Different Ways to Make a Difference: Nontraditional. Lawyers and Their Impact on the Law. Ruben Bolling, Cartoonist, Tom
2 0 1 1 A C S N ational C onvention
Constitution at the Crossroads: Progress Imperiled? Capital Hilton | Washington, D.C. June 16–18, 2011
Featured Speaker U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
2 0 1 1 A C S Nat i o n a l C o n v e Thursday, June 16
Dodd-Frank and the Future of Securities Litigation *
2:00–3:45 p.m.
Moot Court Finals
David M. Brodsky, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Opening Session
Darren J. Check, Partner, Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP
Different Ways to Make a Difference: Nontraditional Lawyers and Their Impact on the Law Ruben Bolling, Cartoonist, Tom the Dancing Bug Barry Eisler, Author, thrillers including The Lost Coast (2011) and Inside Out (2010) Seema Gajwani, Program Officer for Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Public Welfare Foundation Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate Eric Liu, Co-Founder, The True Patriot Network Matthew McGough, Author, Screenwriter, including episodes for NBC’s “Law & Order”
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Gala Dinner with U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
Friday, June 17 8:00–9:00 a.m.
Lawyer Chapter Leadership Session
9:00–10:45 a.m.
Plenary *
Christine S. Azar, Partner, Labaton Sucharow LLP
John C. Coffee Jr., Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Sanford P. Dumain, Partner, Milberg LLP Jay W. Eisenhofer, Managing Director, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. Jill E. Fisch, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Byron S. Georgiou, President, Georgiou Enterprises Salvatore J. Graziano, Partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Marc I. Gross, Partner, Pomerantz, Haudek, Grossman & Gross LLP Lee Harris, Professor of Law, University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Barbara J. Hart, Chief Operating Officer, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C. Donald C. Langevoort, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Saule T. Omarova, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown Damon A. Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO Barry A. Weprin, Partner, Milberg LLP
Text, History and Principle: What Our Constitution Means and How to Interpret It
Sentenced for Life: Considering the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions
Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Judge Lynn S. Adelman, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Joan Biskupic, Author of biographies on Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (2005), and Justice Antonin Scalia (2009); Legal Affairs Correspondent, USA Today
Cynthia Jones, Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law
Pamela S. Karlan, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Pat Nolan, Vice President, Prison Fellowship
Geoffrey R. Stone, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Nkechi Taifa, Senior Policy Analyst for Civil and Criminal Justice Reform, Open Society Policy Center (OSPC) Yolanda Vázquez, Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Judicial Independence in Peril?
Privatization, the American Worker, and the Role of Government
Senior Associate Justice Mark D. Martin, North Carolina Supreme Court
Laura A. Dickinson, Professor of Law, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Justice Richard Neely, Former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals; Neely & Callaghan
Ann C. Hodges, Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Kerry Korpi, Director of Research and Collective Bargaining Services, AFSCME
Justice Harold See Jr., Former Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
James Sherk, Senior Policy Analyst in Labor Economics, The Heritage Foundation
Justice Myra C. Selby, Former Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court; Partner, Ice Miller LLP
12:30–12:45 p.m.
Networking and Mentoring
Justice Marsha Ternus, Former Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
1:00–2:15 p.m.
Luncheon with Featured Speaker
ntion Program of events 2:30–4:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Immigration: The Federal-State Showdown
Executive Power and National Security
Garrett Epps, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
Martin S. Lederman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Deirdre C. Fitzpatrick, Associate General Counsel, SEIU Michael S. Greve, John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Eric Lichtblau, Justice Department Correspondent, The New York Times
Neil J. Kinkopf, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
Peter M. Shane, Professor of Law, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Globalization, Corporate Accountability and the Courts * Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Judith Brown Chomsky, Solo Practitioner; Cooperating Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Neomi Rao, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
The Struggle for LGBT Equality: A Conversation About Ends, Means, and the Path Ahead Hot Topic, Session Just Added: Check ACS Web site, www.acslaw.org/ pages/convention11, for updates on participants.
Faith E. Gay, Partner, Quinn Emanuel
Disparate Impact’s Future: From Griggs to Ricci and the Battle to Preserve Traditional Remedies
Owen C. Pell, Partner, White & Case LLP
Olati Johnson, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Jeanne M. Woods, Professor of Law, Loyola University College of Law
Adam T. Klein, Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
Redistricting in 2011
Kenneth L. Marcus, Visiting Professor, City University of New York, Baruch College School of Public Affairs
Kristen Clarke, Co-Director, Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF)
Jocelyn Samuels, Senior Counselor, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Gilda R. Daniels, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
Reva Siegel, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
R. Keith Gaddie, Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma J. Gerald Hebert, Executive Director and Director of Litigation, Campaign Legal Center Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Acting Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Nina Perales, Director of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Reframing and Reclaiming the High Ground for Reproductive Freedom Jack M. Balkin, Professor of Law, Yale Law School Emily Bazelon, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School Linda Greenhouse, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School Louise Melling, Director, Center for Liberty, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Electronic Privacy Revisited * Orin S. Kerr, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Randal S. Milch, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Verizon Communications Inc. Paul Ohm, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
12:30–1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1:00–2:30 p.m.
Closing Plenary *
Free Speech and the Roberts Court: The First Amendment in the First Five Years
4:00–4:45 p.m.
Networking and Mentoring
5:00–5:30 p.m.
Featured Speaker
Floyd Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Reception
Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
Judge Marsha S. Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Paul D. Clement, Partner, King & Spalding; former U.S. Solicitor General
Saturday, June 18
Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
9:00–10:45 a.m.
Monica Youn, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law
Plenary *
National Power to Address the Nation’s Problems: The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act Randy E. Barnett, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Walter E. Dellinger III, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP; former acting U.S. Solicitor General Dawn Johnsen, Professor of Law, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law Simon Lazarus, Public Policy Counsel, National Senior Citizens Law Center
Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School
3:00–6:00 p.m.
Student Leadership Retreat
8:00 p.m.
Pre-Broadway premiere of “A Time to Kill” at Arena Stage
(Optional event, additional charges will apply. Learn more at www.acslaw.org)
* ACS is a State Bar of California and State Bar of Illinois approved MCLE provider.
Speakers include…
Judge Marsha S. Berzon
Pamela S. Karlan
Geoffrey R. Stone
Linda Greenhouse
Thomas A. Saenz
Akhil Reed Amar
Justice Myra C. Selby
Judge Stephen Reinhardt
Judge Diane P. Wood
U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott
Convention Location
of $209 per room for guests making reservations before Thursday, May 26, 2011. Please contact the Capital Hilton directly at 202-393-1000 to reserve rooms or visit www.acslaw.org. Be sure to reference the “American Constitution Society” rooming block when making reservations by phone.
Capital Hilton 1001 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 393-1000 Fax: (202) 639-5784
Lodging Information We encourage all participants to register for the Convention and reserve hotel rooms early. ACS is pleased to offer our Convention participants a special rate
Scholarship Information ACS wants as many students to attend the Convention as possible. A limited number of scholarships are available for
dues-paying student members of ACS who are in need of financial assistance with registration and travel costs in exchange for a modest volunteer work obligation at the Convention, and attendance at the entire Convention. ACS also encourages students to ask their law schools and summer employers for financial assistance to attend the National Convention. For more information on financial assistance and volunteer scholarships, please visit the Convention website at www.acslaw.org/ convention11.
ACS Thanks its Early 10th Anniversary Convention Sponsors Alliance for Justice American Association for Justice (AAJ/ATLA) American Civil Liberties Union AFL-CIO, Transportation Trades Department Baach Robinson & Lewis PLLC Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP The Brennan Center for Justice Covington & Burling LLP Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Epiq Systems, Inc. Equal Justice Works Freedom to Read Foundation Gilardi & Co, LLC Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. Human Rights Campaign Huntington National Bank Jones Day Justice at Stake Kirkland & Ellis LLP Labaton Sucharow LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Mayer Brown LLP Mehri & Skalet, PLLC Milberg LLP Morrison & Foerster, LLP National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) National Partnership for Women & Families Netroots Nation O’Melveny & Myers LLP Outten & Golden LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP Public Justice Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Rust Consulting, Inc. and Kinsella Media, LLC Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Susman Godfrey LLP Verizon WilmerHale
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lisa Hayes at
[email protected].
2011 ACS National Convention
Registration Form
Please complete one registration form per person. Feel free to duplicate this form for additional registrations. Full payment must accompany this form. Name: _________________________________________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code:______________________________________________________________ Phone Number: (h)_ ____________________________ (w)________________________________ E-mail: _ _______________________________________________________________________ Affiliation/Employer (for Convention name badge): ______________________________________
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❍ Student (see reverse for scholarship info)
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$200 $150 $175
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❍ Student (see reverse for scholarship info)
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Continuing Legal Education (CLE) ACS aims to provide CLE credits for interested Convention participants. Please indicate by Monday, May 2, 2011, whether you are interested in receiving CLE credits, as well as the state(s) in which you would like to receive credit. A member of the ACS staff will contact you regarding the availability of credits and any additional associated fees. Questions regarding CLE for the 2011 ACS National Convention may be directed to
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Optional Opportunities Please check the boxes below if you are interested in the following opportunities: ❑ Yes, I would like to meet with my member of Congress while visiting Washington. ❑ Yes, I would like to receive information on joining other ACS members at the theater on Saturday evening. ❑ Yes, I would like to be entered into the drawing to win a White House or congressional tour. ❑ Yes, I would be willing to take a law student to coffee to talk about my career path during the Convention.
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2 0 1 1 A C S N at i o na l C o n v e n t i o n
Constitution at the Crossroads: Progress Imperiled? Capital Hilton | Washington, D.C. | June 16–18, 2011
Board of Directors Stephen P. Berzon Lisa Blue-Baron David M. Brodsky Elizabeth J. Cabraser Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Peter B. Edelman Jay W. Eisenhofer Faith E. Gay Linda Greenhouse Dennis J. Herrera
Board of ADVISors Jessica Jackson, Student Board Member, Santa Clara University School of Law Dawn Johnsen Ashland Johnson, Student Board Member, University of Georgia Law Pamela S. Karlan Judith L. Lichtman, Secretary
Abner Mikva Andrew J. Pincus Robert Raben Philippa Scarlett Theodore M. Shaw Cliff Sloan Geoffrey R. Stone, Chair Stephen D. Susman Daniel Tokaji
Brooksley E. Born Mario M. Cuomo Drew S. Days III Walter E. Dellinger III Maria Echaveste
Christopher Edley, Jr. Shirley M. Hufstedler Frank I. Michelman William A. Norris Janet Reno