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Schedule

Friday March 18, 2016

Opening Remarks
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Panel 1: The Law of Obligations in Louisiana and Abroad
8:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Break
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Commentator: Civil Code Drafting Styles and Conflicts of Law
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM

Lunch
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Panel 2: Translation of the Civil Law
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Commentator: Challenges and Rewards of Teaching
Comparative Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Break
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Commentator: U.S. Discovery and Blocking Statutes
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM