Thursday, February 8
Introductory Remarks
11 – 11:15 a.m.
Michael Waldman, President & CEO, Brennan Center for Justice
Judicial Federalism and the Status of State Constitutions
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Jerry Dickinson, Vice Dean and Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Judge Caitlin J. Halligan, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Justice Goodwin H. Liu, Supreme Court of California
Julie Murray, Senior Staff Attorney, State Supreme Court Initiative, ACLU
Robert F. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, Rutgers Law School
Moderator: Alicia Bannon, Director, Brennan Center Judiciary Program
Lunch served
12:45 – 1:15 p.m.
Interpretive Methods in State Constitutional Law
1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Justice Clint Bolick, Arizona Supreme Court
Justice Anita Earls, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Chief Justice Loretta Rush, Indiana Supreme Court
Moderator: Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Betts Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Democracy in State Constitutional Law
2:45 – 4 p.m.
Wilfred U. Codrington III, Associate Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Kareem Crayton, Senior Director, Voting Rights and Representation, Brennan Center Democracy Program
Miriam Seifter, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
Carolyn Shapiro, Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Sam Spital, Director of Litigation and General Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Moderator: Wendy R. Weiser, Vice President, Brennan Center Democracy Program
Friday, February 9
Breakfast served
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Introductory Remarks
10 – 10:10 a.m.
Helen Hershkoff, Herbert M. and Svetlana Wachtell Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties, NYU School of Law
State Constitutions: A State Solicitor General’s Perspective
10:15 – 11 a.m.
Ryan Park, Solicitor General, North Carolina
Moderator: Michelle Kallen, Partner, Jenner & Block; former Solicitor General, Virginia
State Constitutional Obligations: Access to Courts, Remedies, and Rights in Civil and Criminal Cases
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sharon Brett, Legal Director, ACLU of Kansas
Marcus Gadson, Assistant Professor, Campbell University School of Law
Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Judge Albert Rosenblatt (ret.), New York Court of Appeals
Robert Schapiro, Dean and C. Hugh Friedman Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Moderator: Hernandez Stroud, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center Justice Program
Lunch served
12:30 – 1 p.m.
Reproductive Rights in State Constitutional Law
1 – 2:15 p.m.
Michele Goodwin, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown University Law Center
Diana Kasdan, Director for Judicial Strategy, U.S. Programs, Center for Reproductive Rights
Chief Justice Barbara J. Pariente (ret.), Supreme Court of Florida
Mary Ziegler, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Moderator: Kate R. Shaw, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
The Politics of State Constitutionalism
2:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson (ret.), Supreme Court of Texas
Michael S. Kang, Class of 1940 Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Douglas Keith, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center Judiciary Program
Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor (ret.), Supreme Court of Ohio
Robinson Woodward-Burns, Associate Professor, Howard University
Moderator: Meryl J. Chertoff, Executive Director, Georgetown Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Closing Remarks
3:55 – 4 p.m.
