I am looking forward to attending and presenting at Emory University School of Law’s upcoming conference (June 10-11) focused on the art and science of teaching transactional law and skills.  I received word yesterday from Sue Payne, the Executive Director of Emory Law’s Center for Transactional Law and Practice, that the keynote speakers for the conference are “the dynamic duo of Martin J. Katz and Phoenix Cai will deliver a keynote address entitled – ‘Encouraging this Particular Form of (Very Fun) Madness – Roles for Deans and Faculty Members.'” The notice se sent to me on the keynote speakers offers the following information about Professors Katz and Cai and the conference as a whole:

Marty Katz is Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. Under his leadership, Denver Law developed and implemented a major strategic plan that included initiatives in experiential learning and specialization. He is a founding board member of Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, a national consortium of law schools that serve as leaders in the experiential education movement. Dean Katz’s recent publications include “Facilitating Better Law Teaching – Now” (Emory Law Journal) and “Understanding the Costs of Experiential Legal Education” (Journal of Experiential Learning).    

Phoenix Cai is the founding director of the Roche International Business LLM Program and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. The Roche LLM in International Business Transactions is an intensive and experiential graduate program designed to train both U.S. and foreign lawyers in private transactional law. Prior to joining Denver Law, Professor Cai was a corporate lawyer specializing in both domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, banking, finance, and securities law.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Dean Katz and Professor Cai share their thoughts about how deans and faculty members can promote excellence in transactional law and skills education.

For more information about the Conference, including a list of the many other esteemed presenters and the topics they will cover, go to our conference website. If you would like to register for the Conference, please go here.

I hope to see many of you there.  My presentation focuses on teaching the drafting of corporate bylaws.  I will say more on it in this space later.