Next Week at Pierce Law is on hiatus for the summer of 2008, but the Pierce Law Reporter will still keep you informed about important events happening in the Pierce Law community so you won't miss a barbecue.

Here's a quick run-down of some of what's happening the first half of the summer at Pierce Law:

May

The Advanced Topics in International Criminal Law and Justice Seminar in Washington D.C. runs from May 19th to 23rd.

Pierce Law will be closed Monday May 26th for the Memorial Day holiday. 

The Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI) begins May 27th and runs through June 27th.

Professor Kimberly Kirkland will be speaking on a panel titled "Good Culture: Moving Beyond Loss Prevention in Law Firms", on May 29th at the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility 34th National Conference in Boston.  

The 3rd Annual New Hampshire Practice Series CLE Day is on May 30th.

June

On June 1st Professor Kirkland will present a paper titled " Firm Management's Influence on Lawyers' Ethics in Practice" as part of a session on Micro and Macro analysis of the Contemporary Legal Market at The 2008 Annual meeting of the joint meeting of The Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association in Montreal. 

On June 6th, Pierce Law Alumni in Vermont will meet at the Burlington Community Boathouse for a reception with Dean Hutson.

Professor Albert “Buzz” Scherr will co-present two advanced sessions on the use of movie clips in the teaching of Evidence with Paul Bergman, an emeritus professor of law at UCLA at a three-day AALS conference on Evidence in Cleveland, OH from June 3-June 6. The conference, entitled "The Future of Evidence: How Science and Technology Are Changing Evidence Law,” highlights, through its panels and speakers, the major forces for change in evidence law today.  Integrated with the substantive panels will be concurrent sessions on teaching for both new and experienced participants. One half-day will be devoted to hands-on demonstrations and discussions of using technology in the classroom.

On June 12-13, Scherr will attend an invitation-only privacy law scholars conference in Washington, DC, co-hosted by George Washington University Law School and Boalt Hall at the University of California-Berkeley.

Friday, June 13th is the Pierce Law Staff Day. 

On June 18, Adjunct Professor of Law and Mental Health Eric Drogin will present a talk on “Stress in the Life of a Lawyer” at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Bar Association in Lexington, KY.  His entries on “Forensic Psychology” and “Proxy Decision Making” appear in the newly published Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law, and his co-authored paper on “Miranda Rights … and Wrongs: Myths, Methods, and Model Solutions” is the featured cover article for the Summer 2008 issue of Criminal Justice.

On June 19, Professor William Hennessey will participate in Temple University School of Law’s U.S. Legal System course in conjunction with the National Judicial College of the Supreme People's Court in a program for approximately 20 senior Chinese judges in Washington, DC.

Admissions will host an open house for prospective students on June 20th. 

On June 25th, the China Intellectual Property Summer Institute (CHIPSI) begins.