Academic conference

Should the law absolutely ban coercive interrogation? And can and should it really mean it?

Chair: Andrew Koppelman, Law, Northwestern University
Panelists:

he recommendations of Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (the Carnegie Report) and Best Practices for Legal Education will serve as starting points to discuss new clinical strategies and methods. Recorded Feb. 23, 2008 as part of the Mandel Clinic's 50th Anniversary Symposium.

This panel will explore assessing the “success” of clinical programs and articulating professional and social values inherent in such programs. Recorded Feb. 23, 2008 as part of the Mandel Clinic's 50th Anniversary Symposium.

A discussion of the historical pedagogies of academic and clinical programs, their strengths and weaknesses and implications for the legal profession. Recorded Feb. 23, 2008 as part of the Mandel Clinic's 50th Anniversary Symposium.

This panel was recorded March 1, 2008 at the conference "Torture, Law, and War." How is torture portrayed in media and social discourse? How do social norms affect the willingness to use torture, and vice-versa?

This panel was recorded on March 1, 2008, as apart of the conference "Torture, Law, and War." How do U.S. and international law regulate torture and coercive interrogation? Are changes needed in these laws? How well do U.S. practices and policies implement its laws?