DePaul University College of Law

Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law, and the
Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
present:

Acquiring and Maintaining Collections of Cultural Objects:

Challenges Confronting American Museums in the 21st Century
8th Annual Symposium

Museums face increasingly difficult challenges in collecting cultural objects—challenges that must be dealt with in ways that are consistent with best practices. On October 16, 2008, DePaul University College of Law will hold a major conference where leading experts will examine the basic rules of nonprofit museum governance and how those rules apply to the growing challenge of collecting cultural property in light of new laws, court decisions and professional ethical guidelines; evolving museum practices and standards in collecting antiquities; sovereign immunity and immunity of art works; and the need for further standards for donor/collector museum relationships.


FEATURED SPEAKERS:
  *  Joseph Brennan, Vice President and General Counsel, Field Museum of Natural History
  *  Patty Gerstenblith, Professor, DePaul University College of Law
  *  Julie Getzels, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Art Institute of Chicago
  *  Gary T. Johnson, President, Chicago Historical Society
  *  Thomas Kline, Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP
  *  Stephen J. Knerly, Jr. Esq., Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
  *  Jennifer Kreder, Professor, Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law
  *  Richard Leventhal, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  *  Jane Levine, Senior Vice President and Worldwide Director of Compliance, Sotheby’s
  *  Louise Lincoln, Director, DePaul University Art Museum
  *  Dan Monroe, Director, Peabody Essex Museum
  *  Rhoda Rosen, Director, Spertus Museum
  *  John Russell, Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  *  Howard Spiegler, Partner, Herrick Feinstein, New York
  *  Martin Sullivan, Director, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
  *  Susan M. Taylor, Former Director, Princeton University Art Museum
  *  Stephen Urice, Professor, University of Miami School of Law
  *  Laina Lopez, Attorney, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe

CO-SPONSORS:
  *  Andrews Kurth LLP
  *  The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation
  *  Herrick Feinstein

CLE CREDITS:
DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. The Symposium has been approved for 6 hours of CLE credit.

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WHEN:
October 16, 2008
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

WHERE:
DePaul Center, Room 8005
1 E. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

REGISTRATION & MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.law.depaul.edu/museum

CONTACTS:
  *  Ellen Gutiontov, Esq., Associate Director CIPLIT, egutiont@depaul.edu or (312) 362-5124
  *  Vadim Shifrin, Assistant Director, CIPLIT, vshifrin@depaul.edu or (312) 362-8415