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The Common Law Society University of Warsaw
The Center for American Law Studies
and
Allen & Overy

have an honour to invite You to

The First International Law in Action Conference: Commercial Speech

which will take place on the

16th JANUARY 2009,
3 P.M. - 8 P.M.
THE OLD LIBRARY'S AUDITORIUM (Aula Starego BUW)


PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE:

2.30 - 3.00 pm Registration of Guests

3.00 - 3.20 pm Conference Opening
i. Conference Opening - Dr Ewa Gmurzyńska (University of Warsaw),
Jakub Pawliczak (Chairman of the CLS);
ii. 10 Years of the Common Law Society - Paweł Grabowski (Attorney in
Law - Founding Member of the CLS);
iii. Presentation of the Law in Action Project - Adelina Prokop
(Vice-Chairman of the CLS).

3.20 - 4.00 pm Session I: "Law in Action"
i. Practical Aspects of Litigation in Poland - Wojciech Jaworski
(Attorney at Allen & Overy);
ii. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Poland and the US - Dr Ewa
Gmurzyńska (University of Warsaw);
iii. Discussion.

4.00 - 4.30 pm Conference Dinner

4.30 - 6.00 pm Session II: "Moot Court - The Preliminary Round"
Ks. Prof. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier, Prof. Francis Conte, Prof.
Joseph Little, Dr Ewa Gmurzyńska, Wojciech Jaworski, Moot Court Teams
i. Presentation of the Moot Court Rules - Ks. Prof. Franciszek
Longchamps de Bérier (Jagiellonian University);
ii. Introduction to the Case - Prof. Joseph Little (University of Florida);
iii. Moot Court - The Preliminary Round.


6.00 - 6.30 pm Coffee Break

6.30 - 8.00 pm Session III: "Moot Court - The Final Round"
i. Moot Court - The Final Round;
ii. Short Break - Judges' Delibaration, Presentation of the Case-Law
Academy - the New Programme of the CLS;
iii. Results and Opinion of the Court;
iv. Closure of the Conference.

8.30 pm - late night After-Conference Meeting at Hulakula


FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT CONFERENCE:

The conference combines a discussion on the advanced techniques of
advocacy required in the international scene in both litigation and
mediation process with a unique moot court competition on the issue of
commercial speech.

The first session will be held from 3.20 p.m. and will involve
discussion on the skills, experience and approach needed to settle
legal disputes, both through traditional and alternative dispute
resolutions. Our guests will be prominent law practitioners in the
field - Mec. Wojciech Jaworski, Attorney at Allen&Overy, admitted to
bar in Poland and England and Wales (as solicitor) and Dr Ewa
Gmurzynska, a specialist in the mediation process.

The second and third session will see students practising their
advocacy skills in the moot court competition. They will argue their
case before the Supreme Court in the United States of America. The
case concerns a ban on tobacco advertising which constitutionality has
been questioned in the light of the First Amendment to the
Constitution.

The judicial panel which will assess the students' performance and
will provide invaluable insight into the case consists of the
specialist in the constitutional law from United States and Poland -
prof. Joseph Little, prof. Francis Conte, prof. Longchamps de Berier.

The conference will be a unique opportunity to discuss in the
international environment the most pressing problems and requirements
of advocate techniques and see them in action in the moot court
competition.

See the programme of the conference attached. Media coverage is
provided by Rzeczpospolita.


Further information on the University of Warsaw Common Law Society and
the Law in Action Project available at:
http://www.common-law.uw.edu.pl