"Rules of Evidence" Symposium Explores Differences between Federal and California's State Evidence Code
In 1967, California became the first U.S. jurisdiction to codify its law of evidence with the implementation of the California Evidence Code (CEC). Up to this point, the state’s bar exam currently only tests on the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE), which has been adopted by a majority of states. However, the 40th anniversary of the CEC coincides with its inclusion on the California State Bar Examination.
The Southwestern University Law Review will hold a two-day symposium titled "Rules of Evidence: FRE V. CEC" on February 2 and 3, 2007 to examine the difference between California and Federal regulations. Topics covered will include hearsay, character evidence and impeachment, testimony of experts and issues relating to relevance, competence and witness statements. Differences in California and federal rulemaking will also be addressed by leading scholars of the law of evidence from California and across the country.
Distinguished legal scholars legal scholars from law schools around the country will serve as panelists. They include:
| Southwestern Law School | Mark Cammack |
| Stanford Law School | George Fisher Miguel A. Méndez |
| University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
Paul Bergman Jennifer L. Mnookin |
| University of Southern California School of Law |
Jody Armour Thomas Lyon |
| University of Michigan Law School | Richard D. Friedman |
| William Mitchell College of Law | Eileen A. Scallen |
| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law |
Eleanor Swift |
| University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law |
Fred A. Galves David Miller |
| University of California, Hastings College of the Law |
David Faigman Roger Park |
| Arizona State University College of Law | David H. Kaye |
| University of California, Davis School of Law |
Edward J. Imwinkelried |
Loyola Law School Los Angeles |
Victor J. Gold David P. Leonard |
| Santa Clara University | Gerald Uelmen |
Articles written in coordination with the symposium will be published
in the Southwestern University Law Review; copies of the issue will be
sent to participants and will also be available for purchase. For
further information about the Law Review, contact Southwestern's
Student Affairs Office.
The symposium will take place from 9 a.m. to 5:25 p.m. on
Friday, Feb. 2 and from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 in the
historic Bullocks Wilshire Building on Southwestern's campus, 3050
Wilshire Boulevard, in Los Angeles. The cost is $75 for
non-Southwestern Alumni seeking 7.75 hours of CLE credit; $50 for
Southwestern Alumni seeking 7.75 hours of CLE credit; and $40 for those
not seeking CLE credit. Information on registering for the event can be
found here. Parking is available on campus for $6. For a map and
directions, click here.
