The Milbank Tweed Forum 2013-2014 Schedule

Fall 2013

Sept. 11

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor
How does one thrive and succeed in an educational or professional environment? We take the title of our program from a recently published book by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, which argues for the importance of “sponsorship” in professional development. Kenji Yoshino will moderate a panel discussion with Dean Trevor Morrison, Deborah Conrad of Milbank Tweed, and Hewlett of the Center for Talent Innovation, to discuss how the concept of sponsorship differs from that of mentorship, why a sponsor is critical to career advancement and how individuals earn sponsors. The panelists will apply the concept to the legal academy as well as to public and private careers in the law. Please join us at this lead-off Milbank Tweed Forum of the 2013-14 academic year.
Panelists:
Deborah Conrad, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Founding President and CEO, Center for Talent Innovation
Trevor Morrison, Dean and Clarence D. Ashley Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Moderator:
Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge
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Sept. 18

Guardian or Big Brother?: The NSA Data Sweeps
Co-hosted by The Center on Law and Security
Ongoing disclosures about the extent of NSA communication monitoring have sparked numerous headlines—and almost as many questions. Should an American care, for example, that the NSA may log the time and duration of a phone call he or she makes to a cousin in Boise or Bangalore? As we seek to balance national security and civil liberties, what should we fear most—continuation of the surveillance operations or their constriction? Is the data monitoring lawful? Should we have better oversight? Come listen to a panel of experts with a range of perspectives, as they discuss these and other questions—including, we hope, many from the audience.
Panelists:
Steven G. Bradbury, Partner, Dechert LLP; Former Head of the Office of Legal Counsel, US Department of Justice
Elizabeth Goitein, Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
Shane Harris, Senior Writer, Foreign Policy; Author, The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State (2010)
Moderator:
Stephen Schulhofer, Robert B. McKay Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Tishman Auditorium
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Sept. 25

Supreme Court (P)Review
On the first Monday in October, the Supreme Court will take the bench for the October 2013 Term. It's the time of year to learn what the Court has on its docket, and think about its direction. Now, more than ever, the Roberts Court deserves close examination. In June it handed down major rulings on same-sex marriage, voting rights, affirmative action, and gene patenting; for the coming term it has teed up cases on affirmative action, contribution limits in federal election campaigns, legislative prayer, and recess appointments by President Obama. Our outstanding panel will reflect on June's rush of major decisions and what it might mean for what is ahead. There will, as always, be lots of time for your questions, so come prepared.
Panelists:
Debo Adegbile '94, Senior Counsel, US Senate Judiciary Committee.
Adegbile joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in 2001, and ultimately served as its acting president and director-counsel. He argued Voting Rights Act cases before the Supreme Court in 2009 and 2013, and in 2010 supervised the NAACP LDF team that prevailed in an employment-discrimination case on behalf of African-American firefighters in Chicago.
Lauren R. Goldman '97, Partner, Mayer Brown
Goldman is co-head of Mayer Brown’s worldwide Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. She is a member of the Supreme Court & Appellate group in the firm’s New York office. She has argued appeals in state and federal courts around the country and has briefed numerous cases in the Supreme Court and in state and federal appellate courts
Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent, New York Times
Liptak, joined the Times’s news staff in 2002 and began covering the Supreme Court in the fall of 2008. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, and practiced at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and as an in-house attorney at the Times, focusing on First Amendment matters.
Moderator:
Barry Friedman, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge
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Oct. 9

Insider Trading: Hedge Funds in the Crosshairs
Co-hosted by the NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement.
In July the Department of Justice charged the multibillion dollar hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors with insider trading, and two SAC employees face trials in November. The SEC has brought an enforcement action against Steven Cohen, the fund’s founder, which could end his career. These are not isolated events: Over the last three years, the SEC has filed more insider trading actions than in any three-year period in the agency’s history. The Justice Department is also is aggressively pursuing insider trading actions. Galleon Group, Level Global, Sigma Capital Management, and Diamondback Capital Management have all found themselves in the crosshairs. These cases raise distinctive issues and present unique challenges for both defendants and prosecutors. Come hear a panel of experts discuss a topic that is riveting the financial world.
Panelists:
Jennifer Arlen '86, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, NYU School of Law
Bonnie Jonas, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
Peter Lattman, Dealbook Reporter, New York Times
Steven Peikin, Deputy Managing Partner of the Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, Sullivan & Cromwell; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Moderator:
Kevin Davis, Vice Dean and Beller Family Professor of Business Law, NYU School of Law
Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge