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Toxic Torts
A Seminar for Federal Judges and Law Professors
Federal Judges Supported by the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Law Professors supported by the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation
September 9–14, 2003, Elkhorn Ranch, Big Sky, Montana

Tuesday, September 9
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Registration & Refreshments

5:30 – 6:30 pm
Welcome – Orientation
John A. Baden
FREE

6:30 pm
Cocktails – Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner – Dining Room

Wednesday September 10
7:30 – 8:30 am
Breakfast – Dining Room

8:30 – 10:00 am
Session I – Why the EPA Dredged the Hudson
David Schoenbrod
New York Law School

10:00 – 10:30 am
Break

10:30 – 12:00 noon
Session II – What Is Toxic? I
George Gray
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 pm
Session III – Risk as Injury?
Gary Marchant
Arizona State University School of Law

2:30 – 3:00 pm
Break

3:00 – 4:30 pm
Session IV – Challenges in Measuring Environmental Justice
Don Coursey
University of Chicago

4:30 – 6:00 pm
Free Time

6:30 pm
Cocktails – Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner – Dining Room

Thursday, September 11
7:30 – 8:30 am
Breakfast – Dining Room

8:30 – 10:00 am
Session V – Science in the Courts, Science in the Agencies: Different Sides of the Same Coin
Ed Warren
Kirkland and Ellis

10:00 – 10:30 am
Break

10:30 – 12:00 noon
Session VI – Economics, the NIMBY Problem, and Toxic Wastes
Don Coursey
University of Chicago

12:00 – 6:00 pm
Free Time
(Sack Lunches Provided)

6:30 pm
Cocktails – Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner – Dining Room

Friday, September 12
7:30 – 8:30 am
Breakfast – Dining Room

8:30 – 10:00 am
Session VII – What Is Toxic? II
George Gray
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis

10:00 – 10:30 am
Break

10:30 – 12:00 noon
Session VIII – Genetics and Toxic Torts
Gary Marchant
Arizona State University School of Law

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 pm
Session IX – A Window Into the Strange World of Environmental Science
David Schoenbrod
New York Law School

2:30 – 6:00 pm
Free Time

6:30 pm
Cocktails – Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner – Dining Room

Saturday, September 13
7:30 – 8:30 am
Breakfast – Dining Room

8:30 – 10:00 am
Session X – Searching for Justice? Compensation for Torts Abroad
Jim Salzman
American University Washington College of Law

10:00 – 10:30 am
Break

10:30 – 12:00 noon
Session XI – Reflections
Steve Eagle
George Mason University

12:00 – 6:00 pm
Free Time
(Sack Lunches Provided)

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Cocktails
Session XII – Participant Evaluation
John A. Baden
FREE

7:00 pm
Dinner – Dining Room

Sunday, September 14
7:00 – 8:30 am
Breakfast – Dining Room

As Necessary
Shuttle to Airport