paul Locke
Dr. Lauren Zeise
Dr. Maria Trainer
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Scientific Context & Efforts to Implement Vision of NAS/NRC Vision
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Dr. Paul Locke
Dr. Pamela Lein
Dr. Mitchell Turker

Legal, Statutory and Regulatory Context and Implications – What Creates Barriers to Implementation of NAS Vision? What are the Opportunities?
Bruce Myers
Lynda Collins

Legal, Statutory and Regulatory Implications – What Creates Barriers to Implementation of NAS Vision for the Animal Protection Context (AWA)? What are the Opportunities?
Sue Leary
Sara Amundson
Kristie Sullivan

Regulatory Process – Regulatory, Administrative Rulemaking
Joyce Tischler
Kathy Hessler

Suggestions for Changes Going Forward – Facilitated Conversation
Pamela Frasch
Dr. Maria Trainer

Summary
Dr. Paul Locke

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on September 12th, 2009.

This conference will bring scholars and practitioners together to discuss the important field of remedies in intellectual-property law. Recent court decisions have reminded us that remedies are often the tail that wags the dog, whether it be in the form of injunctive relief (eBay), declaratory relief (MedImmune), bet-the-company trademark awards (Adidas), or disproportionate copyright awards (Thomas). Ten commentators who teach, practice, and write on remedies law, intellectual-property law, or both will present papers in a forum setting.

Welcome and Session I:

Dean Robert Klonoff and Professor Tomas Gomez-Arostegui

Trademarks, Intermediaries, and the Question of Remedies
Stacey Dogan
Back to the Future: Rediscovering Equitable Discretion in Trademark Cases
Mark McKenna
Declaratory Relief After MedImmune
David Levine
Moderator: Professor Joe Miller

Session II:

What Hath eBay v. MercExchange Wrought?
James M. Fischer
Property Rules and Non-Monetary Harm
David McGowan
Are Patents Different? The Feasibility of Transubstantive Rules of Equity
Rachel M. Janutis
Moderator: Tomas Gomez-Arostegui

Keynote Address
Some Open Questions About Intellectual Property Remedies
Michael Traynor
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Session III:

The Case for Unjust Enrichment Remedies in Patent Law
Caprice L. Roberts
A Structured Approach to Calculating Reasonable Royalty Damages
Daralyn J. Durie
Questioning Statutory Damages in Copyright Law
Colleen P. Murphy
Moderator: Lydia Loren

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 2nd, 2009.

Why this conference?
This second Applied Legal Storytelling conference was imagined and realized because the conference organizers wished to create a sustainable dialogue about the application of storytelling elements to the practice and pedagogy of law. This conference continues the discussion began at the first Once Upon a Legal Time conference held at City Law School in London in 2007. We are committed to spotlighting the concept of a story in ways that will directly and tangibly benefit law students (i.e. future lawyers) and legal practitioners (i.e. former law students).

The 2009 conference, Chapter Two: Once Upon A Legal Story will include presentations by over fifty legal professionals from diverse areas of legal study and practice. Presenters will add their unique takes on this new area of legal scholarship that seeks to explore the role of narrative in legal practice and legal education.

Segment One:
Argumentation + Narration = Persuasion (An Empirical Study of Storytelling in Appellate Brief Writing)
Kenneth Chestek

The Science of Storytelling
Ruth Anne Robbins
Steve Johansen

Segment Two:
A Story with No End in Sight and Why Story Telling Works
Kate O’Neill
Lea Vaughn

Segment Three:
The Art of Legal Writing
Maureen B. Collins

Using Graphic Novels to Teach Legal Storytelling: Visual Metaphors and Persuasion
Lenora Ledwon

Segment Four:
Stories Without Endings: The Stories of Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Seeking U Visa Relief
Jamie Rene Abrams

Post-Disaster Narrative & Litigation: Reflections on Storytelling and Social Justice from the Gulf Coast
Davida Finger

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American Ways of Death
Phyllis Goldfarb

Segment Six:
Storytelling Across the Curriculum From Margin to Center, From Clinic to Classroom
Carolyn Grose
Binny Miller

Segment Seven:
Reconciling Colliding Images: Overcoming Adverse Stock Structures in Statutory Interpretation
Michael R. Smith

Segment Eight:
The Complete Story of Legal Theory
Sarah Nason

Segment Nine:
Stories Within Stories – Incitement to Genocide and Law’s Narrative
Noah B. Novogrodsky
Ed Morgan

Segment Ten:
No Story Is An Island – What John Donne, John Wayne, And Johnnie Cochran Can Tell Us About The Role of Cultural Narratives In Case Theories
Ian Gallacher

Segment Eleven:
Using Narrative Theory to Apply the “Acknowledging the Student’s Perspective” Provision of Autonomy Support to Improve Clinical Professor-Student Interactions in Law School
Carol L. Wallinger

Segment Twelve:
The Use of Real Life Stories in Teaching Legal Drafting
Karin Mika

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Using Storytelling in Scholarly Writing
Amy Vorenberg

Segment Fourteen:
The Bounds of Storytelling: Using Classical Greek and Roman Rhetoric to Shape the Ethics of Storytelling in Modern Litigation
Melissa Love Greipp

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Out of the Ashes: 9/11: A Journey of Film, Law and Narrative
Marilyn J. Berger

Segment Sixteen:
A Tale of Election Day 2008: Teaching Storytelling Through Repeated Experiences
Stefan H. Krieger
Serge Martinez

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Stories in Law: Providing Space for ‘Oppositionists’?
Steven Cammiss

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Discovering the Story
Dan Williams – Northeastern University School of Law

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Sowing Persuasive Seeds: The Use of Foreshadowing in Legal Argument
Michael Higdon

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Heroic Narratives of Law Reform: The Court as Narrator and Protagonist
Andrea McArdle

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A Novel Way to Teach Drafting: Using Literature to Instill the Practice of Law
Scott A. Anderson

Segment Twenty-Two:
Aristotle Meets Sherlock Holmes: Truth, Probability, and Narrative Coherence
Chris Rideout

Segment Twenty-Three:
On Becoming a Better Lawyer: Feminist Legal Theory, Storytelling, and Best Practices
Susan L. Brody

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Storytelling for the Criminal Defendant
Keith A. Findley & Byron C. Lichstein – University of Wisconsin School of Law

Capital Post-Conviction Work: Working with Clinical Students in Developing the Client’s Humanizing Life Story
Sean O’Brien

Segment Twenty-Five:
Stories About Storytelling: 100 years of Brief-writing Advice
Helen Anderson

Telling through Type: Typography and Narrative in Legal Briefs
Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson

Segment Twenty-Six:
Lawyer as Storyteller: The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Telling Effective Client Stories
Kristin Gerdy

Hearing Clients’ Stories Through the Eyes of Other Professionals: Bringing Other Professionals Into the Lawyer/Client Relationship
Spencer Rand

Segment Twenty-Seven:
Using Corroborating Narratives in Cross-Examination: An Effective Alternative to Traditional Cross-Examination Strategies
Victoria L. Chase

Telling the client’s Story Effectively: A Model for Direct Examination Preparation for Law
Clinic Students
Angela McCaffrey

Segment Twenty-Eight:
Fitting Narrative to Audience and a Narrative View of Evidentiary Rules
Bruce Ching

The Garden of Forking Paths: The Problem of Narratology in Criminal Law
Anders Walker
Brian Foley

Segment Twenty-Nine:
How Can Story Motifs Help As We Mentor Student Professional Development?
Harriet N. Katz

War Stories: Mentoring New Lawyers through Storytelling
Julie A. Oseid

The Story Within the Lawyer: Using Storytelling to Promote Moral Discernment
Deborah Schmedemann

Segment Thirty:
When the Truth and the Story Collide: What We Can Learn from the Experience of Non-Fiction Writers about the Limits of Storytelling in Legal Writing
Jeanne Kaiser

A Wide Stance Indeed: Analysis of Opposing Sides in the Senator Larry Craig Case
Benjamin Opipari

Segment Thirty-One:
A Cautionary Tale: Using Stories From Other Legal Cultures as the Basis for Scholarship
Stacy Caplow

Orphan Epics: Representing the Adolescent Client in Dependency Proceedings
Lisa Kelly

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The Narratives of Harry Potter and the Law
Sue Liemer
Mary Beth Beazley
Eric Gouvin
Aaron Schwabach
Danaya Wright

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Digital Storytelling in Child Advocacy
Amy E. Halbrook
Caleb Paull

Fast Forward: Using New Media Narrative Tools to Persuade
Lucy Jewel

Segment Thirty-Four:
Why Isn’t the English Legal Profession Interested in Storytelling? La Lotta Continua
Robert McPeake

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 22-24th, 2009.

Toxicity Testing: Is Animal Testing Still Viable?

This panel examines the current status of the use of animals in toxicity testing as well as the implications of the 2007 National Academy of Sciences report which questions its continued viability. Panelists review the many issues raised when discussing the possibility of major transformations in testing protocol.

Debra Durham – Senior Research Scientist, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Kathy Hessler – Clinical Professor & Animal Law Clinic Director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

NOTE: A prior symposium on ‘The Science, Ethics, and Law of Animal Testing in the 21st Century: Are We on the Verge of a Paradigm Shift?’ was held in September, 2009 at Lewis & Clark Law School. You can find the videocasts of that symposium here.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 17th, 2009.

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The People v. Animal Cruelty: Criminal Prosecutions

This panel addresses issues relating to the criminal prosecution of animal cruelty. More specifically, panelists discuss the many challenges facing prosecutors, including: lack of resources, case overload, the need for increased cooperation between district attorneys and humane investigators, as well as evidentary problems.

Scott Heiser – Director of the Criminal Justice Program, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Heidi Moawad – Deputy District Attorney, Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 17th, 2009.

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