ABA 2015 London Sessions Schedule of Events (as of 5-29-2015)

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Schedule of Events

(as of 5/29/2015)

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Opening Session at Westminster Central Hall

Speakers: Rt. Honourable Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Choral Evensong Service at Temple Church (ticketed event)

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception at Middle Temple

Friday, June 12, 2015

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Private Tour of the British Library (ticketed event - sold out)

10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CLE Session: Adapting to an Ever-changing and Risky World of Tort Liability

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel – Audley Suite, Ground Floor

Sponsor: Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section

This program provides a historic framework to understand how the insurance industry, often led by the London insurance market, has stepped in where risk has arisen and has responded to the spread of tort liability, including the development and expansion of the excess insurance market. It explores how the insurance industry continues to innovate and develop products to address the continued extension of tort liability both in the US and throughout the world.

Program Chair: Larry P. Schiffer, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY

Moderator: Larry P. Schiffer, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY

Panelists: Sean McGovern, Director, Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel, The Corporation of Lloyd's, London, United Kingdom

Dr. Robert P. Hartwig, President, Insurance Information Institute, New York, NY

Peter C. Thomas, Chief Risk Officer, Willis Re Global, McLansville, NC

Jenny Steele, Professor, University of York, York Law School, York, United Kingdom

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Friday, June 12, 2015 (cont.)

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CLE Session: The Magna Carta: "What if . . . . ?" Counter-Factual Perspectives on U.S. Legal History

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel – Court Suite, Ground Floor

Sponsor: ABA Judicial Division

What if . . . there had been no Magna Carta? Join this panel of legal luminaries and explore (in a highly-interative, roundtable format) "alternate history" -- i.e., a series of counter-factual hypotheticals probing how the common law might have developed absent the Magna Carta. As the panelists travel back in time, they will weigh competing visions of what-might-have-been, and audience members will use hand-held technology to "vote" on the likely course of history. The outcome of each audience "vote" will set the stage for subsequent visions presented by the panel (and the audience will vote again, and again), as panelists trace the history of the law to the present day. This provocative, engaging, and highly entertaining presentation will prompt all to grapple with the power of an idea, the difference that a few individuals can make, and how very different today's law, and life, could have been. As Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "A page of history is worth a volume of logic."

Program Chair: Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway, Judge, US Court of International Trade New York, NY

Moderator: Professor Jonathan Turley, The George Washington University School of Law, and Legal Analyst NBC and CBS News, Washington, DC

Panelists: Ian S. Williams, Professor, University College of London Law, London, United Kingdom

Honorable Bernice B. Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals, Memphis, TN

Rt. Honourable Lord Justice Christopher Clarke, Court of Appeal, London, United Kingdom

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CLE Session: Where In The World Is Your Evidence? The Challenges of Gathering Electronic Information Worldwide For Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel – Grosvenor Suite, Ground Floor

Sponsor: Section of International Law

Your multinational client's General Counsel has received subpoenas from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking emails and other data over a four-year period across the company. On the same day, you have received an order from a U.S. federal court directing compliance with litigation demands for production of email, texts and other personally identifiable data from your client's facilities in Europe. It may not be the right time to tell the General Counsel that you need some of that very data to establish your defenses. This interactive session, facilitated by a roving moderator, will explore the challenges of obtaining evidence on a global scale, including privacy, data protection and national security laws. We will then propose practical suggestions for producing data and obtaining evidence from multiple countries.

Program Chair: Katie Woodcock, Assistant General Counsel-Privacy and Security, Nike Legal, Hilversum, Netherlands

Moderator: Katie Woodcock, Assistant General Counsel-Privacy and Security, Nike Legal, Hilversum, Netherlands

Panelists: Jeremy Feigelson, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY

Catherine Delhaye, Director of Ethics and Compliance, Valeo, Paris, France

Charles Hollander QC, Brick Court Chambers, London, United Kingdom

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10.00-11.30 a.m. CLE Session: Legal Ethics in the U.S. and the United Kingdom: Common Goals, Different Approaches

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel – Albemarle Suite, Mezzanine Floor

Sponsor: Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility/Center for Professional Responsibility

The program will highlight specific differences between the ethical rules in the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and provisions of "The Solicitors Act". The first fact situation will involve a client seeking services from a firm when the firm currently represents the potential adversary. By analyzing this conflict of interest issue, the US and United Kingdom panelists will discuss how the situation would be addressed differently under each set of rules. A second fact situation would be involving the use of expert witnesses. While in the U.S. each side in a matter presents an expert is support of their position, in the United Kingdom, traditionally the expert has been considered a neutral in litigated matters. Moreover, the panelists will then interact with the audience to discover if there are methods that would avoid any conflict of interest discovered. This same pattern will be followed for another ethical issues that divide our common ethical standards, such as aspects of non-lawyer ownership/investment in law firms and/or issues of confidentiality.

Program Chairs: Myles Lynk, Professor, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, AZ

Moderator: Dennis Rendleman, Ethics Counsel, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL

Panelists: Myles Lynk, Professor, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, AZ

J. Charles Mokriski, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY

Iain Miller, Partner and Head of Regulation, Bevan Brittan, LLP, London, United Kingdom

Alison Hook, Managing Director, Hook International, London, United Kingdom

12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel – The Great Room, Lower Ground Floor

Speaker: Cherie Blair, CBE, QC, Chair of Omnia Strategy, LLP, London United Kingdom

2:30-4:00 pm CLE Session: Where Would You Try a Case? A Live Action Primer on Trial Skills in the U.S. and the United Kingdom


Sponsor: Section of Litigation

Recognizing that civil jury trials are limited in the United Kingdom, this program will focus on the different approaches taken in the U.S. and United Kingdom courts to critical trial skills and the application of those to civil, criminal and commercial cases. Experienced practitioners and U.S. and U.K jurists will be given fact patterns from which they will describe the differences in making opening statements, handling witness preparation, presentation of direct and cross examinations and then finally the closing arguments. The U.S. and United Kingdom judges will alternate in their respective commentary and analysis of the lawyers comparative skills. The goal will be to fully explore the actual differences in a courtroom for each country and to illustrate the nuances in approach when the audience is a judge instead of a jury. A discussion among all participants will follow each trial skill and case discussion. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the role of the jury in resolution of civil disputes in the U.S. and the significance of its absence in the United Kingdom.

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Program Chair: Robert A. Clifford, Partner, Clifford Law Offices, Chicago, IL

Moderator: Robert A. Clifford, Partner, Clifford Law Offices,Chicago, IL

Panelists: Paul Mark Sandler, Partner, Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, Baltimore, MD

Lorna Schofield, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York, NY

Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverly Woodbury University Professor of Law, George Washington Univeristy, Washington, DC

Honorable Philip St. John-Stevens, Circuit Judge, Crown Court Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom

Nicholas Stewart, Q.C., Ely Place Chambers, London, United Kingdom

Ian Glen, Q.C., Chambers of Sarah Forshaw QC & Mark Heywood QC, London, United Kingdom

Gerard McDermott, Q.C., Outer Temple Chambers, London, United Kingdom

2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CLE Session: Defamation Tourism and the Art of Oral Advocacy



Through a mock oral argument in a hypothetical cross-border dispute and parallel proceedings in the US and United Kingdom arising out of an alleged defamation based on statements made in the US with effects in the United Kingdom, US style oral advocacy will be demonstrated and explored. The comparison of United Kingdom and US defamation law in the age of twitter, facebook, blogs and the internet generally as well as the recent changes to defamation law in the United Kingdom.

Program Chair: Robert F. Brodegaard, Managing Member, Brodegaard & Associates LLC, New York, NY

Moderator: Lisa Savitt, Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC

Panelists: Guy S. Lipe, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, TX

Robert F. Brodegaard, Managing Member, Brodegaard & Associates LLC, New York, NY

Mark E. Wojcik, Professor, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL

Honorable Harvey Brown, Justice, First Court of Appeals, Houston, TX

Felicity McMahon, First Court of Appeals, Houston, TX

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2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CLE Session: Global Trends in the Regulation of Insider Trading & Market Abuse: Europe, the United States and Asia


Sponsor: Section of International Law International

In the wake of the financial crises that began in 2008, there has been a dramatic uptick in the number and the scope of insider trading enforcement actions and criminal prosecutions brought by regulators globally. In the U.S. the SEC and the DOJ have made it clear that they will aggressively pursue civil and criminal actions against insider trading with increased attention on hedge funds, "expert networks" and other market participants. There has also been a new aggressive stance taken by the regulators in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong on insider dealing and market abuse, where in both markets criminal prosecutions are on the rise. In this program we will review recent developments in the US, the United Kingdom (e.g., the Einhorn/Greenlight Capital case) and at the EU level as well as in key Asian markets and identify some of the key issues that securities law practitioners should be aware of and concerned about in the area of insider trading and market abuse regulation in the international financial markets.

Program Chair: Peter Castellon, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, London, United Kingdom

Moderator: Edward F. Greene, Partner/Professor, Cleary Gottlieb/Colombia University, New York, NY

Panelists: Peter Castellon, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, London, United Kingdom

Manfred Ketzer, Partner, Hausmaninger Kletter, Vienna, Austria

Nilufer von Bismarck, Partner, Slaughter and May, London, United Kingdom

2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CLE Session: A Magna Carta for True Local Government : 800 Years of Lessons from the United Kingdom and the U.S.


Sponsor: Section of State & Local Government Law

This panel will address the evolving nature, role, and scope of local government from the perspective of elected representatives, current and former municipal government officials and academic experts in urban planning law and policy from the United Kingdom and the U.S., and lessons learned relative to local government power, autonomy and intergovernmental relationships over the past 800 years.

Program Chair: Benjamin E. Griffith, Partner, Griffith Law Firm, Oxford, MS

Moderator: Benjamin E. Griffith, Partner, Griffith Law Firm, Oxford, MS

Panelists: Councillor Marianne Overton, MBE, Local Government Association Independent Group Leader and Vice Chair of the Local Government Association, Local Government Association Independent Group (Elected Leader), Lincolnshire County, United Kingdom

Peter Wynne Rees, Professor of Places and City Planning, The Bartlett, UCL Faculty of the Built Environment, Central House, London, United Kingdom

Dr. Anton Cooray, Professor, City Law School, City University London, London, United Kingdom

David L. Callies, Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law, University of Hawai'i William S. Richardson Law School, Honolulu, HI

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6:00 -7:30 p.m. Reception at Guildhall

Saturday, June 13, 2015

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Plenary Session,


Speaker: Beatrice Mtetwa

10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CLE Session: Handling Lloyds of London Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes (Including London Arbitrations) Without Going Off One's Trolley!


Sponsors: Section of Litigation's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and Tort and Insurance Practice's Professional Officers and Directors Liability Committee.

This program will first provide a brief background and history of Lloyds of London and an update on Equitas and Resolute and their role in claims and reinsurance. The panel will then address the procedures for insurance and reinsurance disputes involving Lloyds matters. The panel will address arbitration proceedings in London, comparing and contrasting the alternative methods to resolve through litigation, arbitration, appraisal, mediation, and negotiation in the U.S. and England.

Program Chair: Laura J. Hanson, Partner, Meagher & Greer PLLP, Minneapolis, MN

Moderator: Laura J. Hanson, Partner, Meagher & Greer PLLP, Minneapolis, MN

Panelists: Lorelie S. Masters, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC

Perry Granof, Managing Director, Granof International Group LLC, Chicago, IL

Julian Burling, Barrister of Serle Court, Serle Court, London, United Kingdom

Richard Jacobs, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London, United Kingdom

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Saturday, June 13, 2015 (cont.)

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CLE Session: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court -- Do American Lawyers Have Any Place Litigating Or Arbitrating in Foreign Jurisdictions?


Sponsor: ABA Forum on Construction Law

Cosponsor: Young Lawyers Division

The panel will address the stereotypes, as well as the differences and similarities, between US and United Kingdom lawyers. The reality is that there is far more common ground between attorneys from the US and elsewhere than the stereotypes allow, but it is only through working together that we can fully appreciate our differences and our similarities. We will also discuss some of the cultural, procedural and ethical differences that US lawyers must be aware of before practicing overseas. Finally, we will discuss what aspects of lawyering overseas US lawyers should endeavor to adopt, and what aspects of US lawyering would be useful for overseas lawyers.

Program Chair: Wendy Venoit, Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Hartford, CT

Moderator: Danielle Cole, Partner, Peckar & Abramson, PC, Atlanta, GA

Panelists: Wendy Venoit, Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Hartford, CT

John Hinchey, Chartered Arbitrator, CIArb, JAMS International, Washington DC

Jonathan Rosshandler, W Legal, London, United Kingdom

Honorable Sir Vivien Ramsey, Former High Court Judge-Queens Bench Division, London, England

10:00-11:30 am. CLE Session: Global Corporations and the Rule of Law



Respect for the Rule of Law, which anchors the effectiveness of legal regimes at the national and international levels, holds important ramifications in the economic sphere. The private sector increasingly recognizes that principles such as transparency, accountability and good governance are vital to global business strategy. International financial institutions are re-assessing the complex relationship between law and development. Moreover, the rule of law is implicated when governments are blamed for regulatory or judicial failures, or when companies are accused of circumventing various responsibilities. Members of the legal profession will be offered expert insights into: ways to support the newly-launched UN framework for business and the rule of law (B4ROL), the role of corporate counsel in managing operational and CSR dimensions of rule of law, trends in corporate human rights accountability and litigation, and the latest research initiatives on how rule of law features in investment decision-making and justice sector reforms.

Program Chairs: Dr. Isabella D. Bunn, Fellow, Regent's Park College , University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Catherine Young, Executive Director, Oxford Analytica, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Moderator: Dr. Isabella D. Bunn, Fellow, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Panelists: Ursula Wynhoven, General Counsel and Chief of Governance and Social Sustainability, United Nations Global Compact, New York, NY

Ian McDougall, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, LexisNexis/ Legal & Professional, New York, NY

Kirsty Brimelow QC, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, London, United Kingdom

Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC, Director, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, London, United Kingdom

David W. Rivkin, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY

10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CLE Session: The Magna Carta's Continued Influence on Modern-Day Human Rights


Sponsory Criminal Justice Section

This panel will interactively explore the influences of the Magna Carta on modern-day human rights by discussing recent advancements in combating human trafficking on both the domestic and international levels, addressing the progress that has been made to date, and objectively identifying areas in need of improvement. Suggestions will include real-world practical solutions that can allow the Magna Carta’s principles to bear fruit centuries later. Among the areas to be addressed are: ways to effectively educate the public of the criminal nature of human-trafficking enterprises and human-rights violators; proposals to train and better educate an inexperienced judiciary with little exposure to these unique types of crimes with a special emphasis on the unique physiological and psychological victimization of the crime and how that plays out in the courtroom; solutions to combat the undeveloped support system of services for victims; opportunity for private-public partnerships between corporations and government; use of new corporate supply chain laws in the US and the EU as models to encourage the corporate international citizen to self-examine and maintain a corporate environment free of human rights violations; and use of MLATs and Letters Rogatory to gather evidence to support cross-national prosecutions.

Program Chair: Virginia M. Kendall, Honorable, United States District Court, Chicago, IL

Moderator: Virginia M. Kendall, Honorable, United States District Court, Chicago, IL

Panelists: Andrew Boutros, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office - Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Martina Vandenburg, Founder and President, The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center, Washington, DC

Gabrielle Williamson, Partner/Chair of Human Trafficking Committee, Luther Rectsanwaltsgesellschaft, Brussels, Belgium

Declan Croucher, Director of Business Development, Verite, Amherst, MA

Honorable Timothy M. Burgess, United States District Court, Anchorage, AK

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12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch


Speaker: Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

2:30-4:00 p.m. CLE Session: Cross-Examination From the Trial of Oscar Wilde to 2015


Sponsor: Criminal Justice Section

A panel will examine the famous British trial of Oscar Wilde and the amazing cross-examination that let to his conviction. The cross-examination is examined in the 2013 ABA book "Trying Cases to Win: In One Volume." One author, Professor Stephen Saltzburg will moderate the panel, and the other author Honorable Herbert J. Stern will be a panel member. The panel will discuss what made the Wilde cross-examination so effective and then proceed to examine video-clips and/or live examples of cross-examination that has stood the test of time.

Program Chair: Stephen A. Saltzburg, Professor, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC

Moderator: Stephen A. Saltzburg, Professor, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC

Panelists: Herbert J. Stern, Honorable, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ

Gerald F. Ivey, Esq., Finnegan, Henderson, Farrabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC

Honorable Joanna Korner, Crown Court Judge, Ministry of Justice, London, United Kingdom

Lord Ken McDonald, Matrix Chambers, London, United Kingdom

Mathias H. Heck, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney, Montgomery County, Dayton, OH

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2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CLE Session: The Great Intellectual Property Revolution: Too Many Rights or Not Enough?


Sponsor: Section of Intellectual Property Law

The Magna Carta addressed and memorialized the right of people to own property within the current times of its signing in 1215. Many key concepts within the Magna Carta are still being followed 800 years later. Do today’s global intellectual property trends, policy and legislation effectively meet the challenges raised by the new media and their practices? A panel of intellectual property law practitioners will examine and discuss the areas of concern within today’s current practices. Specifically, concepts that will be addressed include: 1. Patent Reform – adequate enforcement vs. protection against meritless lawsuits 2. Online Infringement across Borders – reaching far-off bad actors through enforcement involving their local facilitators 3. Copyright Reform – ensuring that existing legal paradigms extend appropriately to new media and new communications technologies These issues and more will be assessed and discussed to determine if the global intellectual property system of today is effectively meeting its intended objectives.

Program Chair: Jonathan Hudis, Partner, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, Alexandria, VA

Moderator: Gwilym Roberts, Partner, Kilburn & Strode LLP, United Kingdom

Panelists: Ted Davis, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA

Lisa A. Dunner, Managing Partner, Dunner Law PLLC, Washington, DC

Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan, Partner, Bird & Bird AARPI, Paris, France

Robert Lindefjeld, General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel, Nantero, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CLE Session: The Independence of the Judiciary, 800 Years After the Magna Carta


Sponsor: Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division

The legacy of the Magna Carta includes the principle of judicial independence, which has become an essential component in modern democracies throughout the world. This principle, however, continues to endure attacks from politicians, the media, and other members of the public. This session will examine historical and modern threats to judicial independence and will offer insight into what can be done to ensure that governments maintain a fully independent, accountable, and adequately supported judiciary.

Program Chair: Benes Aldana, Staff Judge Advocate, United States Coast Guard, New Orleans, LA

Moderator: Honorable Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of South Carolina, SC

Panelists: Honorable Andre M. Davis, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, VI

Honorable Fabricio Bitthencourt da Cruz, Secretary General, National Court of Justice Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil

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Honorable Kashim Zannah, Justice, High Court of Justice, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Rt. Honourable Lord Hodge, Justice, Supreme Court of the UK, London, United Kingdom

2:30-4:00 p.m. CLE Session: The Enduring Influence of the Magna Carta on Contemporary Constitutions


Sponsor: American Bar Foundation

This presentation/panel will demonstrate the influence of the Magna Carta today. It is often said that we are in an age of rights, in which various human rights treaties and national constitutions protect citizens from government abuses. Researchers at the Comparative Constitutions Project have collected data on features of all written constitutions since 1789, and many earlier constitutional texts as well, showing the great diversity of constitutional arrangements. This presentation will show that a surprisingly high percentage of rights found in modern constitutions date back to the earlier period, and that the Magna Carta rights in particular remain among the most popular today. They are among very few rights found in the vast majority of contemporary constitutional texts, and can thus be considered the universal core of modern constitutions. The Magna Carta marks the beginning of English constitutionalism, but has continuing relevance all over the world.

Program Chair: Tom Ginsburg, Research Professor, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL

Moderator: Hon. Bernice B. Donald, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Memphis, TN

Panelists: James Melton, Professor, University College, London, United Kingdom

Harsham Kumarasingham, Professor, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Denis Galligan, Professor, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Reception at Royal Courts of Justice

The American Bar Association thanks our sponsor 3 Hare Court for their support.

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Reception at Royal Courts of Justice Queen Victoria opened the Royal Courts in December 1882 after eleven years of construction and the building instantly became an awe-inspiring land mark in the heart of London's Fleet Street. The building is reminiscent of a cathedral in both style and scale. Soaring arches and beautiful stained glass windows ornamented with the coats of arms of Lord Chancellors and keepers of the Great Seal, combine with a mosaic marble floor leading to a maze of enchanting corridors to create a majestic setting or exciting visit to one of London's best kept secrets. Enjoy cocktails and conversation in the Great Hall, but don't miss a visit through the enchanting corridors and halls of the Royal Courts as well as the Costume Gallery and exhibition of legal costumes throughout the years. Website: http://www.theroyalcourtsofjustice.com/index.htm

Bus Transportation – meet at 5:30 p.m. for a 5:45 p.m. departure Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel – Meet at Park Lane Entrance of Hotel Intercontinental Park Lane and Four Seasons London Hotels – Meet in Lobby of Intercontinental Hotel

Sunday, June 14, 2015

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Closing Plenary Session


800 years after Runnymede, we are still measuring Magna Carta's legacy. What of the future? What influence is Magna Carta likely to have in the country of its birth? In America? In other parts of the globe? In this program, several distinguished jurists and scholars will look to what Magna Carta may mean in the years ahead.

Moderator: A.E. Dick Howard, Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Panelists: Justice Richard Goldstone, Former Justice, Constitutional Cour of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rt. Honourable Lord Igor Judge, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, London, United Kingdom

Rt. Honourable Baroness Patricia Scotland of Asthal, London, United Kingdom

The Honorable Diane Wood, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL

Sir Robert Worcester, Deputy Chairman and Trustee of the Magna Carta Trust and Chair of the MagnaCarta 2015 800

th Anniversary Commemoration Committee

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Brunch


2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Garden Party, Winfield House (ticketed event - sold out)

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Choral Evensong Service at Temple Church (ticketed)

http://www.theroyalcourtsofjustice.com/index.htm

http://www.theroyalcourtsofjustice.com/index.htm

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Monday, June 15, 2015

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Magna Carta Celebration and Re-Dedication of the ABA Memorial (ticketed event - sold out)

Runnymede Meadows, Surrey

On 15 June 2015 the official commemorative event to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta is being held at Runnymede Meadows, Surrey.

For those that have gone through all the registration steps, including seeing a confirmation screen from the Surrey Council, you will pick up your final confirmation ticket(s), which is required for admission to the event along with a government issued picture ID, at ABA Registration on the Great Room Balcony at Grosvenor House starting on Thursday, June 11 at 11:00 AM.

If you have not completed the process, we are afraid that it is too late and you will not be able to attend. Buses will leave the Grosvenor House Park Lane entrance beginning at 6:30 AM with a second stop on Park Lane opposite of the London Hilton for those staying at the InterContinental and Four Seasons Hotels. There will be SPECTRA staff with signs in the Grosvenor House and InterContinental Hotel lobbies alerting you when to expect the next bus. Four Seasons Hotel guests are encouraged to gather in the InterContinental Hotel lobby to wait for the buses.

The last bus will depart from The Grosvenor House Hotel at 7:00 AM. If you miss the bus, you will be on your own for transportation to Runnymede. It is expected to take over an hour to arrive at Runnymede due to road closures, rush hour traffic and heightened security. Once you arrive at Runnymede there will be a 10 minute walk to security, which after clearing, you will find a reserved numbered section for ABA seating.

There will be coffee and breakfast pastries available for sale (£ cash only). All attendees must be seated by 8:45 AM. A preshow with entertainment begins at 9:00 AM with the official program beginning at 10:00 AM. Bring your camera or camera phone for some great memories of your day. At 11:00 AM the program will shift to the ABA Memorial for a re-dedication ceremony with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence in attendance, your best view of this ceremony will be from your seats. There will be large screens set up for the best viewing.

If you would like to walk over to be closer to the ABA Memorial, you may, however; there will be no seating and you most likely will have an obstructed view. Please note that security may close access to the ABA Memorial area at any given time. You will be able to walk over to the ABA Memorial for photos after the ceremony concludes. At Noon, a complimentary box lunch will be available to enjoy on site or to be taken on the bus for your return to London. There will be a spectacular Fly Past at 12:15 PM. The first bus will depart at 12:15 PM and should arrive in London no earlier than 1:30 PM. The last ABA bus will depart Runnymede promptly at 1:30 PM. Due to security precautions, luggage may not be brought to Runnymede or stored on the buses. For those that have early afternoon flights, it is strongly suggested that you arrange for private transportation to and from Runnymede. You may contact Pamela Laycock at SPECTRA to get a quote [email protected] or work with your Hotel Concierge. It is important to remember that you must arrive at Runnymede, clear security and be seated by 8:45 AM. Private cars with drivers will drop you off at a parking lot near the Pleasure Grounds, about a mile and a half away from the event site. There will be trams for transporting you to the security area from the parking lot and you will need to arrange with your driver for an agreed upon departure time at the Pleasure Grounds parking lot. Your car and driver may not be able to stay in the lot, but instead be sent to a remote area to be held until you call the driver to pick you up. You may depart the event at any time and it is suggested that you give yourself about an hour to call your driver, take the tram back to the lot, meet your car and driver and leave for Heathrow, which is about 5 miles away. Delays may be caused by the movement of Royals and other dignitaries.

You may of course have your luggage held with your private car and driver. C40

Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/runnymede/

mailto:[email protected]

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Monday, June 15, 2015 (cont.)

New Bus Service added from Runnymede to the London Heathrow Airport We just received approval from Surrey Council Security to allow a limited number of buses with luggage to drop off our attendees at Runnymede and after the event, continue onto London Heathrow International Airport. This allows us to offer bus service at the conclusion of the Runnymede events to Heathrow for those registrants with late afternoon flights.

To sign up for this service, go to the SPECTRA desk located at the ABA registration area at The Grosvenor House Hotel (Great Room Balcony) during normal ABA registration hours, to reserve a spot for you and each of your registered guests. There is a charge of £40.00 per person at the time of your booking and you will also be asked to provide your flight information (including airline carrier and departure time). The ABA Runnymede Heathrow Express Bus service must be booked no later than 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13. Due to space limitations, no further extensions will be provided. On June 15, meet with your tagged luggage at the Park Lane entrance of The Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel by 6:30 a.m. for a 6:45 a.m. departure. You wil receive luggage tags at the time of purchase, which will identify the terminal from which your flight will be departing. Please be ready for departure from Runnymede at 12:15 p.m. Your bus guide will indicate on arrival where to rejoin the bus at Runnymede. Please note that the bus WILL NOT wait for any late comers either on departure from the hotel or departure from Runnymede. Please affix the tag given to you upon payment to the bag. Please note the arrival times of the buses at London Heathrow Airport to make sure you have enough time to arrive before your flight. ABA Runnymede Heathrow Express Bus Arrival Schedule Terminal 5 - 01:00 p.m. Terminal 4 - 01:30 p.m. Terminals 2 & 3 - 02:00 p.m. We apologyze for this late notice but we were anxiously waiting for security clearance to offer this service.

Ticketed Event - SOLD OUT

ABA 2015 London Sessions Schedule of Events (as of 5-29-2015)

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Transcript of ABA 2015 London Sessions Schedule of Events (as of 5-29-2015)