All Program Meetings are 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Check-in/CLE sign-in begins at 5:30 p.m.
Post Program Reception begins immediately after the Program Meeting.

Date

Topic

Chairs

Vice Chairs

Location

9/17/2015
Thursday

To (b) or not to (b): Ethical questions applied in IP practice.

Trevor Copeland (Brinks Gilson & Lione) (Chair)

Edward Rice (Freeborn & Peters) (Vice Chair)

Brinks Gilson & Lione

(co-hosted by Brinks and Freeborn)

10/15/2015

Thursday

The Ethics Zone – the Politics of Conflicts and Other Ethical Conundrums

Glen Belvis (Steptoe & Johnson) (Chair)

Bill Devitt (Jones Day) (Vice Chair)

Jones Day (co-hosted by Jones Day and Steptoe)

11/12/2015

Thursday

Industrial (Design) Revolution: From Spoons to Smartphones

Strategic Considerations for Design Patent Protection and Enforcement

Chris Carani (McAndrews Held & Malloy) (Chair)

Amanda Streff (Mayer Brown) (Vice Chair)

McAndrews, Held & Malloy

1/14/2016

Thursday

Fingers Crossed or Double Crossed?: Ethics in Negotiations

Adam Kelly (Loeb & Loeb) (Chair)

Stephanie Felicetty (Vice Chair)

Loeb & Loeb

2/11/2016

Thursday

REDSKINS Trademark – Fumble or Touchdown?

Mark Feldman (DLA Piper) (Chair)

Lisa Iverson (Neal & McDevitt) (Vice Chair)

DLA Piper

3/10/2016

Thursday

What Judges Want: Judicial Panel

Russ Cass (Sidley Austin) (Chair)

Lauren Schwartz (ND Indiana) (Vice Chair)

Sidley Austin LLP

4/14/2016

Thursday

Can you keep a secret?: Developments in Trade Secret Law

Julianne Hartzell (Marshall Gerstein & Borun) (Chair)

Craig Leavell (Kirkland & Ellis) (Vice Chair)

Kirkland & Ellis

5/12/2016

Thursday

10th Annual Advocacy Challenge

Judge Linn presiding

Edward Manzo (Husch Blackwell) (Chair)

Aaron Barlow (Jenner & Block) (Vice Chair)

Dirksen Ceremonial Courtroom

Reception TBD (co-hosted by Husch and Jenner)