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2011 Conference Set for Osgoode Hall on Sept. 24

After the success of our inaugural 2010 conference, the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education will be holding its second annual conference on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Osgoode Hall Law School starting at 9:00 AM.

Our featured speakers will be:
Nathalie Des Rosiers, the General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and former Dean of Law at the University of Ottawa (Civil Law Section).

James Moliterno, Vincent Bradford Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA

The draft agenda can be found here.

Our conference is being held in conjunction an Osgoode Hall symposium on Friday, September 23 entitled Poverty Law, Access to Justice, and Ethical Lawyering: Celebrating 40 years of Clinical Education at Osgoode Hall Law School.

We urge everyone to attend both conferences. More information on the Osgoode symposium can be found at https://osgoode.yorku.ca/clinedsymposium.

Registration for 2011 Conference
Registration is free of charge.

To register, please send an e-mail to dfergus@uwo.ca with the following information:
Name
Position
University or Organization
Address
Telephone
E-mail

Student Bursaries
We urge each law school to send one student to our conference. Bursaries are available thanks to the generosity of the Law Foundation of Ontario. The amounts available will be commensurate with distance travelled and the number of students attending. Please e-mail dfergus@uwo.ca for details.

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