Public Service Conference to Preview Supreme Court Affirmative Action Debate

Conference on Public Service and the Law Posted Feb. 25, 2003
Public Service Conference to Preview Supreme Court Affirmative Action Debate
Schedule

The Law School's fourth-annual Conference on Public Service and the Law will offer a rare preview of how the Supreme Court's controversial Grutter v. Bollinger affirmative action case will play out, with authors of briefs from both sides addressing a plenary session Saturday, March 15. Oral arguments are two weeks after the panel, and organizers have said it may be the last time both sides are in a room together before the hearing.

Founded by Law School students, the Conference brings together students, faculty, attorneys and policymakers to explore public interest issues facing today's legal community. This year's conference, held March 14-15 (see schedule), features panels and workshops on public service-related topics, including Corporate Responsibility, Balancing Freedom of the Press and National Security, and Deportation and U.N. Convention Against Torture. Featured speakers include former head of the American Bar Association Robert Hirshon, USA Freedom Corps Director John Bridgeland '87 and keynote speaker Janet Napolitano '83, the governor of Arizona.

"The original mission of the Conference was to encourage law students to pursue public service careers, but it has grown to be much more," said Law student and co-organizer Billy Wynne. "The Conference brings together lawyers who are experts in their field to discuss issues that are of compelling concern not only to law students, but to our community as a whole. Perhaps most importantly, the Conference illustrates for students the wide variety of ways that lawyers can and do become involved in public service."

The conference draws a number of law students from across the country each year. Students attending the conference from other schools are allowed a stipend of up to $200 for plane tickets and transportation costs and are offered free housing with Law School students during their stay.

Register for free online at www.student.virginia.edu/~law-conf

Conference on Public Service and the Law: Schedule of Events
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FRIDAY, MARCH 14
2:30 - 7:00 pm	Registration, Clay Hall
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Opening Address by Mr. Robert Hirshon, Immediate Past President, ABA Introductory Remarks by Mr. Mortimer Caplin '40 Caplin Pavilion
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Workshops A Clerkships - WB101 Moderated by Professor Caleb Nelson Abra Edwards '02, judicial clerk, Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida Cara Griffith '02, judicial clerk, Virginia Supreme Court Daniel Lovejoy '02, judicial clerk, Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Government Service -WB102 Moderated by Professor Madelyn Wessel John Rupp, City Attorney, City of Richmond, Virginia Elizabeth Tucci, Senior trial Attorney, U.S. DOJ, Civil Rights Division; Special Assistant, USAO Robert Loeb, Special Appellate Counsel, U.S. DOJ, Civil Division, Appellate Staff
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Workshops B Pro Bono Opportunities - WB101 Moderated by Professor Earl Dudley, Jr. William Bradford, Jr., Of Counsel, Hogan and Hartson Lily Garcia, Director, CorporateProBono.org William McDaniel, Jr., Partner, McDaniel, Bennet & Griffin Direct Services/Legal Advocacy - WB102 Moderated by Dean Kimberly Emery Alex Gulotta, Executive Director, Legal Aid Justice Center Kerry Kornblatt '02, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Kit Lasher '02, Maryland Legal Aid Bureau Chinh Le, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
7:00 - 8:15 p.m.	Dinner Withers Brown Hall
8:15 - 9:30 p.m.	Evening Address by Mr. John Bridgeland '87, Director, USA Freedom Corps Introductory Remarks by Mr. Mortimer Caplin '40 Caplin Pavilion
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
8:00 a.m. - on	Registration Clay Hall
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast Student Lounge #1, Withers Brown Hall
8:30 - 9:40 a.m.	Panels I Corporate Responsibility - WB128 Moderated by Professor Michael Dooley Benjamin Bycel, Vice President, Common Cause Gerald Hodgkins '94, Branch Chief, Securities and Exchange Commission Donald Langevoort, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Regina Mysliwiec '72, Senior Vice-President, Market Surveillance, New York Stock Exchange Choices in Education - WB152 Moderated by Professor Richard Schragger Clint Bolick, Vice President, Institute for Justice Victoria Cobb, Director of Legislative Affairs, Family Foundation of Virginia David Domenici, Executive Director, See Forever Foundation Penny Kotterman, President, Arizona Education Association
9:50 - 11:00 a.m.	Panels II Balancing Freedom of the Press and National Security - WB152 Moderated by Professor Robert O'Neil Robert Loeb, Special Appellate Counsel, U.S. DOJ, Civil Division, Appellate Staff Lee Gelernt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU David Schulz, Partner and Regional Head of the Media Litigation Group, Clifford Chance, LLP Federal Wildfire Policy for Public Lands - WB128 Moderated by Professor Jon Cannon Mark Rey, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture Ray Vaughan, Executive Director, WildLaw Responses to Convictions for Sex Crimes Against Children - WB154 Moderated by Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui Michelle Goodwin, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Bioethics, Depaul University Zachary Lowe, Jr., Special Agent, Crimes Against Children Coordinator, Federal Bureau of Investigations Sue Mangold, Director of the Baldy Center's Program on Children, Families, and Society, Buffalo University Carla Zarella, Head of Sex Offender Residential Treatment Program, Brunswick Correctional Center, Virginia Department of Corrections
11:10 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.	Panels III Deportation and U.N. Convention Against Torture - WB154 Moderated by Professor David Martin Owen "Bo" Cooper, General Counsel, INS Wendy Patten, U.S. Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Morton Sklar, Executive Director, World Organization Against Torture David Stewart, Assistant Legal Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State Feminization of Poverty - WB152 Moderated by Professor Anne Coughlin Dorchen Leidholdt, Director, Sanctuary for Families, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services Jacqueline Payne, Assistant Director, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Robin Runge, Coordinator of the Program on Women's Employment Rights (POWER), D.C. Employment Justice Center Kristine Thompson, Executive Director, Calvary Women's Services Trade and Development - WB128 Moderated by Professor Tim Wu Flavio Marega, First Secretary - Trade Policy Desk, Embassy of Brazil Michael Schlesinger, Associate, Smith and Metalitz, LLP Susan Wilson, Senior Advisor in the Office of Intellectual Property and Competition Policy, U.S. Department of State
12:20 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch Student Lounge #1, Withers Brown Hall
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Keynote Address by Janet Napolitano '83, Governor of Arizona Introductory Remarks by Professor Richard Merrill Caplin Auditorium
2:10 - 3:30 p.m.	Plenary Session - Affirmative Action in Higher Education Caplin Auditorium Introductory Remarks by Dean John C. Jeffries Jr. Moderated by Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui Jonathan Alger, Assistant General Counsel, University of Michigan Richard Banks, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Curt Levey, Director of Legal and Public Affairs, Center for Individual Rights Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute Peter Rubin, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; President and Co-Founder of the American Constitution Society
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Wine & Cheese Reception Caplin Pavilion