2012 Topics and Team Pairings
The Disaggregation of Legal Services: A Service or Disservice to Clients?
- Students: Matt Walsh (Harvard), Geoffrey Weg (NYLS), Sophie Howard (UCL)
- Academic Mentor: Ray Campbell
- Practitioner Mentor: Liz Lamar
- Alumni Advisor: Indira Murthy
- Subject Expert Advisor: James Peters
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Stephanie Kimbro
Global Legal Service Firms: Is It Possible to Marry Cultures and Legal Systems?
- Students: Sun Lan (STL), Katie Wang (Fordham), Steve Mehr (Indiana)
- Academic Mentor: John Varghese
- Practitioner Mentor: Peter Lederer
- Alumni Advisor: Zhang Lining
- Subject Expert Advisor: William Twining
- Entrepreneur Advisor: David Gold
Trickle Down Justice? Evolution in Access to Justice for Low-Income and Vulnerable Client Populations
- Students: Ashley Matthews (Miami), Margaret Hagan (Stanford), Iqra Musaddaq (UCL)
- Academic Mentor: Jacqui Kinghan
- Practitioner Mentor: Marcia Narine
- Alumni Advisor: Mike Rozensher
- Subject Expert Advisor: Roxie Bacon
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Monica Goyal
Publicly Held Law Firms in the UK and Australia: The Big Bang or the Big Bust?
- Students: Sebastian De Osma (IE), Brian Spiro (Miami), Stephanie Panchkowry (UCL)
- Academic Mentor: John Flood
- Practitioner Mentor: Larry Newman
- Alumni Advisor: Kyle Marshall
- Subject Expert Advisor: Steve Mark
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Susan Cartier Liebel
Transparency in International Arbitration: What's Under the Invisibility Cloak?
- Students: Li Longfei (STL), Erika Pagano (Miami), Naomi Waibel (NYLS)
- Academic Mentor: Rob Rosen
- Practitioner Mentor: Deborah Enix-Ross
- Alumni Advisor: Liz Rieser-Murphy
- Subject Expert Advisor: Steven Bennett
- Entrepreneur Advisor: David Schnurman
Ever-Increasing Law School Debt: Students Beware or Law Schools Take Action
- Students: Neil Devani (Stanford), Sean Koehler (Fordham), Katie Leah (UCL)
- Academic Mentor: Trish White
- Practitioner Mentor: Coraline Haitjema
- Alumni Advisor: Nawal Hssinou
- Subject Expert Advisor: Laurel Terry
- Entrepreneur Advisor: David Elkins
Lawyers Acting as Non-Lawyers and Non-Lawyers Acting as Lawyers: What is and What Should be Considered the Unauthorized Practice of Law?
- Students: Wang Qiongyue (STL), Kushal Malhotra (IE), Diana Peñaloza (Los Andes)
- Academic Mentor: Elizabeth Chambliss
- Practitioner Mentor: David Chameli
- Alumni Advisor: Adam Enjoy
- Subject Expert Advisor: Jordan Furlong
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Chrissie Lightfoot
Virtual Legal Education: Can Law Schools Span the Distance?
- Students: Jason Machowsky (NYLS), Rico Williams (Miami), Nicolas Jacquemart (St. Gallen)
- Academic Mentor: Juan Francisco Ortega Díaz
- Practitioner Mentor: Tahlia Gordon
- Alumni Advisor: Casey Dieck
- Subject Expert Advisor: Andrea Johnson
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Jack Newton
Law School Career Services: The Next Generation
- Students: Anjali Deshmukh (Stanford), Eugenia Schraa (Fordham)
- Academic Mentor: Joe Hoffmann
- Practitioner Mentor: Cheryl Zuckerman
- Alumni Advisor: Kirsten Heenan
- Subject Expert Advisor: Marti Candiello
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Moray McLaren
Women in the Law: Is the Glass Ceiling Cracked, Smashed, or Unbreakable?
- Students: Tao Xu (STL), Lynnett Brooks (NYLS), Lauren Quattromani (Miami)
- Academic Mentor: Renee Newman Knake
- Practitioner Mentor: Ida Abbott
- Alumni Advisor: Wu Dan
- Subject Expert Advisor: Annette Torres
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Mae O'Malley
Marketing Law Schools and Law Firms: Truth in Advertising or Bait and Switch?
- Students: Mike Williams (Sydney), Joel McNabney (Miami)
- Academic Mentor: John Coates
- Practitioner Mentor: Hugh Totten
- Alumni Advisor: Amanda Willis
- Subject Expert Advisor: Kevin Doolan
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Phyllis Weiss Haserot
Alternative Courts on the Brain: Psychologically Based, But are they Sound?
- Students: Andrés Díaz (Los Andes), Preetha Chakrabarti (Fordham)
- Academic Mentor: Rita Shackel
- Practitioner Mentor: Brian Harel
- Alumni Advisor: Christine Garg
- Subject Expert Advisor: Amanda Pustilnik
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Mike Greenberg
Lawyers and Law Students: Managing Time and Stress in a 24/7/365 World
- Students: Victoria Broomfield (Sydney), Lisa Fahey (Indiana)
- Academic Mentor: Bruce Green
- Practitioner Mentor: Scott Rogers
- Alumni Advisor: Chris Callahan
- Subject Expert Advisor: Scott Westfahl
- Entrepreneur Advisor: Bryan Treglia
