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Brooklyn Law School
David G. Trager Public Policy Symposium
End-of-Life Care: Bioethical Perspectives and Conflict Resolution
Thursday, February 8, 2007
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., CLE Credit Available

Agenda
 
8:30 a.m.Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
9:00 a.m.Welcome

Dean Joan G. Wexler,
Joseph Crea Dean and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
 

9:15 a.m.Panel I: Diversity of Perspectives and Interests at the End of Life

Speakers:

Peter S. Arno, PH.D.
Professor and Head, Division of Public Health and Policy Research, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health,
Montefiore Medical Center

Adrienne Asch, PH.D., M.S.
Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics
Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University

Nessa Coyle, N.P., PH.D.
Pain and Palliative Care Service, Department of Neurology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Carol Levine
Director, Families and Health Care Project
United Hospital Fund

Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., PH.D.
Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics, John J. Conley Department of Ethics
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan; Professor of Medicine and Director of the Bioethics Institute, New York Medical College

Moderator:

Marsha Garrison
Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
 

11:15 a.m.Coffee Break
 
11:30 a.m.Panel II: Models of Conflict Resolution

Speakers:

Barbara L. Chanko, R.N., M.B.A.
Health Care Ethicist, Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for Ethics in Health Care

Nancy N. Dubler, LL.B.
Director, Division of Bioethics, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Montefiore Medical Center

Joseph J. Fins, M.D., F.A.C.P
Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Public Health and Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Honorable Michael Gage (Ret.)
Administrative Judge of the New York City Family Court
Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sylvia A. Law
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry
New York University Law School

Moderator:

Carol B. Liebman
Clinical Professor, Columbia Law School
 

1:15 p.m.Luncheon
 
2:30 p.m.
to
4:15 p.m.		Panel III: End-of-Life Care: Cross-national Perspectives

Speakers:

Carl H. Coleman
Professor of Law; Director, Health Law and Policy Program
Seton Hall Law School

Bernard Dickens
Professor Emeritus of Health Law and Policy
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Amos Shapira
K. Lubowski Chair of Law and Biomedical Ethics,
Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Visiting Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

Professor Dr. Evert van Leeuwen
Chair, Center for Ethics and Philosophy
Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam

Moderator:

Karen Porter
Assistant Professor of Clinical Law
Executive Director, Center for Health, Science and Public Policy
Brooklyn Law School
 

4:30 p.m.Concluding Remarks

Speakers:

Honorable David G. Trager
U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
 



CLE Credit (Continuing Legal Education)

This Course contains (6) CLE credits in the State of New York. Of these, two (2) credits are for Ethics and Professionalism (Panel II). The credits are non-transitional.

Price
The program is free for those who do not want CLE credit, but you must RSVP.

Full Symposium (6 CLE Credits):

  • $60 ($10 per CLE credit) for Brooklyn Law School graduates who hold a 2006–2007 BLS Alumni Association card. (To join the BLS Alumni Association, please call 718.780.7966.)

  • $240 ($40 per CLE credit) for all others.

Panel II Only (2 CLE Credits, Ethics and Professionalism):

  • $20 ($10 per CLE credit) for Brooklyn Law School graduates who hold a 2006–2007 BLS Alumni Association card. (To join the BLS Alumni Association, please call 718.780.7966.)

  • $80 ($40 per CLE credit) for all others.

For those registering for CLE credit, you may pay online or by mail. Please mail your check payable to:

Brooklyn Law School
Office of Institutional Advancement
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201

Our financial aid policy is available upon request.






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