Conference Schedule

Tentative schedule - subject to change
Unless otherwise noted, all events at LDS Institute adjacent to U of U campus

Thursday, February 11, 2010

4:00 pm	Registration
6:30 pm	Keynote Address: Elder Lance B. Wickman, General Counsel, LDS Church — East Chapel at LDS Institute
7:20 pm — 8:30 pm	Reception with Hors D'oeuvres — Utah Museum of Fine Arts at U of U
8:15 pm — 9:30 pm	Mormon Tabernacle Choir Rehearsal — Tabernacle on Temple Square

Friday, February 12, 2010

7:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 am	JRCLS Leadership and Constituent Group Meetings Judges Section - Room E115 Women in Law - Room E205
9:00 am	Shared Keynote Address & Discussion - East Chapel Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, President, Brigham Young University Michael K. Young, President, University of Utah
10:00 am (2 options)	First Breakout Session Civility and Professionalism Enriches Law Practice - East Chapel Nate D. Alder, President, Utah State Bar David G. Campbell, Judge, U.S. District Court, Arizona John Kesler, Community Advocate Jill N. Parrish, Justice, Utah Supreme Court Setting the Record Straight: The Joseph Smith Legal Papers - East Multipurpose John W. ("Jack") Welch, BYU Law Professor, Acad. Editor, Joseph Smith Papers Jeffrey N. Walker, Associate Managing Editor, Joseph Smith Papers Kelly Schaeffer-Bullock, Attorney; Assistant, Joseph Smith Papers
11:00 am (2 options)	Second Breakout Session The Ten Commandments on the Public Square: Free Speech vs. the Establishment of Religion - East Multipurpose Steven D. Smith, Professor, University of California, San Diego Edward L. White III, Attorney, American Center for Law & Justice "The Legitimate Lawyer": Mediation, Negotiation and Other Peacemaking Skills for the Greater Good - East Chapel Hiram Chodosh, Dean, University of Utah Law School Lew W. Cramer, CEO, World Trade Center Utah Brian Farr, Assistant Attorney General, State of Utah Travis R. Marker, Attorney, Marker Law and Mediation
12:00pm	Lunch Buffet and Informal Socializing
12:30 pm	Plenary Keynote Panel: Fulfilling the Law Society's Mission for Good - East Chapel Scott Cameron, Associate Dean, BYU Law H. Reese Hansen, BYU Law Prof. & Former Dean; Pres-Elect AALS Ralph W. Hardy, Jr., Dow Lohnes; Past JRCLS Chair; Area Authority 70 Charles E. (“Bud”) Jones, Former Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court Nancy Van Slooten, Chair, J. Reuben Clark Law Society Kevin J. Worthen, BYU Advancement Vice President; Former Dean
1:45 pm (4 options)	Practicioners Speak About Service for Good in Specific Practice Areas Law Society Section Breakout Sessions: Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, Criminal, Employment, Personal Injury, Mediation - East Chapel Sterling A. Brennan, Workman Nydegger Rick N. Bryson, Sanders & Parks Jonathan O. Hafen, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless R. Willis Orton, Kirton & McConkie Jonathan H. Wardle, Neal Harwell John N. Zarian, Zarian Midgley & Johnson Family Law, Elder Law, Social Security - East Cultural Hall Donna R. Bashaw, Elder Law Center Don Petersen, Howard Lewis & Petersen E. Gary Smith, Smith and Smith Immigration, Government Practice, Education, Indian Law - Room E205 Sharon Garn, Office of Senator Orrin Hatch Charles H. Kuck, Kuck Immigration Partners Barbara Melendez, Kirton McConkie Dustin Pead, Judge, U.S. Immigration Court, Utah Patrick Shen, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy Real Estate, Construction, Energy/Mining/Land Use - East Multipurpose Braiden Chadwick, Downey Brand David Cook, Nixon Peabody Rob Hyde, Kirton McConkie Robert Phillips, Hawkins Companies, LLC Steven R. Sumsion, Sumsion MacDonald
3:00 pm (4 options)	Practicioners Speak About Service for Good in Specific Practice Areas Law Society Section Breakout Sessions: Bankruptcy Room E115 Annette W. Jarvis, Dorsey & Whitney Ralph R. Mabey, Professor, U of U Law Adelaide Maudsley, Chapman and Cutler Business & Corporate, Commercial Finance/Banking, Tax, In-House Counsel - East Chapel John Douglas, Davis Polk Richard W. Sheffield, Fillmore Spencer D. Gordon Smith, Associate Dean, BYU Law Estate Planning & Probate - East Cultural Hall Gregory N. Barrick, Durham, Jones & Pinegar David J. Bonner, LDS Philanthropies Fred D. Essig, Dixon and Essig M. Wesley Mashburn, LDS Philanthropies Intellectual Property - Room E205 Berne S. Broadbent, LDS Church A. John Pate, Pate, Pierce & Baird Charles L. Roberts, Workman Nydegger
4:15 pm (2 options)	Law Student General Meeting - East Chapel Conducted by Jason Croft, Student Chapters Board Chair So You Want to be a Law Professor? Avenues into Academia - East Multipurpose Paul Callister, Professor, Dtr. of Law Library, Univ. of Mo. at Kansas City Joi Gardner Pearson, Professor, BYU Law Richard Peterson, Professor, Pepperdine Law School David Pimentel, Professor, Florida Coastal School of Law D. Gordon Smith, Associate Dean, BYU Law
6:00 pm	JRCLS Fireside Broadcast - "Becoming Peacemakers": Featuring Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Best-Selling Author and International Leadership Authority; Tabernacle on Temple Square
7:15 pm	Dinner & Reception: The Conference Center at Temple Square

Saturday, February 13, 2010

8:00 am	Breakfast
8:45 am	Plenary Session: Breakthrough Giving: Changing Your Life and Others’ Lives for Good - East Chapel Todd Manwaring, Professor, Director, BYU Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance Aaron Miller, JD, Professor, BYU Romney Institute of Public Management
9:45 am	First Breakout Session Strengthening Religious Liberty Around the World - East Chapel W. Cole Durham, Jr., Professor & Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies; 2009 Recipient of Int’l First Freedom Award Robert T. Smith, Professor & Managing Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies Gayla L. Sorenson, JD, Fellows Program Manager, International Center For Law and Religion Studies Pro Bono Publico = Service for the Public Good: Why and How Everyone Can Do Pro Bono Work - East Multipurpose Room Adam Ford, Ford & Huff, Alpine, Utah Craig D. Galli, Holland & Hart, Salt Lake City, Utah Stephen L. West, Udall Shumway & Lyons, Mesa, Arizona Beyond Private Practice: If I don't want to work in a law firm, what else is there? - East Cultural Hall Lisa Watts Baskin, Legislative & Initiative Consulting, Civil Litigation, Public Law Mary Hoagland, Assistant Dean, BYU Law Charlotte L. Miller, Of Counsel and Administrative Director, Kirton & McConkie Elizabeth Shaw Smith, Smith, Smith, Blonska & Strunk, LLP Angelina Tsu, Legal Counsel, Zions Bancorporation
11:00 am (3 options)	Second Breakout Session The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Reconciliation and the Quest for National Historic Landmark Status - East Cultural Hall Richard E. Turley, Jr., Assistant Historian, LDS Church; Co-Author of Massacre at Mountain Meadows Barbara Jones Brown, Editor of Massacre at Mountain Meadows Press and the Law: Friends or Foes? - East Multipurpose Room R. John Hughes, Former Editor, Christian Science Monitor, Deseret News & BYU Communications Professor Jeffrey J. Hunt, Parr Brown RonNell Andersen Jones, BYU Law Professor Balancing Good in the Use and Preservation of Natural Resources - East Chapel Lincoln L. Davies, U of U Law Professor James A. Holtkamp, Holland & Hart, Salt Lake City Sanne Knudsen, U of U Visiting Law Professor James R. Rasband, Dean, BYU Law
12:00 pm	Lunch - Addressing Issues Around the World for the Church - East Chapel William Atkin, Associate General Counsel, LDS Church, and Selected Area Legal Counsel
4:00 pm	Basketball Game: BYU v. Air Force Ticket Information
7:00 pm	Basketball Game: Utah vs. New Mexico Ticket Information