Sparer Symposium 2015
35th Annual Edward V. Sparer Symposium
Friday, November 6, 2015
Buying Justice: How Big Money Defines Our Rights
and Solutions that Level the Playing Field
Symposium Schedule:
8:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 am | Opening Remarks |
9:05 am |
Corporate Advantage? SCOTUS, the Defense Bar, and Rules that Keep Plaintiffs Out of Court (1.5 credit hours)
Robert Heim, Partner, Dechert |
10:30 am |
Democracy for Sale: Global Corruption, Elite Influence, and U.S. Foreign Policy (1.5) credit hours
Cole Bockenfeld, Deputy Director for Policy, Project on Middle East Democracy |
12:00 pm |
Keynote Speaker & Lunch Discussion (.5 credit hours): Brenda Wright, Vice President, Policy and Legal Strategies, Demos |
1:00 pm |
Voices at the Table: Working Together to Improve Education for Students in Philadelphia (1.5 credit hours)
Tamara Anderson, Parent, Educational Policy writer, and Organizer |
2:30 pm |
The Cost of Economic Opportunity for Underserved Communities (1.0 ethics/.5 substantive) Glenn Bryan, Assistant Vice President of Community Relations, Penn Office of Government and Community Affairs
Dorcas Gilmore, Practitioner in Residence, American University
Chris Rabb, Author, Invisible Capital; Social Impact Fellow, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute; Adjunct Professor, Temple University Fox School of Business |
4:00 pm |
A Closing Conversation on Criminal Justice (1.0 ethics)
Paul Heaton, Senior Fellow and Academic Director, Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice |
5:00 pm | Reception |
Register HERE.
This program has been approved for 7.5 (5.5 substantive/2.0 ethics) hours of CLE credits for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credit may be available in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credit should bring separate payment in the amount of $150.00 ($75.00 public interest/non-profit attorneys) cash or check made payable to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.