40th Anniversary Celebration Oct. 17-18, 2008
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Schedule (check back for more details/subject to change):

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Law, Culture and Difference/Legal Skills in Social Context 10-Year Reunion Reception
Celebrating a decade of social justice projects and program development.
5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Dockser Hall Commons/Lower Level, Room C5
No charge

Friday, October 17, 2008

The NU Law Forum presents: 40 Years of Activism at NUSL
Moderator: Professor Margaret Woo
2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Dockser Hall, Room 240
Panelists include Deena R. Hurwitz '96, University of Virginia School of Law; Dimple Abichandani '02, Brooklyn Legal Services; John Rumpler '96, Senior Attorney, Environmental America; Monica Halas '78, Senior Employment Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services
No charge

Video Premiere: Celebrating Our 40th
4:00 - 4:10 p.m., Dockser Hall Commons
No charge

Address by Dean Emily Spieler: The State of the Law School
4:10 - 5:15 p.m., Dockser Hall
No charge

Faculty Open House
Mix and mingle with former and current faculty.
5:15 - 7:30 p.m., Dockser Hall Commons/Lower Level, in Faculty Offices
*Includes tour of new Dockser Facilities
No charge

Reunion Class Dinners
Honoring the Classes of 1953, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2003
8:00 -10:00 p.m., The Colonnade Hotel, 120 Huntington Avenue, Boston
$40 per person, guests and adjacent class years welcome

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Panel Discussion: US Agenda for the Next Four Years
Moderator: Professor Peter Enrich
Speakers include: Dorothy J. Samuels '75, Journalist and Editorial Board Member of The New York Times;
The Honorable Michael S. Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Representative Gordon D. Fox '91, House Majority Leader and
Eddie Correia, Counsel at Latham and Watkins and former NUSL faculty member
9:30 - 11:00 a.m., Dockser Hall, Room 160
No charge

Colloquia
Topics include:
International Trade and Development
Facilitators include:
Kenneth L. Frankel '82, Legal Advisor to the Secretary General, Director of Legal Services, Organization of American States, Washington, DC
Geoffrey H. Lewis '80, Of Counsel at Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP, Boston, MA
The Honorable Delissa A. Ridgway '79, U.S. Court of International Trade, New York, NY
Leocadia I. Zak '82, Deputy Director, US Trade and Development Agency, Arlington, VA

Women and the Law
Facilitators include:
Janene Asgeirsson '01, Associate, Gunderson Dettmer, Waltham, MA
Kimberly A. Dougherty '03, Associate, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Boston, MA
Cynthia S. Reed '80, President and CEO of LTR Holdings LLC, Providence, RI
Judith Olans Brown, Professor Emeritus of Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
Abigail Record '80, Former Senior Counsel, Fleet Financial Group, Boston, MA

Labor and Employment Law
Facilitators include:
Richard F. Griffin '81, General Counsel, International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC
Theodore M. Lieverman '78, Partner at Spector Roseman & Kodroff, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph F. Frankl '79, Assistant General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC

Law, Culture and Difference/Legal Skills in Social Context
Evelyn Murphy, Politician and Former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; President of the WAGE Project, Inc., Boston, MA
Michael Connolly, Consultant, LCD TF/LSSC LF co-trainer for ten years, Cambridge Consulting; Director, Stonewall Communities Lifelong Learning Institute, Wheelock College, Boston MA
David Hall, Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
Susan Maze-Rothstein, Co-Director of the Legal Skills in Social Context Program, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
Susan Sloane, Co-Director of the Legal Skills in Social Context Program, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston MA
11:15 - 12:30 p.m, Classrooms Throughout Dockser Hall
No charge

Luncheon
1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Dockser Hall Commons/Lower Level
$25 per person

Capstone Reception at the John J. Moakley US Courthouse
Keynote Speaker: Anthony Lewis, Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner
Special Guests: Top Co-op Employers Through the Years
Musical Entertainment Provided
6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
$85 per person, all graduates and friends invited

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Faculty Brunches
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Faculty Homes
1970's Brunch Hosted by TBD
1980's Brunch Hosted by TBD
1990's Brunch Hosted by TBD
2000's Brunch Hosted by TBD
$25 per person

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