MCLE London™ Programme 2008

January 2008 – 16th Annual Mandatory/Minimum Continuing Legal Education Course

• EU LAW UPDATE SANCTIONS
  Justin D’agostino, Partner, Herbert Smith – London 
  Nichola Peters, Herbert Smith – London
  
  
• ANTITRUST LAWS IN ASIA 
  Peter J. Wang, Partner, Jones Day – Shanghai
  
  
• FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
  Dmitry Kurochkin, Partner, Herbert Smith – Moscow
  
  
• HUMAN RIGHTS – THE KEY TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
  Sune Skadegard Thorsen, LawHouse – Copenhagen 
  Ruth N. Steinholtz, General Counsel, Borealis AG – Vienna
  
  
• ENERGY AND EMISSIONS TRADING
  Francoise Labrousse, Of Counsel, Jones Day – Paris 
  Peter Roberts, General Counsel, Centrica Energy
  
  
• ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN LEGAL PROFESSION
  Lynette Swift, SwiftWork — London
  
  
• LEGAL WORLD IS FLAT 
  Discussion of legal aspects of outsourcing and outsourcing of legal services. 
  Peter Brudenall, Partner, Hunton & Williams – London
  
  
• SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR LAWYERS
  Neil Brener, MD, Priory Hospital North London
  
  
• LEGAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM
  Are lawyers becoming unpaid government agents? 
  Richard Diebold Lee, International Consultant – San Francisco 
  George Brown, Member,Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP-London

EU LAW SANCTIONS: Speakers will discuss current EU law trends including sanction issues.

ANTITRUST LAWS IN ASIA: Speaker will discuss antitrust laws applicable to Asia

FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA: Discussion of legal challenges of doing business in Russia.

HUMAN RIGHTS – THE KEY TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: What is Corporate Social Responsibility? – The concept and emerging consensus; What roles are governments playing: – National, regional and multilateral developments; What are the roles of in-house lawyers?

ENERGY AND EMISSIONS TRADING: Speakers will discuss current legislation and practices in energy and emissions trading.

LEGAL WORLD IS FLAT: Discussion of legal aspects of outsourcing and outsourcing of legal services.

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM: Are lawyers becoming unpaid government agents? Topics to be discussed include: The governmental assault on client confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work product. A 3-hour interactive program is designed to meet the Ethics and Professionalism requirements of CA, NY, and all other US MCLE jurisdictions.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR LAWYERS: This 1-hour program is designed to meet the Substance Abuse requirements of CA and OH and to provide credit in other states as well.

ELIMINATION OF BIAS ISSUES IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION: This 1-hour program will meet the Elimination of Bias approval criteria for CA and MN.