What You Need to Know About Global Legal Ethics in 2015
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CLE Program
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception
Sheppard Mullin
333 South Hope Street
43rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Jointly Hosted by:
- The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law
- The Northern California International Arbitration Club
- The International Law Section of the California State Bar
- Sponsored by: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Speaker:
Catherine A. Rogers
Professor of Law and Paul and Marjorie Price Faculty Scholar & Professor of Ethics, Regulation & The Rule of Law
Director, Institute for Ethics, Regulation & The Rule of Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Catherine A. Rogers is a scholar of international arbitration and professional ethics at Penn State Law, with a dual appointment as Professor of Ethics, Regulation, and the Rule of Law at Queen Mary, University of London, where she is also Co-Director of the Institute on Ethics and Regulation. Professor Rogers is a Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the U.S. Law (Third) of International Commercial Arbitration, one of the ICC Palestine’s delegated members of the Court of Arbitration for the Jerusalem Arbitration Center, and co-chair, together with William W. “Rusty” Park, of the ICCA-Queen Mary Task Force on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration. She is the president and founder of Arbitrator Intelligence, a non-profit entity aiming to increase transparency, fairness, and accountability in the arbitrator selection process. Her book, Ethics in International Arbitration, was recently published by Oxford University Press. The book comprehensively analyzes issues relating to the ethics and professional conduct of participants in international arbitration.
MCLE Credit
This activity has been approved for 1 hour of Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit in the subfield of Legal Ethics by the State Bar of California. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
Questions? Contact Melissa Omphroy at momphroy@sheppardmullin.com or 415.774.2997.