The following is a list of changes that have been made since the preliminary conference schedule was published in the registration brochure. The conference manual you received on site contains all changes received through March 19.

NEW AND CANCELLED PROGRAMS

Wednesday

New Session - Associate Deferrals and Public Interest Placements: New Challenges and New Opportunities, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Recently, a number of law firms have announced programs that allow deferred entering associates to work in the public interest for a period of time, with funding. If your law firm is considering – or has established – a public interest placement program for deferred first-year associates, seize this unique and important opportunity to hear from the partner organizations that are critical to making these programs work: public interest law offices. Just as in the law firm community, public interest organizations are facing extraordinarily difficult staffing and resource challenges because of the economy. If firms work closely with public interest organizations, these associate placement programs could provide terrific benefits to both sides. But in order to achieve this success, firms must understand the complicated climate that public interest organizations currently operate in. In many cases, simply providing a willing body and a stipend may not be not enough. Join this panel of public interest leaders for a candid dialogue about how these associate deferral programs can really make a difference.
Steve Grumm, Director of Public Service Initiatives, NALP - Moderator
Reena Glazer, Assistant Director, Law Firm Pro Bono Project, Pro Bono Institute
Paul Igasaki, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Equal Justice Works
Karen Sarjeant, Vice-President for Programs and Compliance, Legal Services Corporation
Don Saunders, Director, Civil Legal Services, National Legal Aid & Defender Association

Multiple Offices – Multiple Challenges, originally scheduled for 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM, has been cancelled.

Thursday

New Networking Opportunity:  Federal Government Networking Session, 3:30 – 4:30
The federal government employs thousands of legal professionals in myriad capacities, from high-level litigation to legislative drafting, research, and regulatory advising.  Here in Washington, you are at the hub of federal agency activity.  NALP has reached out to federal recruitment professionals and professional development managers from a number of federal agencies and organizations to provide this unique opportunity for law school members to network, develop new contacts, and learn from the professionals who hire their law students and lawyers into federal government service!

Friday

Beyond the Mentoring Program: Creative Uses of Alumni to Strengthen a Law School’s Public Interest Program, originally scheduled for 3:00 – 4:00, has been cancelled.

ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AND OTHER CHANGES

Tuesday

Newcomers’ Welcome and Orientation Session, 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Michael R. Gotham, Director of Recruiting & Retention, Perkins Coie, and NALP President; Victor Charles Massaglia, Career Advisor, University of Minnesota Law School; and Lynne Traverse, Recruiting and Professional Development Manager, Bryan Cave LLP, will serve as speakers.

Wednesday

Becoming an Event Planner Extraordinaire: Getting Your Summer Program the Attention It Deserves, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Kathy Schmidt, Manager of Attorney Recruiting, Wiley Rein LLP, and Kathy Steadman, Legal Recruiting Manager, Sidley Austin LLP, will replace Annalyn Godwin and Beth Harris.

Escaping Your Silo: Best Practices for Working Cooperatively Across Law Firm Administrative Departments, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Gayle George, Director of Human Resources, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP will replace Don Smith.

Recruiting IP Lawyers: Secrets of the Trade, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Peter J. Davis, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Kai Wilson, Manager - Attorney Recruiting, Morrison & Foerster LLP, will replace Alex Chartove and Susan Murai Raider.

Tips and Tricks to Get Your Grads into Government, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Jennifer Carignan, Program Associate, Education and Outreach, Partnership for Public Service, will be an additional speaker.

Understanding the Current Legal Economy, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
James W. Jones, Managing Director, Hildebrandt will serve as the speaker.

A Report on the New Guide to Student Practice Rules: Boosting Practical Skills Training in Government and Public Interest Settings, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Barbara Mulé, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, New York State Unified Court System, will be an additional speaker.

Career Advising and Recruitment of Overlooked Populations: Working with GLBT, Disabled and Second-Career Law Students, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Kimm Alayne Walton will not serve on this panel.

Moving Up, Continuing in Your Current Job, Changing Departments, or Acquiring New Responsibilities within a Law School, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Abbie Willard will not participate on this panel.

Recruiting for International Offices: The Basics, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Mary F. Maher, Researcher and Co-Developer of the International Directory of Legal Qualification, The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education, will be an additional speaker.

Thursday

Best Practices in Law Student Professional Development, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Anne-Marie Fulfer and Josie Mitchell will not speak on this panel.

Beyond Article III — Clerkships with Administrative Law Judges, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Chuck Adkins-Blanch, Board Member, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Joshua N. Epstein, Associate, Wallace King Domike & Reiskin, PLLC and former Judicial Law Clerk, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Administrative Law Judges, replace Robert J. Lesnick and Bobbie J. McCartney.

The Cycle of Lateral Associate Recruiting, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
LuAnn Tibbetts will not speak at this session.

The NALP/Street Law Diversity Pipeline Program, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Lisa Dickinson, Attorney Recruiting & Development Manager, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Robert E. Kaplan, Associate Dean for Career Services and Public Service Initiatives and Director of Externships, William & Mary School of Law, Amee McKim, Legal Recruiting Director, Hunton & Williams LLP, and Kisha Nunez, Manager of Recruiting and Diversity, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz will be additional speakers.

Opportunities for Legal and Law-Related Positions in Associations, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Ellen Zavian, Associate General Counsel at the Association of Corporate Counsel will replace Deborah House.

OSCAR (Online System for Clerkship Application and Review): Season Review and First Look at Version 5.0, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Terry Galligan, Assistant Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law will participate on this panel; the Hon. James Robertson will not serve on this panel.

Reinventing Work at Law Firms: Innovative Work/Life Programs and Strategies to Make Them Succeed, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
The title of this program has been changed to Reinventing Work at Law Firms: Innovative Work-Life Programs as an Answer to the Economic Downturn.

Public Service Luncheon, 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Special guest attendees will be Spencer Boyer, Director of International Law and Diplomacy, Center for American Progress, Shelley Broderick, Dean, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Katia Garrett, Executive Director, DC Bar Foundation, Theresa Harris, Executive Director, Human Rights USA, Carolyn N. Lerner; Partner; Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman, PLLC, Tim McManus, Vice President for Education and Outreach, Partnership for Public Service, Jonathan Smith, Executive Director, Legal Aid Society for the District of Columbia, and Christopher Toth, Deputy Director, National Association of Attorneys General.

Immigration Update 2009, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Norma Cirincione, Director of Legal Personnel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Donna Harris, Associate Director of Legal Personnel- Recruiting, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP will replace Amanda Taratuski.

Improving Retention and Promotion of Women Lawyers, 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Teresa K. LaMaster, Associate Dean for Institutional Advancement, University of Maryland School of Law, will replace Paula Monopoli.

Learning to Blog II, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Christina Jackson will not speak at this panel.

NALP Celebrates Diversity: Reception and Remarks, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Christina Guerola Sarchio, Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP, will serve as the speaker.

Friday

After the JD: Legal Careers in Transition, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
David Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, will be an additional speaker.

DOJ Hiring – Insights from the Insiders, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Leonard Bailey, Special Counsel for National Security, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice - currently on detail as the Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Rachel D. Cramer, Director, Office of Training and Professional Development, Tax Division, US Department of Justice, Gail K. Johnson, Senior Trial Counsel, Federal Tort Claims Act Staff, Torts Branch, Civil Division, US Department of Justice, and Stacy Paddack, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, US Department of Justice will serve as additional speakers.

Research Revolution: You Say You Want To Do A Survey… Well, You Know…, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Connie Bakonyi will not participate on this panel.

Responding Nimbly to Economic Change, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Beth Kirch, Director of Legal Career Services, The University of Georgia School of Law, Morgan Smith, Assistant Director of Attorney Development & Recruitment, Mayer Brown LLP, and Caren Ulrich Stacy, Director of Professional Development, Arnold & Porter LLP, will serve as speakers.

Working with Contract Lawyers, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Makiedah Messam, Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP will serve as an additional speaker.