February 13, 2005 Dear Law Review members: Congratulations to 2nd years on the completion of your papers and to 3 rd years for your nearcompletion of law school at Pepperdine! I am excited to provide you with a bit more information about Pepperdine’s annual symposium, “Preemption of State Tort Law: The Problem of Medical Drugs and Devices,” taking place on Saturday, April 9 th and to present you with the ways in which the Law Review will be involved in the event. Symposium Details The event will run from 8:30am until 4:00pm at the law school. Speakers and panelists will include: o Barbara Ashley, Senior Legal Counsel – Litigation, Medtronic, Inc. o Lisa Baird, Partner, Reed Smith o Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke University School of Law o Julie Corcoran, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America o Professor Steve Gardbaum, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law o Rob Gasaway, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis o Coleen Klasmeier, former Special Assistant to the General Counsel, Food and Drug Administration; Partner, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood o Ramon Rossi Lopez, Partner, Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos o Dean Kenneth W. Starr, Pepperdine University School of Law o Dr. Edward Larson, Professor of Law, University of Georgia; Visiting Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law o Alan Untereiner, Partner, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner o Professor David Vladeck, Director, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center A Symposium edition will publish in conjunction with this event, under the direction of next’s year editorial board. I am pleased to announce that Professor Richard Epstein of University of Chicago, has agreed to submit a piece for this publication. Dr. Greve, Professor Chemerinsky, and Ms. Klasmeier have already agreed to publish as well. Law Review Staff/Board Involvement All Law Review members are expected to participate in the Symposium as part of earning your credit for Law Review for second semester. Everyone is expected to fill at least one spot in the charts below. You have the option of choosing your position, on a first-come firstserve basis, between now and Friday, March 11 th at 5:00 p.m. You select a spot by e-mailing me at Courtney.K.Lang@pepperdine.edu. I will send you a confirmation e-mail in response. If you do not care what your position is, “I’ll do whatever you need” is always helpful. After March 11th, I will assign the remaining positions to those who have not selected a spot. Additionally, we will need six Board members to act as point people to help coordinate all of the Law Review members helping out at the Symposium. I will meet with this group once a few weeks before the Symposium and give you the names and job descriptions of the people and tasks you will be coordinating. Then, you will set up a short meeting with your group of Law Review members to help explain their jobs to them prior to the event. Two of these “point people” will oversee tasks leading up to the Symposium. The other four will coordinate activities on the day of
the event, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. These positions are also listed in the charts below. Here are the positions: You only need to sign up for ONE position during ONE time slot: Day of the Event Saturday, April 9, 2005 JOB Set up/Check In/Greeters Involves simple set up, sitting at the tables by the entrance to the law school, checking in and greeting attendees. Timekeeping/Holding up Cards for Speakers While the Symposium is in progress, these two individuals will sit together near the front of the room. One of these individuals will track the timing of speakers/panels with a stopwatch and the other will hold up signs according to time limits (10 min. remaining, 5 min. remaining, etc.) TIMESLOT 8:00am-9:30am NO. OF PEOPLE 8
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Videographer (equipment provided) Two seats will be reserved for these individuals in the middle of the room where the Symposium is held (C, D, or E). They oversee the camera/filming/tape change/etc. Equipment and instructions will be provided.
9:25am-11:00am timekeeping starts at 9:40am 11:00am-12:30pm timekeeping starts at 11:15am 1:15pm-2:45pm timekeeping starts at 1:30pm 2:30pm-4:00pm timekeeping starts at 2:45pm 8:30am-9:40am
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Sitting in the panels/presentations A group of students will be present at all times during the event, sitting attentively and
9:30am-11:00am timing overlaps so person can arrive early 11:00am-12:30pm 1:15pm-2:45pm 2:30pm-4:00pm timing overlaps so person can arrive early 9:00am-11:00am
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representing our Law Review. This group is also encouraged to ask questions during the Q&A time at the end of the panels. 11:15am-12:30pm 1:30pm-2:45pm 2:45pm-4:00pm 8:30am-9:40am 5 5 5 2
Law Review table/MCLE Credit/ troubleshooting people (Atrium) There will be a Law Review table set up outside of the Symposium, most likely in the Atrium. These individuals will have copies available of the Law Review, help coordinate the collection of MCLE credit forms, and be generally available for help outside of the event itself.
Clean Up/ Disassembly/Proper Storage This involves simple clean up after the event, moving signs/banners/MCLE forms/extra materials back to the Law Review office. Board Point Person for Check In and Law Review table Board Point Person for Law Review table and Clean Up Board Point Person for Timekeeping/Video/Introducers Board Point Person for Timekeeping/Video/Introducers Before the Event Week of April 3, 2005 JOB Nametags Putting together nametags
9:40am-11:00am 11:00am-12:30pm 1:00pm-2:45pm 2:45pm-4:00pm 3:30pm-4:30pm
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WHEN Week of- finished by Wednesday, April 6th to be inserted in folder packet Week of- finish/deliver on Thursday, April 7th
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Out of town folders Creating/ Assembling folder information packets for out of town guests in hotels, delivering to Malibu Beach Inn Symposium Materials Copying/assembling the materials for the Symposium Collection Collecting Materials in Law Review office that will
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Week of- finish and put in Law Review office on April 7th Thursday, April 7th and Friday, April 8th
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be needed at Symposium (banners, Law Review copies, MCLE forms, pens for registration table, video cassettes, etc.) Early Set up Preliminary Set Up: Setting up signs, tables, tablecloths, etc. in the law school Board Point Person for nametags/folder packets Board Point Person for materials and preliminary set up Many thanks for your cooperation. Sincerely, Courtney Lang Symposium Editor Pepperdine Law Review Vol. 32 Friday, April 8th 4:00pm-5:30pm Week of event Thursday and Friday, April 7th and 8th 2
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