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London, England • October 3-7, 2008

CLE in London Dear London-Bound CBA Members & Guests:

I am happy to report that more than 50 members and guests have registered for CLE in London. We have planned terrifi c Continuing Legal Edcuation Seminars which will be held the mornings of Sunday, October 5 and Monday, October 6, at the Marriot London, Grosvenor Square.

The complete itinerary which includes details (time, location, dress attire) for all of the scheduled social events and the CLE seminars is listed below. I would also like to thank our sponsors: Clifford Law Offi ces, Deloitte, Jenner & Block LLP, and Reed Smith LLP.

I am very happy that you will be attending the Association’s CLE in London Program and look forward to meeting and greeting you at the various events. Please call Executive Director, Terry Murphy, at 312-554-2002, for assistance.

p.s. Context Travel offers interesting walking tours of London. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr For more information and costs, visit www.contexttravel.com. CBA President

CLE IN LONDON ITINERARY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008 in December 1882. It is on The Strand, in the , near the border with the Welcome Reception (Temple Bar) and the London Borough of Camden. It is The surrounded by the four and London School Address: The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL of Economics. The nearest tube stations are Chancery Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m. Lane and Temple. Dress: Business Casual

Clifford Law Offi ces will host our group at a welcome SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008 reception that includes light hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Attendees are responsible for their own Continuing Legal Education Program transportation to and from the Royal Courts of Justice. Marriot London, Grosvenor Square Address: Grosvenor Square London, W1K 6JP The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Time: 8:00 - 11:45 a.m. Courts, is the building in London which houses the (A continental breakfast will be served) Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the High Dress: Business Casual Court of Justice of England and Wales. The building is a large grey stone edifi ce in the Victorian Gothic 8:00-9:00 a.m.: Ethics: Hot Topics (1 credit) style and was designed by George Edmund Street, a Lawrence J. Fox, I. Grant Ivey Jr. Adjunct Professor solicitor turned architect. It was built in the 1870s. The of Law, University of Pennsylvania; Lecturer on Law, Royal Courts of Justice were opened by Queen Victoria Harvard Law School, Philadelphia, PA London, England • October 3-7, 2008

9:00-10:00 a.m.: Sarbanes-Oxley: What You Need to The Halls and public rooms of Lincoln’s Inn are steeped in Know (1 credit) tradition. They house a huge collection of paintings and Hon. Joy Cunnigham, llinois Appellate Court, Chicago, IL armorial bearings, bearing the image and name of such Additional speaker to be announced. illustrious members of the Inn as Sir Thomas More, John Donne, William Penn, William Pitt, Cardinal Newman and 10:15-11:45 a.m.: Elder Law: Addressing the Legal Margaret Thatcher. Needs of the Gray Tide (1.5 credits) Robin Jacoby, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, The Inn lies to the north of The Strand (and the two University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, The Temples) and to the south of High (and Gray’s Warneford Hospital Inn). Chancery Lane is the nearest tube station. Dr. Sanford Finkel, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Chicago Medical School Kerry Peck, Peck Bloom Austriaco & Mitchell MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008 Charles Foster, Outer Temple Chambers Continuing Legal Education Program President’s Reception and Dinner Marriot London, Grosvenor Square The Great Hall at Lincoln’s Inn Address: Grosvenor Square London, W1K 6JP Address: Lincoln’s Inn Fields Time: 8:00-11:50 a.m. Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception Dress: Business Casual 7:30-10:30 p.m. Dinner and Remarks Dress: Business Attire 8:00-9:30 a.m.: International Arbitration (1.5 credits) Sponsored by Deloitte and Jenner & Block LLP John S. Vishneski, III, Reed Smith, Chicago, IL (moderator) Welcome Remarks: Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr. Gautam Bhattacharyya, Reed Smith, London Master of Ceremonies: Robert A. Clifford Duane F. Sigelko, Reed Smith, Chicago, IL Remarks: H. Thomas Wells, Jr., ABA President; Stephen York, Reed Smith, London Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL Keynote Speaker: Ian Glen, QC, 5 King’s Bench Walk 9:40-10:40 a.m.: Money Laundering (1 credit) Carrie DiSanto, Legal & Regulatory Director, Global Lincoln’s Inn is one of the four Inns of Court. The Inns of FCPA Compliance Director, Aon Limited, London Court are ancient unincorporated bodies of lawyers which Nick Elliot, QC, Three Verulam Buildings, London for fi ve centuries and more have had the power to call to the Bar those of their members who have duly qualifi ed for the 10:50-11:50 a.m.: Comparative Law: Understanding rank or degree of -at-Law. With the power of call the Difference in the UK and US Justice Systems as it goes a power to disbar or otherwise punish for misconduct, Relates to Civil and Criminal Law (1 credit) a power which has had to be exercised only infrequently. Hon. William Bauer, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL (moderator) In modern times, much of the process of education for Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offi ces, Chicago, IL call to the Bar and of discipline has been carried out by Gerard McDermott, QC, Outer Temple Chambers, joint bodies of the four Inns; but the four Inns - Lincoln’s London Inn, , and Gray’s Inn, to put Jerold Solovy, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL them in their customary order - remain distinct, as friendly H. Thomas Wells, Jr., ABA President; Maynard, Cooper rivals, each with its own property, duties and functions. & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL

Originally established as a hostel for those studying law Gala Reception early in the 14th century, Lincoln’s Inn probably takes Reed Smith LLP its name from Henry de Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln (died Address: Beaufort House, 15 St. Botolph Street, London 1311). From early on, it provided all that was needed for EC3A 7EE the new race of professional lawyers: chambers in which Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m. to live and work, a hall for eating and drinking, a chapel in Dress: Business Casual which to worship, and a library in which to research and consult legal texts. Reed Smith will sponsor a farewell reception for members and guests at the Beaufort House. The reception will include light hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.