MCLE London™ Programme 2015

TTIP (and TPP) – Free For All? Overview of the recently disclosed negotiations for the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the United States (and the parallel negotiations in the Pacific Region) – What might lawyers expect.

• Jacqueline Minor, Head of Representation UK, European Commission
• Alison Hook, Managing Director, Hook International Consultancy

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS – What’s in a name? Would a Rosé by any other name smell as sweet? A consideration of the Draft Revised Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications; as well as the recent amendment and consolidation of the EU Regulations (Reg. 1151 in force January, 2013).

• Dr. Gail Evans, Reader in International Trade and Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary School of Law, London University.

ISSUES IN LEGAL RISK MANAGEMENT – Culture, Behaviour and Conduct: How the law department can influence front-line behaviour – The in-house legal department has a significant role to play, to improve the decisions of front-line staff. This session will explore:

• The relationship between culture and conduct
• How culture and conduct can be measured
• The role of the lawyer, as legal risk manager
• The link between legal risk and misconduct

• Matthew Whalley, Solicitor and Head of Legal Risk Consultancy, Berwin Leighton Paisner
• Adam Herman, Risk Management Consultant, Berwin Leighton Paisner

EXCULPATION AFTER 20 YEARS – Inadvertence, Malfeasance, and Implied Coincidence – How Forensic Evidence was Misused to Convict the Innocent.

Experts in the field say that DNA evidence has in fact exonerated more people than it has convicted. But in a world of increasingly aggressive regulatory liability for clients and lawyers alike, the importance of due process and proper justice is always important too. This is a remarkable and moving presentation on what it can take to overcome a life-wrecking false conviction for a most serious offence, not in a third world country with a poorly developed legal system, but in the USA, even with DNA support. The Price of Freedom…

• Sharisse O’Carroll, Attorney (OK) of O’Carroll and O’Carroll, and Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law
• Megan Cullen, Investigator
• Katie Arnold, Legal Intern

SUBSTANCE ABUSE/ MENTAL HEALTH IN THE OFFICE – Review of contemporaneous substance abuse and Mental Health problems for legal professionals

• Dr. Neil Brener MBBS, FCRP – Consultant Psychiatrist,  The Priory

ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN THE PROFESSION AND THE RECOGNITION OF IT IN SOCIETY – Understanding Unconscious Bias

• Dipen Rajyaguru LLB(hons), IEDPR, Director, Engagement and Equality Solutions

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW – The Continuing National And International Revolution In Lawyer Ethics And Lawyer Regulation – Cases, Regulatory Reform And Finding A Better Approach

• John T Berry – Attorney (FLA), Director Legal Division Florida Bar, supervising lawyer regulation and professionalism efforts – former Chair of ABA’s professionalism Committee (2003-2006); award-winning expert in judicial education, ethics and professionalism
• Sharisse O’Carroll – Attorney (OK), Professor, University of Tulsa Law School and partner O’Carroll and O’Carroll