9th Annual Litigation Week, Feb. 28 - March 3
February 22, 2011
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
The University of Baltimore School of Law's Stephen L. Snyder Center for Litigation Skills will host its 9th annual Litigation Week from Feb. 28 through March 3.
The following events, all free and open to the public, will take place in the Venable Baetjer Howard Moot Court Room, 1415 Maryland Ave.:
Monday, Feb. 28, noon - 1:30 p.m. (pizza will be served)
"The 4th Amendment," presented by adjunct professor Nancy Forster
(pizza will be served)
Tuesday, March 1, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (seating available beginning at 9 a.m.)
Maryland's Court of Special Appeals in session to hear oral arguments.
Wednesday, March 2, noon - 1:30 p.m.
"Fulfilling Gideon's Dream: The Life of a Public Defender," presented by Mary Jo Livingston, director of the Training Division for the Office of Public Defender, and Paul DeWolfe, public defender
(pizza will be served)
Wednesday, March 2, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
"Science and the Criminal Trial," presented by adjunct professor Michele Nethercott, director of the UB Innocence Project Clinic and the Office of the Public Defender
(reception immediately following for participants only)
Thursday, March 3, noon - 1:30 p.m.
In cooperation with the Center for Families, Children and the Courts, and in recognition of the center's 10th anniversary: Lunchtime Law session, "Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Family-Friendly Approach," featuring the Hon. Peggy Fulton Hora, a retired judge from the Superior Court of Alameda County, Cal., and David B. Wexler, distinguished research professor emeritus of law at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, in a discussion on the use of non-punitive techniques designed to assist families going through the legal process. Hora will speak on "Healing Families Through the Courts." Wexler's topic is "Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Family-Friendly Criminal Law Practice."
(lunch will be served)
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Public Affairs and the Merrick School of Business.