Luncheon Panel  (Levy Conference Center)
Future Impact: Law and Legal Scholarship

As part of the weeklong events celebrating the dedication of Golkin Hall, Penn Law will convene a panel of six faculty members specializing in distinct areas of the law for a discussion about the cutting edge legal debates that will shape the 21st century.  These faculty members, and moderator Ron Daniels, President of The Johns Hopkins University and former Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, will examine six critical areas where the law is fast-changing and shaping our lives and our world as it does. They will also discuss how changes in higher education and legal education will unfold over the coming decades and how the classical law school education may change as a result.

Panelists:
Professor Steve Burbank on the future of American judiciary
Professor Bill Burke White on the future of international law
Professor Jacques deLisle on the future of China
Professor Jill Fisch on the future of the American corporation
Professor Sally Gordon on the future of religion, politics and the law
Professor Ed Rock on the future of the financial system
Moderated by: Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University 

Distinguished Penn law Alumni Panel (Michael A. Fitts Auditorium)
Future Impact: Leadership and a Legal Education

It is often said that a legal education does more than train you to be a lawyer; it transforms the way you think. Please join six Penn Law alumni in a discussion with moderator Paul Haaga as they reflect on their legal education and how “thinking like a lawyer” has served them in their professional lives. The panelists will offer their thoughts on how their time at Penn Law prepared them for leadership in diverse fields – often, fields they could not have imagined as law students – and shaped their approaches to the issues and challenges that they have addressed in their varied and interesting careers. Students will leave with new insight to the unique role that lawyers play in an organization, not only as counselors, but also as leaders and will be inspired to think boldly about their own careers

Panelists:
Perry Golkin (W’74, WG’74, L’78), member, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co.
Pamela Johnson (L’83), Founder, PSJ Advisors, and former Sr. Vice President, Fannie Mae (2002-2006)
Osagie Imasogie (GL’85), Senior Managing Partner, Phoenix IP Ventures
Steven Cozen (C’61, L’64), Founding Partner, Cozen O’Connor
The Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter (L’75), United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and former General Counsel to the firm of Duane Morris LLP
Daniel R. Garodnick (L’00), council member of District 4, New York City Council and former associate of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
Moderated by: Paul G. Haaga (L’74, WG’74), Chairman of the Board, Capital Research and Management Company

Golkin Hall Dedication Event (Irvine Auditorium)
A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor

The Penn Law community will convene at Irvine Auditorium to formally dedicate Golkin Hall. The Law School is honored to host The Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Amy Gutmann, the Poet Laureate of the Library of Congress, Dr. Daniel Hoffman, Judges of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Law School Board of Overseers, faculty, alumni, students and staff for this auspicious occasion. Seating is limited and tickets are required. More information on ticketing will become available soon.

Ribbon Cutting at the Imasogie Gateway

Open House Celebration
A grand open house party in Golkin Hall, the Haaga Lounge and the tented courtyard. Grab your Passport to Golkin Hall and follow the itinerary for views of the breathtaking new Fitts Auditorium, the light filled Moot Courtroom, high tech seminar rooms, and stunning roof top gardens. Live entertainment, food and drinks and a glimpse of the future of Penn Law.