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Barbara S. Gillers
Adjunct Professor of Law

Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023 		Email: barbara.gillers@nyu.edu
Telephone: 917.679.5757

Speaking Engagements

  • Lawyer Trickery – Selected Ethics Problems in Investigations, Negotiations and Litigations, Federal Bar Council, 40th Annual Winter Bench & Bar Conference, Nevis, West Indies, January 2008
  • Ethical Issues for Business Lawyers, Practising Law Institute, 39th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, New York City, November 2007
  • Selected Topics in US Legal Ethics, Shanghai Bar Association, May 2007
  • American Legal Ethics, Shanghai Jiao Tong Law School, May 2007
  • The Application of State Ethics Rules in Bankruptcy: Are We Just Holding Our Noses and Looking the Other Way? American Bankruptcy Institute's 25th Annual Spring Meeting, April 2007
  • Ethics for Securities Lawyers, Practicing Law Institute, 38th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, New York City, November 2006
  • The SEC, the Legal Profession, and Ethics and Professional Responsibility, ABA/ALI Sarbanes-Oxley Institute, Washington, DC, October 2006
  • The Lawyer’s Role in Corporate Governance, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New
    York, May 2006
  • Ethics Issues for Securities Lawyers, Practising Law Institute, 37th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, New York, November 2005
  • Lawyers Ethics in an Adversary System, Hofstra University Legal Ethics Conference, Hempstead, NY, October 2005
  • Ethics Issues for Civil Liberties Lawyers, ACLU, New York, December 2005
  • From Doing Well to Doing Good, NYU Law School, New York, April 2005
  • Ethics Issues for Real Estate Lawyers, Practising Law Institute, Commercial Real Estate Financing Seminars, New York, NY, February 2005
  • Effective Conflict Clearance-An Insurmountable Challenge?, Law Firm General Counsel's Forum, Glasser Legal Works and the Hildebrandt Institute, New York City, November 2004
  • Torture: Where were the Lawyers, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York City, November 2004
  • Don't I Know You From Somewhere: Responsibilities to Former Clients, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York City, October 2004
  • Ethics and Firm Culture: Law Firm Policies and the Law of Unintended Consequences, American Bar Association's National Conference on Professional Responsibility, The Registry Resort Club, Naples, FL, June 2004
  • The Role of the Corporate Lawyer Post Sarbanes-Oxley: The Implications for the Attorney-Client Privilege, Practising Law Institute's 35th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, November 2003
  • Ethics 2003 Practical Solutions to Ethical Issues, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY, October 2003
  • Commercial Real Estate Financing 2003: What Borrowers & Lenders Need to Know, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, February 2003
  • Doing Deals 2003: Understanding Nuts and Bolts of Transactional Practice in an Uncertain Market, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, February 2003
  • Ethics, Tactics and the Law of Witness Preparation, New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, January 2003
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Impact on Civil Litigation Under the Federal Securities Laws, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Fordham Law School, New York, NY, December 2002
  • Hot Topics in Legal Ethics, Association of the Bar of City of New York, New York, New York, December 2002
  • Summit on the Professional Responsibilities of Corporate Lawyers, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY, November 2002
  • Ethics in Federal Litigation, as part of a full day program entitled 'Ethics in Context', Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY, November 2001
  • Ethics: Update on Law Firms Investing in Clients, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, June 2001
  • Practical Ethics Issues for M&A Lawyers, Current SEC and Cross-Border M&A Conference, Practicing Law Institute, London, England, November 2000
  • Practical Ethics Issues for Securities Lawyers, 32nd Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY, November 2000
  • Ethics, Tactics and the Law of Witness Preparation” Federal Bar Council, New York, NY, October 2000
  • Law Firm as Investor: Ethical and Other Considerations, Advanced Doing Deals 2000: Strategies for High-Tech Transactions, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, June 2000
  • Law Firm In-House Ethics: Practical Problems and Vicarious Law Firm Discipline: The Death of Individual Responsibility in the 21st Century”, ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility, New Orleans, LA, June 2000
  • 21st Century Litigation--Trial and Pretrial” ALI-ABA Program at Fordham Law School, New York, NY, June 2000
  • Corporate and Securities Update: Ethics Roundtable, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, May 2000
  • Miranda Revisited, New York County Inn of Court, New York, March 2000
  • Ethics for Practitioners, New York County Lawyers, New York, March 2000
  • Ethics Tactics and Law of Witness Preparation, Federal Bar Council, Phoenix, AZ, February 2000
  • Ethics for Business Lawyers, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, December 1999
  • Ethics for Experienced Litigators, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, September 1999
  • Ethics and Professionalism, A Practitioner's Guide, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, February 1999
  • The Tobacco Litigation & Attorneys' Fees”, Philip D. Reed Professorship in Civil Justice and Dispute Resolution, Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, February 1999