The Second Annual Pierce Law Student Symposium will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2008, starting at 4:45 pm in the Rich Room at Pierce Law.

The student finalists and paper topics are as follows:

Jonathan Raymond: Is Kelo a Pandora's Box for Patent Law? The Supreme Court's New Take on "Takings"

Austin Padgett: The Rhetoric of Predictability: Reclaiming the Lay Ear in Music Copyright Infringement Litigation

Krum Chuchev: Are the Mini Mental State Examination forms under enforceable copyright protection, and if so, what are the physician's options?

The papers and presentations will be judged by an esteemed panel of New Hampshire attorneys and judges.  We are thrilled to have the following judges on our panel:

Judge Paul Barbadoro, United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Judge Carol Ann Conboy, New Hampshire Superior Court
Justice James Duggan, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Mark Sisti, Sisti Law Offices
Dan Will, Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

Students and faculty are encouraged to attend the finalists' presentations, and to join our distinguished panel of judges in a dialogue with the finalists following each presentation. A wine, cheese and sandwich reception will be held after the competition.