Well, we were beset by a series of technical difficulties yesterday (the internet connection suddenly spit us out, we were unable to log back on, our laptop just shut off, followed by mysterious battery problems), so we were not able to continue the live blog.(Was it something we said?)
That's ok, since by then it was 2 am ET, and I suspect no one but the hardest core of takings nerds were up in the wee hours of Saturday following a live blog. Or at least I hope not.
What we'll do instead is post a few of the photos we were able to take (stand by for more from W&M's professional photographer who is accompanying us), and in a subsequent post (today's a tour day) summarize our thoughts about this most unusual legal conference.
Tsinghua Law School
Professor Henry Smith (Harvard) speaking on custom
and the developing law of property.
That's my PLF colleague Jim Burling next to him.
Professor Eric Kades (William & Many) on income and class disparities.
A timely topic, given the events unfolding in the U.S. at the moment.
Professor Yin Fei (Central U of Finance & Economics) speaking on
"Property as an Economic Institution."
PLF's Jim Burling speaking on "Property and the Environment."
Jim was his usual informative and entertaining self.
I listened to the translation since I always wanted to
hear what Jim would sound like in Mandarin.
My Owners' Counsel colleagues Jim Thompson (Maryland) and Leslie Fields
(Colorado) speaking on "How Practitioners Shape the Law."
The conference was dominated by academics, but the afternoon
session was about how lawyers in both the U.S. and China
are on the edge of the law, pushing it towards being more just.
Dense powerpoint slides are difficult in any language.
The simultaneous translation staff was excellent, with nearly
real-time translation of the presentations.
