L I B E R T Y
T H R O U G H
T H E
R U L E
2011
j. r e u b e n c l a r k l a w s o c i e t y
conference program
F E B R U A R Y 1 7–1 9 , 2 0 1 1
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DALLAS, TEXAS
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
psalms 119:45
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L A W
2 0 1 1 L AW S O C I E T Y C O N F E R E N C E C O M M I T T E E
Attorneys
Gordon T. Foote II (Co-Chair)
Daren W. Perkins (Co-Chair)
Douglas R. Bush
Scott W. Cameron
Elder Stephen L. Fluckiger
Eric F. Hinton
E. Derek Jamison
Amy Larson
Brett Mangrum
Scott C. Paul
Richard B. Phillips
Joshua N. Randall
Travis L. Richins
Marcus P. Ryan
Hannah C. Smith
John M. Smith
Gayla L. Sorenson
Meijken Westenskow
Craig L. Winder
Law Students
David Coon (Co-Chair)
Jeff Nydegger
Logan Dowel
Glen Ellsworth
Andrew Hettinger
Lei (Max) Jing
Tyson Lies
John Mattox
Jeff Nielson
Elizabeth Perez
Joseph Picon
Jordan Scott
Tyson Smith
Michael Sturgill
Andrew Weber
Others
Dorothy Fluckiger
Nancy Hamberlin
Julie Rose
J . R E U B E N C L A R K L AW S O C I E T Y E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E
Nancy S. Van Slooten, Chair
Douglas R. Bush, Chair Elect
Brent J. Belnap, Immediate Past Chair
Scott W. Cameron, Executive Director
Mary H. Hoagland, Associate Executive Director
William F. Atkin
James R. Rasband
J . R E U B E N C L A R K L AW S O C I E T Y B OA R D
Berne S. Broadbent, Community Outreach and Service Committee
Thomas M. Isaacson, JRCLS Sections
Blair E. Janis, Membership and Technology Committee
Mark J. Linderman, Liaison, BYU Law School Alumni Association
Benjamin R. Lindorf, Student Chapters Committee
Jeremiah J. Morgan, Chapter Relations Council
Joshua N. Randall, Conference and Events Committee
Jeffrey W. Shields, Media Committee
Elizabeth Smith, Women in the Law
Tyson Smith, Student Chapters Board
Gayla L. Moss Sorenson, Finance Committee
L I B E R T Y
T H R O U G H
T H E
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j. r e u b e n c l a r k l a w s o c i e t y
2011 conference at
s m u d e d m a n s c h o o l o f l aw
program
Unless otherwise noted, all events are at the Southern Methodist University
Dedman School of Law (SMU Law), SMU Hughes-Trigg Student Center (Hughes-Trigg),
or SMU Umphrey Lee Center (Umphrey Lee).
T H U R S D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 7
6:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 p.m. “Considering the Case for a Legal Education Bubble”
James R. Rasband, dean, BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School
SMU Law Library
SMU Law,
Karcher Auditorium
Reception 9:00 p.m. Social event for law students 8:30 p.m. SMU Law Library
Dave & Busters,
8021 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas
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F R I D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 8
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration
Hughes-Trigg Ballroom
Women in the Law breakfast 8:30 a.m. Welcome
Nancy Van Slooten, 2011 chair, JRCLS International Board
Tyson Smith, 2011 chair, Student Chapter JRCLS Board
James R. Rasband, dean, BYU Law School
John B. Attanasio, dean, SMU Dedman School of Law
Hughes-Trigg Forum
Hughes-Trigg Ballroom
9:00 a.m. “Human Rights in North Korea: Is Progress Possible?”
The Honorable Robert R. King, United States ambassador,
special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Hughes-Trigg Ballroom
“Views on Professionalism from the Trial Bench: Hughes-Trigg Theater
O P T I O N S ) How a Better Understanding Will Improve Your Advocacy”
10:00 a.m. ( TWO
Dee Benson, judge, U.S. District Court (Salt Lake City)
Jane J. Boyle, judge, U.S. District Court (Dallas)
Sam Sparks, judge, U.S. District Court (Austin)
Moderator: Karen Gren Johnson, partner, Jones Day
“National Security Law: Terrorism,
International Travel, and Cybersecurity”
Dayle Elieson, assistant U.S. attorney (Dallas), U.S. Department of Justice
Jeffrey Kahn, assistant professor of law, SMU Dedman School of Law
John M. Smith, counsel, Raytheon
Moderator: Sabrina Hall, attorney in the homeland security field
“Effective Advocacy: Perspectives from O P T I O N S ) the Appellate Bench”
11:15 a.m. ( TWO
Hughes-Trigg Forum
Hughes-Trigg Theater
Jennifer Elrod, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Houston)
Catharina Haynes, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Dallas)
Thomas R. Lee, justice, Utah Supreme Court
Moderator: Rey Rodriguez, partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
“Same-Sex Marriage: Legislation and
Litigation in the United States”
Von Keetch, partner, Kirton & McConkie
Hughes-Trigg Forum
F R I D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 8
( C O N T. )
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
Keynote address: “Professionalism:
Character and Individual Responsibility”
The Honorable Harriet Miers, partner,
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, and former Counsel to the President of the United States
2:00 p.m. “General Counsels on Corporate Legal Trends”
( TWO OPTIONS )
Hughes-Trigg Ballroom
Hughes-Trigg Theater
David Blake, counsel, ExxonMobil
Marc Kesselman, general counsel, Frito-Lay
Michael Mutek, vice president and general counsel, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems
Roger Nober, executive vice president, law and secretary, BNSF Railway
Moderator: Robert Kimball, partner, Vinson & Elkins
“Men and Women Working Together in the Law”
Rebekah Clark, attorney
Alyssa Englund, senior associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Michael Jensen, of counsel, Kirton & McConkie
Carol Warnick, partner, Holland & Hart LLP
Gordon Wright, shareholder, Cooper & Scully PC
Moderator: Elizabeth Shaw Smith, partner, Smith, Smith, Blonska & Strunk LLP
3:15 p.m. “Energy Law Spotlight”
( TWO OPTIONS )
Hughes-Trigg Forum
Hughes-Trigg Theater
David Bertoch, counsel, ExxonMobil
David Hill, partner, Sidley Austin LLP,
and former general counsel, U.S. Department of Energy
Jeffrey Holmstead, partner, Bracewell & Giuliani,
and former assistant administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: William Marsh, vice president, Legal, Baker Hughes
“Legal Issues for Nonprofit Organizations”
Perry Cochell, director of office of philanthropy, The Boy Scouts of America
Mary Hoagland, assistant dean, BYU Law School
Meijken Westenskow, legal counsel, Mosaic Family Services
Moderator: Michelle Reed, of counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Hughes-Trigg Forum
F R I D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 8
4:30 p.m. ( C O N T. )
“Religious Liberty Law: The First Freedom at Home and Abroad”
Hughes-Trigg Theater
W. Cole Durham, Jr., founder, BYU International Center
for Law and Religion Studies, and professor, BYU Law School
Kevin “Seamus” Hasson, founder and president, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Douglas Laycock, professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Moderator: Hannah C. Smith, senior counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
7:00 p.m.
Dinner
Eddie Deen’s Ranch, 944 South Lamar, Dallas, Texas
Keynote address: “Legal and Policy Issues
and Choices That Confront Us in the War on Terror”
The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP,
and 81st Attorney General of the United States
S AT U R D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 9
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast SMU Law, Florence Hall
8:30 a.m. “Becoming a Law Professor: Pathways into Academia”
SMU Law, Florence Hall
( EIGH T OPT ION S )
Mark Edwin Burge, legal writing professor, Room 100
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Paul D. Callister, director of Leon Bloch Law Library,
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
Richard M. Peterson, director of Special Education Clinic,
Pepperdine University School of Law
Moderator: Jeffrey E. Thomas, associate dean,
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
Practice group section meetings:
Bankruptcy
Education Law
In-House Counsel
Intellectual Property
Judges
Litigation/Personal Injury
Real Estate
SMU Law, Florence Hall
Room 304
Room 302
Room 107
Room 106
Room 101
Room 207
Room 301
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S AT U R D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 9
9:30 a.m. ( EIGHT OPT ION S )
( C O N T. )
“How and Why to Pursue a Judicial Clerkship”
Thomas R. Lee, justice, Utah Supreme Court
SMU Law, Florence Hall
Room 201
Lee Yeakel, judge, U.S. District Court (Austin)
Hannah C. Smith, former clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Justice Clarence Thomas
Moderator: Ed Kinkeade, judge, U.S. District Court (Dallas) Practice group section meetings:
Commercial/Banking/M&A/Regulatory/Corporate
Estate Planning
Family Law
International Law
Judges
Litigation
Personal Injury
10:45 a.m. “The Laws of Many Nations: Perspectives from the Office of General Counsel of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”
William F. Atkin, associate general counsel
Richard G. Johnson, Jr., area legal counsel (Central America)
Patrick J. Thurston, area legal counsel (Caribbean)
William H. Wingo, area legal counsel (South America South and Chile)
12:15 p.m. Luncheon “Out of Obscurity: Legal Challenges
Facing the LDS Church in 2011”
Elder Lance B. Wickman, general counsel,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
SMU Law, Florence Hall
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Room 301
Room 100
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Room 207
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