Geoffrey Creighton

Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer · IGM Financial Inc.

International legal and compliance expert working with billion dollar companies

Corporate Law Compliance Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Finance International Securities Transactions

John Tate

Member · Stites & Harbison PLLC

Provocative and entertaining speaker, with skills honed in the courtroom and the classroom, knowledgeable on all aspects of civil litigation

Science in the Courtroom Product Safety Persuasive Communication

Allan Colman

CEO and Managing Director · The Closers Group

Mentor/Tormentor specializing in marketing business development strategies and improving long-term client engagement

Market Strategy Assessment Basic Tactics for Business Development Own the Closing Zone

Daniel Jacobs, J.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Management, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Senior Fellow, LMU Global Policy Institute

Sustainability Environmental Law Business Law Compliance Risk Management

Professor Jon Yorke

Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Centre for Human Rights · Birmingham City University

Jon Yorke's main interests include the United Nations, European Human Rights, Capital Punishment, Legal Theory and the Temporality of Law.

European Human Rights Legal Research Public Law Capital Punishment Legal Trials

April M. Zeoli

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice · Michigan State University

An expert on domestic violence, homicide, gun policy, and the intersection of public health and criminal justice

Policy Analysis Homicide Domestic Violence Gun Policy

Charles Knapp

The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: knappch@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4668 / Office M204-198

Contract Law Commercial Law Secured Transcations

Donna Lister

Chair of the Department of Nursing · Southern Utah University

Specializing in nursing education and educational processes, rural health and current issues in nursing and health care.

Nursing and Health Care Long Term Health Care Historical Evolution of Nursing Coping with Acute and Chronic Illness Legal, Ethical and Moral Isssues in Health Care

Karen Busby

Professor of Law & Director, Centre for Human Rights Research · University of Manitoba

Karen Busby teaches Constitutional Law, Gender and the Law, Human Rights and Administrative Law

Constitutional Law Human Rights Sexual Violence Assisted Human Reproduction Sex Work and Prostitution Law

Petra Molnar

Lawyer and Researcher · International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto

Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture

Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues

Dr Martin Brenncke

Lecturer in Law · Aston University

Martin Brenncke's research focuses on financial regulation (particularly investor protection law) and statutory interpretation.

Statutory Interpretation Financial Services Law European Union Law

Jaime King

Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: kingja@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8834 / Office 394-200

Health Law and Policy The U.S. Healthcare System Genetics and the Law Healthcare Antitrust Health Policy & Reform

Laura Tamblyn Watts, LLB

President and CEO · CanAge

Nationally and internationally recognized expert on law and aging issues, with a specialty in law reform, policy, partnerships, and more.

Financial Literacy for Vulnerable Populations Plain Language Tool Development Legal Research Elder Law Mediation

Lisa Faigman

Lecturer · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contact: faigmanl@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4622 / Office 627-200

Wrongful Convictions Forensic Evidence Women's Health and Aging Criminal Procedure Neuroscience and Law

Mark Fenster

Professor · University of Florida

Mark Fenster is the Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar Chair in electronic communications and administrative law.

Administrative Law Political Extremism Non-disclosure agreements Open Government Laws Conspiracy Theories

Natasha Bakht

Associate Professor · University of Ottawa

Professor Bakht’s research interests are in the intersecting area of religious freedom and women’s equality.

Law Culture Rights Minority Rights Religious Freedom Women's Equality

Karla McKanders

Clinical Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University

Expert in refugee and immigration Law. Runs Vanderbilt's Immigration Practice Clinic.

Asylum Law Refugees Civil Rights Refugee Law Immigration

Jessica Smith

W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government · UNC-Chapel Hill

Working with judicial system stakeholders to promote evidence-based criminal justice reform; over-criminalization, bail reform and more.

Post-Conviction Procedure Judicial Education Criminal Justice Reform Bail and Pretrial Release Criminal Law and Procedure

Leo Martinez

Albert Abramson Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: martinez@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4683 / Office 360-200

Taxation Law Insurance Law and Regulations Contracts Communications Law Federal Taxation

Jon Bauer, J.D.

Clinical Professor of Law · University of Connecticut

Expertise: Asylum and Refugee Law, Immigration Law, Employment and Housing Discrimination, and Legal Ethics

Asylum and Human Rights Employment and Housing Discrimination Asylum and Refugee Law Immigration Law Legal Ethics