Friday, April 18

08:45 a.m. -
09:00 a.m.

Registration & Refreshments

09:10 a.m.

Welcome

• Erica Claus, Embassy of Canada
  Ursula Lehmkuhl, Freie Universität Berlin

09:30 a.m.

• Changing Patterns of Transatlantic Mobility: The Role of Joint Degree Programs
  [Presentation, pdf]
  [Speech, pdf]
  Ulrich Grothus, DAAD

• Transatlantic Degree Programs: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
  Britta Baron, University of Alberta

10:00 a.m.

Keynote

• Carl Monk, President, International Association of Law Schools & Vice-President, American Association of Law Schools

11:00 a.m.

Coffee break

11:20 a.m. -
01:00 p.m.

Panel 1: Internationalizing Law Education

Chair: Michael Gressmann, German Federal Ministry of Justice

• Hariolf Wenzler, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
• Toni M. Fine, Fordham University School of Law [pdf]
• Peer Zumbansen, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University [pdf]
• Andreas Fijal, Freie Universität Berlin [pdf]

01:00 p.m.

Lunch

02:15 p.m. -
03:45 p.m.

Panel 2: Building International Classrooms: Opportunities and Challenges

Chair: Detlef Leenen, Freie Universität Berlin

• Wendy Perdue, Georgetown University Law School
  Center for Transnational Legal Studies
• Martin Heger, Humboldt University Berlin
  European Law School [pdf]
• Morad Eghbal, University of Baltimore
  The European-American Consortium for Legal Education
• Bram Akkermans, University of Maastricht Law School
  European Law School Maastricht
• Richard A. Janda, McGill University Faculty of Law

03:45 p.m.

Coffee break

04:00 p.m. -
05:45 p.m.

Panel 3: Joint Degree Programs: Opportunities and Challenges

Chair: Stephan Geifes, Franco-German University, Saarbrücken

Case Studies Joint Programs in Law:

• Wayne Renke, University of Alberta Faculty of Law
• Sébastien Lebel-Grenier, Université de Sherbrooke Faculté de Droit
• Eibe Riedel, University of Mannheim Faculty of Law

06.30 p.m.

Dinner, Käfer-Restaurant, German Bundestag (Entrance West C)

Saturday, April 19

09:15 a.m. -
11:00 a.m.

Panel 4: Legal Professions in a Globalized World

Chair: Marie Mercat-Bruns, Sciences Po

• Legal Education in a Globalized World
  James White, Indiana University Law School & American Bar Association [pdf]
• Matthias Hoppe, Wilmer Hale
  Barbara Dauner-Lieb, University of Cologne

11:00 a.m.

Coffee break

11:30 a.m.

Wrap-up and Conclusions

Chair: Ulrich Grothus, DAAD

Panel Rapporteurs:

• David Marrani, University of Essex

• Willajeanne McLean, University of Connecticut School of Law

• Brigitte Oberle, Mainz University

• Michael Wagner, University of Hannover

• Marie Mercat-Bruns, Sciences Po

Discussion & Recommendations for Future Steps [pdf]

12:30 a.m.

Lunch, Clubhaus der Freien Universität Berlin

01:30 p.m.

End of Workshop