The final conference of the project will be held on 20 and 21 June 2009 at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh.

The program follows below. Biographies of the speakers are available here.

(Photo by Alicja Rogalska from the 7-8 December 2008 practice workshop)

Saturday 20 June – Theoretical Perspectives
(Conference Room, David Hume Tower)

9.30-10.00 Coffee and Tea

10.00-11.30 – Opening Panel
• Zenon Bankowski, The Space to See
• Maksymilian Del Mar, Breaking the Spell: The Education of Attention and Encounter in Law Schools and Law Firms
• Commentators: Tony Bradney and Julian Webb
• N.B. Papers will be distributed in advance

11.30-11.45 – Break

11.45-12.30 – 1st Paper Presentation
• Randy Gordon, Truth in Context: Sketching a (New) Historicist Legal Pedagogy

12.30-1.30 – Lunch

1.30-2.15 – 2nd Paper Presentation
• Alan Lerner, When Parallel Lines Meet: Emotion and Cognition in Law and Legal Education

2.15-2.30 – Break

2.30-3.15 – 3rd Paper Presentation
• Paul Maharg, The Permeable Web: Community, Value and Ethics in Legal Education

3.15-3.45 – Coffee/Tea Break

3.45-4.30 – 4th Paper Presentation
• Nancy Rapoport, Recapturing the Appreciation of Skills Outside So-Called Skills Courses

4.30-4.45 – Break

4.45-5.30 – 5th Paper Presentation and Performance
• Jim Moser, Tor Clark and Anthony Psaila (both from STEPS), Beyond the Text - Exploring Conflict Through Interactive Drama

8.15-10.00 – Workshop Dinner
Howies Restaurant, Victoria Street

Sunday 21 June – Policy Directions
(Raeburn Room, Old College)

10.00-10.30 Coffee and Tea

10.30-12.00 – Opening Panel
• Panellists: Zoë Fothergill, Alicja Rogalska, Keren Ben-Dor
• General discussion

12.00-12.15 – Break

12.15-1.00 – 6th Paper Presentation
• Gillian Calder, Embodied Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School Classroom

1.00-2.00 – Lunch

2.00-2.45 – 7th Paper Presentation
• Tom Mayo, Twyla Tharp Goes to Law School: Incorporating Dance (and Painting and Sculpture) in a Course on Professionalism

2.45-3.00 – Break

3.00-3.45 – 8th Paper Presentation
• Elaine Webster, Threshold Concepts in Legal Education: Moving Beyond Text to Perceive Law as Narrative?

3.45-4.15 – Coffee/Tea Break

4.15-5.00 – 9th Paper Presentation
• Valerie Fitch, Is 'Beyond Text' Simply Beyond Them? Making the Case for Infusing the Arts into Law Firm Professional Development

5.00-5.15 – Coffee/Tea Break

5.15-6.00 – 10th Paper Presentation
• Anne Pirrie, And Finally, Beyond Text...

6.00 – Wine Reception (Staff Common Room, Old College)