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Public Responsibilities of Private Law Firms

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Join us on October 17 for the annual Oklahoma Law Review Symposium.  Beginning at 9:45 A.M. in the Dick Bell Courtroom at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, the 2025 OLR symposium titled "Public Responsibilities of Private Law Firms" will feature notable speakers from across the country. 

This event has been approved for five (5) ethics CLE credits in Oklahoma. 

 

OLR Symposium Schedule

9:45-10:15 a.m.: Check In and Continental Breakfast

10:15-10:30 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions

10:30 a.m.-Noon: Panel 1: Big Law and the Rule of Law: Ethical Boundaries in the Face of Executive Power

  • Bruce Green, J.D., Louis Stein Chair of Law, Director, Stein Center, Fordham Law School 
  • Eli Wald, J.D., L.L.M., J.S.D., Charles W. Delaney Jr. Professor of Law, Denver University Sturm College of Law 

Noon-12:30 p.m.: Break for Lunch

12:30-1:30 p.m.: Keynote Address 

  • Robert Van Nest, J.D., Attorney, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP 

1:30-1:45 p.m.: Break

1:45-3:15 p.m.: Panel 2: Motives and Metrics: Empirical and Ethical Insights into Big Law’s Pro Bono Practices 

  • Susan Saab Fortney, J.D., L.L.M., J.S.D., Stephen Alton University Professor, Professor of Law, Director of the Program for the Advancement of Legal Ethics, Texas A&M University School of Law 
  • Tamar Alexanian, J.D., Practitioner in Residence Elliott Milstein Civil Advocacy Clinic, American University Washinton College of Law 
  • Brad Wendel, J.D., J.S.D., Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law, Cornell Law School 

3:15-3:20 p.m.: Closing Remarks 

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