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Friday, February 1, 2019

12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

701 B St. Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92101

Upon arrival, take the elevator to the second floor. Registration is in the Student Lounge. The conference will be held in room 229.

Parking is available in 701 B Street for a fee. The entrance to the garage is on 7th Avenue between B and C Streets. Parking is also available for a fee in nearby parking lots, including a lot on B Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 19 th Annual Women and the Law Conference, The Way Forward: Gender, LGBTQIA Rights, and Religious Liberties, will be held on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. This conference brings together leading experts and practitioners to discuss critical federal and state legislative, executive, and judicial developments affecting women, the LGBTQIA community, and people concerned about religious liberties. At a time when public discourse about these issues seems irreconcilably polarized, this event will focus on means to resolve these opposing views.

Former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. Before her appointment, Commissioner Feldblum was a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Feldblum continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003.

Other speakers include: Alan Brownstein, Emeritus Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law; Julie Greenberg, Emeritus Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Pamuela Halliwell, therapist at the San Diego LGBT Community Center; Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights; Jocelyn Samuels, Executive Director at the Williams Center UCLA School of Law; Maimon Schwarzchild, Law Professor at the University of San Diego School of Law; and Mattheus Stephens, Founding Partner of the Progressive Law Group.

SCHEDULE

12:30 – 12:45	Welcoming Remarks
	Linda Keller, Interim Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
12:45 – 2:15	Connecting the Dots: Learning from the Transgender and Intersex Communities about Challenging Gender Discrimination
	Julie Greenberg, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Pamuela Halliwell, The San Diego LGBT Community Center Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights Mattheus Stephens, Founding Partner, Progressive Law Group MODERATOR: Danna J. Cotman, President, ARC IP Law, PC; President, Lawyers Club of San Diego
2:15 – 2:30	BREAK
2:30 – 3:15	Seventeenth Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture
	The Honorable Chai Feldblum, former U.S. EEOC Commissioner Religious Liberty and LGBTQIA Rights: Finding the Balance INTRODUCTION: Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
3:15 – 4:45	Balancing LGBTQIA Rights and Religious Liberties – Commentary on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture
	Alan Brownstein, Professor Emeritus, UC Davis School of Law Jocelyn Samuels, Executive Director, The Williams Center, UCLA School of Law Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor, University of San Diego Law School MODERATOR: Paula S. Rosenstein, Judge California Superior Court
4:45 – 5:00	Closing Remarks
	Julie Greenberg, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
5:00 – 6:00	RECEPTION AND DEDICATION OF THE MARYBETH HERALD CLASSROOM

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Please note: Advanced registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the reception.

FREE All students with valid photo ID
FREE Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty and Staff
FREE Prospective Students
$30 Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
$30 Lawyers Club Members (with or without MCLE credit)
$30 Tom Homann LGBT Law Association Members(with or without MCLE credit)
$30 Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
$40 General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
$45 All others (seeking MCLE credit)

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Friday, February 9, 2018

9:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 18^th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Her Place at the Bargaining Table: Gender, Negotiation and “Risky” Decision-Making, will be held on Friday, February 9, 2018 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

This conference brings together leading experts and practitioners to focus exclusively on issues related to gender and the law to address the issue of women at the bargaining table. How does gender affect the way we approach and manage negotiations in a variety of settings?

Explorations into the enduring wage gap between men and women prompt us to examine this important topic. Despite advances, women on average continue to earn roughly 80 cents for each male dollar earned. In 1960, women earned approximately 64 cents for each male dollar and experts estimate that the gap will likely not close for at least another 40 years...longer for Latina or African American women. What accounts for this gap? Is it explicit sexism, implicit bias, male and female divergent life choices?

Negotiation experts maintain that women’s antipathy to negotiation and risk-taking provides a partial explanation. This year’s topic explores women and decision-making, with particular attention paid to the art and science of bargaining for advantage.

Professor Linda C. Babcock will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. Babcock continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson in 2003.

SCHEDULE

8:30 - 9:30 Check In and Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 9:45 Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Joan Bullock, Dean and President, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Ellen Waldman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:45 - 11:00 Her Place at the Bargaining Table: The View from the Academy

Beth Chung, Professor of Management, San Diego State University
Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, George Washington University
Thalma Lobel, Professor of Psychology, Tel Aviv University
Claire Wright, Visiting Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Moderator: Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 12:30 Her Place at the Bargaining Table - The View from the Legal Profession

Nadia P. Bermudez, Shareholder, Klinedinst
Meryl Maneker, Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo
Heather Riley, Partner, Allen Matkins
Susan Swan, Owner, Swan Employment Law
Moderator: Ellen Waldman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Break

2:00 - 3:00 16th Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture
Barriers to Women's Advancement: Negotiation and Allocation
of Time in the Workplace

Linda C. Babcock, James M. Walton Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University

3:00 - 4:00 Her Place at the Bargaining Table: The View from the Neutrals

Lucie Barron, Founder and President, ADR Services
Hon. Christine Goldsmith (Ret.), Mediator and Arbitrator, Judicate West
Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez (Ret.), Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS
Hon. Nancy Wieben Stock (Ret.), Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS
Moderator: Marquetta Stewart Brown, Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

4:00 - 4:15 Closing Remarks

Ellen Waldman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

4:15 - 5:00 Reception

REGISTRATION

Please note: Advanced registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the reception.

FREE All students with valid photo ID
FREE Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty and Staff
FREE Prospective Students
$30 Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
$30 Lawyers Club Members
$30 Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
$40 General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
$45 All others (seeking MCLE credit)

Online Registration has closed, day of registration will be available at the event.

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4 hours MCLE Credit

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

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Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law - Tempe, AZ

Baylor University School of Law – Waco, TX

California Western School of Law – San Diego, CA

Chapman University School of Law – Orange, CA

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law – Cleveland, OH

Creighton University School of Law – Omaha, NE

Florida A&M University College of Law – Orlando, FL

Fordham University School of Law – New York, NY

George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School – Arlington, VA

Georgetown University Law Center – Washington, D.C.

Golden Gate University School of Law – San Francisco, CA

Harvard Law School – Cambridge, MA

Marquette University Law School – Milwaukee, WI

New York Law School – New York, NY

Oklahoma City University School of Law – Oklahoma City, OK

Pace University School of Law– White Plains, NY

Pacific Coast University School of Law – Long Beach, CA

Pepperdine University School of Law – Malibu, CA

Quinnipiac University School of Law – Hamden, CT

Santa Clara University School of Law – Santa Clara, CA

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law – Dallas, TX

Southwestern Law School – Los Angeles, CA

St. John's University School of Law – Queens, NY

Texas A&M University School of Law – Fort Worth, TX

Texas Tech University School of Law - Lubbock, TX

The John Marshall Law School – Chicago, IL

The University of Mississippi “Ole Miss” School of Law – University, MS

Thomas Jefferson School of Law – San Diego, CA

Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law – Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

University of California Davis School of Law – Davis, CA

University of California, Berkeley School of Law – Berkeley, CA

University of California, Hastings College of the Law – San Francisco, CA

University of California, Irvine School of Law – Irvine, CA

University of California, Los Angeles "UCLA" School of Law – Los Angeles, CA

University of Cincinnati College of Law – Cincinnati, OH

University of Georgia School of Law – Athens, GA

University of Maine School of Law – Portland, ME

University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law – Baltimore, MD

University of Michigan Law School – Ann Arbor, MI

University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law – Las Vegas, NV

University of Notre Dame Law School – Notre Dame, IN

University of San Diego School of Law – San Diego, CA

University of South Dakota School of Law – Vermillion, SD

University of Virginia School of Law – Charlottesville, VA

Western State University College of Law – Fullerton, CA

Whittier Law School – Costa Mesa, CA

Willamette University College of Law – Salem, OR

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Publications Authored/Developed by Conference Speakers and Moderators

After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers (2004) (Bryant Garth-Committee Member).

After the JD II: Second Results from a National Study of Legal Careers (2009) (Bryant Garth-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges - Advancing Holistic Review Initiative: Working With and Through Medical Schools to Build a Diverse Physician Workforce Capable of and Committed to Improving the Health of All (Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges - Roadmap to Diversity and Educational Excellence: Key Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical Schools (Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges – Roadmap to Excellence: Key Concepts for Evaluating the Impact of Medical School Holistic Admissions (Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges – Roadmap to Diversity: Integrating Holistic Review Practices into Medical School Admission Processes(Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Susan Bisom-Rapp and Malcolm Sargeant, It’s Complicated: Age, Gender, and Lifetime Discrimination Against Working Women – The United States and the U.K. as Examples, 22 Elder L.J. 1 (2014) (reprinted in Women and the Law (Tracy Thomas, ed., Thomson Reuters, 2015)).

Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Undocumented Latino Youth: Navigating Their Worlds, (Lynne Rienner 2015) pp. 1-13.

Meera E. Deo, “The Ugly Truth about Legal Academia,” 80 Brook. L. Rev. 943 (2015).

Meera E. Deo, “Faculty Insights on Educational Diversity,”83 Fordham L. Rev. 3115 (2015).

Meera E. Deo, Maria Woodruff, and Rican Vue, “Paint by Number? How the Race & Gender of Law School Faculty Affect the First Year Curriculum,” 29 Chicano-Latino L. Rev. 1 (2010).

Meera E. Deo, “The Promise of Grutter: Diverse Interactions at the University of Michigan Law School,” 17 Mich. J. Race & L. 63 (2011).

Maurice Dyson, “Promise Zones, Poverty & the Future of Public Schools: Confronting the Challenges of Socioeconomic Integration & School Culture in High Poverty Schools,” 17 Mich. J. Race & L. 63 (2011).

Maurice Dyson, “Silencing Race & The First Amendment: The Suppression of Student Expression & Curricular Coverage of Racial Identity and Ethnic Solidarity in K-12 Education,” 81 UMKC L. Rev. 569 (2013).

Mary Ann Mason, Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, (with Nicholas Wolfinger and Marc Goulden) (Rutgers University Press 2013).

Mary Ann Mason, Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, (with daughter, Eve Mason Ekman) (Oxford University Press 2007).

Linda Trinh Vo, “Navigating the Academic Terrain: The Racial and Gender Politics of Elusive Belonging” in Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, (ed. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, and Angela P. Harris, Utah State University Press, 2012) pp. 93-111.

Other Relevant Articles

College Board Access & Diversity Collaborative, Constituents’ Reactions and Contributions to the Plan for Action.

College Board Access & Diversity Collaborative, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s Second Ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas: The Decision and its Implications (July 31, 2014).

Fisher v. Texas, Amicus Brief of the College Board, AACRAO, NACAC, and LSAC.

Scott Jaschik, "Experts Consider What the Protest over Racial Tension Means.” Inside Higher Education, November 16, 2015.

Kevin R. Johnson, “The Importance of Student and Faculty Diversity in Law Schools; One Dean’s Perspective,” 96 Iowa L. Rev. 1549 (2011)

Angus Johnston, “Student Protests, Then and Now.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 18, 2015.

Sophia Kerby, “10 Reasons Why We Need Diversity on College Campuses.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 18, 2015.

Kerry Ann Rockquemore, “How to Retain a Diverse Faculty (essay).” Inside Higher Education, January 6, 2016.

Alexandra Svokos, “College Campuses are Full of Subtle Racism and Sexism, Study Says.” Huffington Post, January 12, 2015.

Undergraduate Access to University of California after the Elimination of Race-Conscious Policies.

Tom Wong and Carolina Valdivia, "In Their Own Words: A Nationwide Survey of Undocumented Millennials." Working Paper 191. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, 2014.

Peter Wood, “From Diversity to Sustainability: How Campus Ideology is Born.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2010.

Cruz Reynoso and Cory Amron,“Diversity in Legal Education: A Broader View, A Deeper Commitment,” 52 J. Legal Educ. 491 (2002).

Youlanda Young, “Why the U.S. Needs Black Lawyers Even More Than it Needs Black Police," http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/11/why-the-us-needs-black-lawyers?CMP=share_btn_fb.

Look for These Additional Publications Scheduled for Release Later this Year

Malcolm Sargeant and Susan Bisom-Rapp, Disadvantage and Discrimination Against Women at Work: The Gendered Workforce (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2016).

Susan Bisom-Rapp and Malcolm Sargeant, Acknowledging but Transcending Gender at Work: Applying the Model of Lifetime Disadvantage and Vulnerability Theory to Women’s Poverty in Retirement, in Vulnerability and Labor (Marth Alberson Fineman & Jonathan Fineman, eds., Ashgate/Routledge, forthcoming 2016).

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Friday, February 5, 2016

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Rooms 323 & 325

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The 16th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Pursuing Excellence: Diversity in Higher Education, brings together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and policy makers to examine how diversity in institutions of higher education affects and is inspired by students, faculty, and leaders. View biographies of the featured speakers here.

The conference will highlight a number of critically important topics including facilitating educational access for undocumented students, challenges to developing and nurturing a diverse educational environment, the importance of training students in professional programs (including medicine and law) to serve diverse populations, and attacks on affirmative action ranging from Prop 209 to the current U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG LECTURE

Bryant Garth, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, former Dean at Southwestern Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Director of the American Bar Foundation, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. He continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson in 2003.

SCHEDULE

8:00 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:30 Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Thomas Guernsey, Dean, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Susan Tiefenbrun, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Susan Bisom-Rapp, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:30 - 11:00 Facilitating Student Diversity

Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Professor of Sociology, Cal State University San Marcos The Educational Journeys of Undocumented Latino Students: Promising Practices and Challenges
Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management, UCLA The Way Forward: Increasing Access Post Proposition 209
Rodney Fong, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law Priming the Pipeline to Law School
Catherine Lucey, Professor and Vice Dean for Education, UCSF School of Medicine Diversity as a Strategic Imperative for Schools of Medicine
Moderator: Maurice Dyson, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 12:45 Recruiting & Retaining Diverse Faculty

Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law The Ugly Truth about Legal Academia
Mary Ann Mason, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center on Health, Economic, and Family Security, UC Berkeley Pregnancy Discrimination in STEM and other Academic Disciplines
Linda Trinh Vo, Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Irvine Reconfiguring the Academy: Women of Color Faculty and The Politics of Inclusion
Shirley Weber, California Assemblywoman, Chair of the Assembly Select Committees on Higher Education and Campus Climate, former President of the San Diego Unified School District and Professor at SDSU Legislative Update on Faculty Diversity
Moderator: Laura Padilla, Professor of Law, California Western School of Law

12:45 - 2:15 Lunch

2:15 - 3:15 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture

Bryant Garth, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, former Dean at Southwestern Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Director of the American Bar Foundation Diversity, Power, and Hierarchy in Legal Careers: An Empirical and Sociological Perspective

3:15 - 4:45 Leadership Roundtable

Toni Atkins, Speaker of the California Assembly
Adrian Gonzales, Interim Superintendent/President and Vice President of Student Services, Palomar Community College
Vallera Johnson, Administrative Law Judge
Susan Westerberg Prager, Dean, Southwestern Law School, former Dean at UCLA School of Law and Executive Director/CEO of AALS
Moderator: Julie Greenberg, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

4:45 - 5:00 Closing

5:00 - 6:00 Reception

REGISTRATION

Please note: Registration fees include the Reception and are non-refundable

FREE All students with photo ID, TJSL faculty, TJSL staff
$30 TJSL Alumni (with or without MLCE credit)
$30 Lawyers Club Members and Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years not seeking MCLE credit
$40 General public (Not seeking MCLE credit)
$45 All others (Seeking MLCE credit)

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1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

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Ethan Nadelmann

Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance

Ethan Nadelmann will be coming to Thomas Jefferson School of Law with his talk Legalizing Marijuana & Ending the Drug War: California’s Special Role.

Described by Rolling Stone magazine as “the real drug czar" for drug policy reform efforts, Ethan Nadelmann is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of drug policy reform both in the United States and abroad. He is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United Staes promoting alternatives to the war on drugs.

The event is being organized by the Center for Law and Social Justice, with sponsorship support from the Institute for Humane Studies.

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law presents the 14th Annual Women and the Law Conference

WOMEN AND THE MILITARY

Friday, February 21, 2014 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Reception to follow

Room 325

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

1155 Island Ave.

San Diego, CA 92101

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The 2014 Women and the Law Conference gathers together a slate of luminaries in military leadership to explore the unique forces shaping women’s access to power in the U.S. military. The conference focuses on a number of issues, including whether new statistics on sexual assault in the military warrant legislative changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and explores the topic of women serving in elite combat units. The conference will be of interest not just to those with a military connection, but to anyone who seeks to gain insight on leadership and success from some of the nation’s most powerful lawyers in uniform.

SPEAKERS

2014 Keynote Speaker

Vice Admiral Nanette M. DeRenzi

Judge Advocate General, United States Navy

Vice Admiral DeRenzi is the first woman to serve as Judge Advocate General. She is the highest-ranking lawyer in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

2014 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer

Captain Stacy A. Pedrozo

Commanding Officer, Naval Justice School

Captain Pedrozo serves as Commanding Officer of the Naval Justice School, which trains every lawyer in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

SCHEDULE

8:30 - 9:00 Check-in

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome

9:15 - 9:45 Gretchen Means, Sexual Assault and Complex Litigation Highly Qualified Expert

for the United States Marine Corps LSSS-West

The Comparative Anatomy of Military Sexual Assault Prosecution

9:45 - 10:30 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer: Captain Stacy A. Pedrozo, JAGC, US Navy,

Commanding Officer of the Naval Justice School

Sea Change: Women in the 21st Century U.S. Military

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:15 Panel Discussion: Do Recent Statistics on Sexual Assault in the Military Warrant

Further Changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

The morning panel will explore the political and legislative dimensions of recent highly-publicized statistics on sexual assault in the military, including whether changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice are likely to be effective in combating these crimes. The panel will discuss the rights of accused service members and the implications of the potential removal of the discretion of the military convening authority in courts martial, and will discuss factors unique to the prosecution of sexual assault cases under the military justice system.

Moderator: Colonel Jane L. Siegel, USMC (Ret.) Panelists: Gretchen Means Brigadier General David M. Brahms, USMC (Ret.) Kathleen Gilberd Major Melanie Mann, USMC 12:15 - 1:30 Lunch break

1:45 - 3:00 Keynote Speaker: Vice Admiral Nanette M. DeRenzi, JAGC, US Navy,

Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:15 Panel Discussion: Women’s Service in Elite Combat Forces

The afternoon panel will explore the feasibility of women integrating into the elite forces of the U.S. military. A panel consisting of both active and former active-duty service members will discuss issues such as equipment and standards along with lessons learned when the military has previously integrated underrepresented service members into various communities.

Moderator: Jennifer E. McCollough Panelists: Rear Admiral Patrick E. McGrath, US Navy (Ret.) Kristen Kavanaugh Lieutenant Commander Renee May, USNR

Rear Admiral Garry J. Bonelli, US Navy (Ret.)

4:15 Dean's Wrap-Up

4:30 Reception (8th Floor)

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• FREE for all registered students with photo ID, TJSL faculty and TJSL staff

• $25 for active duty and retired military personnel, TJSL alumni, and Lawyers Club members

• $35 for general public

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Legal Connect: Utilizing Law Students in Technology Transfer Offices and Incubators to Help Fulfill the Commercialization Goals of the Bayh-Dole Act

Friday, April 10, 2015

8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Room 325 Thomas Jefferson School of Law 1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

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Fulfilling the Commercialization Goals of the Bayh-Dole Act is the outcome of a yearlong research project by Thomas Jefferson School of Law students. The symposium will focus on the goal of the Bayh-Dole Act, which is to make technology transfer a university responsibility in exchange for receiving federal funding, and will ultimately propose the inclusion of law students in the commercialization process of federally funded research.

Panels will focus on timely and controversial subjects, including: Background and Legislative Intent of the Bayh-Dole Act, Problems and Promises in Technology Transfer Offices, Current Solutions to Utilize Law Students in the Technology Transfer Process, and Legal Connect: A Proposal to Expand the Bayh-Dole Act to Include the Use of Law Students in the Commercialization of Federally Funded Research.

SCHEDULE

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Check-In

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Introduction and Welcoming Remarks

Tony Rafati – MBA, IP Fellow, IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Randy Berholtz – Executive Vice Present, Acting General Counsel and Secretary, Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Recognition of Thomas Jefferson School of Law Intellectual Property Fellows Program

Steven Semeraro – Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Founder of the Intellectual Property Fellows Program

Eric Lane – Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Supervising Attorney in the Patent and Trademark Clinics Lalitha Rao – Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Panel 1: Background of Bayh-Dole Act and Legislative Intent of Bayh-Dole

Moderator: Jermina Landstrom – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Eugene R. Quinn, Jr. – President and Founder of IPWatchdog, Inc., U.S. Patent Attorney (via taped interview) Fred Reinhart, RTTP – President, Association of University Technology Managers, Senior Advisor for Technology Transfer Office, University of Massachusetts Amherst (via video) Victoria B. Cajipe, Ph.D. – Senior Licensing Officer at University of California at San Diego Technology Transfer Office Daniel Hart, Ph.D., Esq. – Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 – 12:45 p.m. Panel 2: Problems and Promises in Technology Transfer Offices

Moderator: Rachelle Law – IP Fellow, IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Ronnie Hanecak, Ph.D. – University of California Irvine Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research and Technology Alliances Tommy Martindale, Esq. – Technology Transfer Office, San Diego State University Fred C. Hernandez, Esq. – Member, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Professor-Entrepreneur (TBA)

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break

Moderators: Theodore Montgomery – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Mark Hackmann – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Kirsten Donaldson, Esq. – Legislative Director and Counsel, U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (Dem. NY)

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Panel 3: Current Solutions to Utilize Law Students in the Technology Transfer Process

Moderator: Alesya Nalbandyan – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

James M. Silbermann, Esq. – Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (via video) Clifford Michaels, Ph.D. – Senior Licensing Associate, Emory University’s Technology Transfer Office Vern Norviel – Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Ruprecht von Buttlar – Vice President, Business Creation and Development, CONNECT

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break

3:30 – 5:15 p.m. Panel 4: Description of Proposed Legal Connect

Moderator: Tamara Marshall – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Presentation 1: Overview of the Bayh-Dole Act, Technology Transfer Offices, and Current Law School Programs

Jermina Landstrom – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Rachelle Law – IP Fellow, IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Presentation 2: Description of Survey Data and Results

Tony Rafati – IP Fellow, IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alesya Nalbandyan – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Presentation 3: The Legal Connect Program

Tamara Marshall – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Presentation 4: Legislation

Mark Hackmann – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Theodore Montgomery – IP Honors Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

5:15 – 5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Randy Berholtz – Acting General Counsel and Secretary, Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Reception

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