This year’s Conference will feature an opening address
by Katie Redford ’95,
the co-founder and co-director of EarthRights International, the nonprofit
organization serving as co-counsel in the landmark lawsuit Doe v. Unocal, which
challenged human rights abuses in Burma. Panels and workshops taking place
during the weekend will cover topics such as asylum law and the victims of
gender-based violence, mountaintop removal mining, judicial election campaigns,
working as a lobbyist, and juvenile confessions.
The Conference, which has played host to more than 1,000 participants
and 100 panelists since its inception, draws students
and speakers from across the country. There is no cost to register
and students attending from other law schools are offered free
housing with Law School students during their stay.
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
11 |
| 3:30-6:30 |
REGISTRATION
OPENS (Clay
Hall)
|
| 5:00-6:00 |
OPENING
ADDRESS (Caplin Auditorium)
Katie Redford ‘95,
Co-founder and Co-director, EarthRights International
|
| 6:00-6:30 |
RECEPTION (Bagel
Lounge)
|
| 7:00-8:30 |
CONFERENCE
DINNER (Caplin Pavilion)
For panelists, moderators,
conference coordinators, and invited faculty and guests.
Dinner Speaker:
Helaine M. Barnett, President,
Legal Services Corporation
|
| SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 12 |
| 8:30-10:30 |
REGISTRATION (Clay
Hall)
|
| 8:30-9:30 |
BREAKFAST (Bagel
Lounge)
|
| 9:30-10:45 |
POLITICAL LAW: Judicial
Election Campaigns: Free Speech, Public Dollars, and the
Role of Judges (WB 102)
Panelists:
- Jesse Rutledge, Director of Communications, Justice at
Stake
- Roy Schotland, Professor of
Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Judge John
M. Tyson, North Carolina Court of Appeals
Moderator:
Lillian
BeVier, John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor
of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
|
| 11:00-12:15 |
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT: The
Government’s “Fair
Pay” Plan for Overtime: How Will Low-Income Workers
Be Affected? (WB 102)
Panelists:
- Shulamit Kahn, Associate Professor, Finance and Economics
Department, Boston University School of Management
- Baldwin Robertson, Associate,
Woodley & McGillivary;
Counsel, International Association of Fire Fighters and
AFL-CIO’s Working America
- Alfred Robinson, Acting Administrator,
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
Moderator:
J.
H. “Rip” Verkerke, Professor of Law; Thomas
F. Bergin Teaching Professor; Director, Program for
Employment and Labor Law Studies, University of Virginia
School of Law MENTAL HEALTH LAW: Addressing Mental
Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Evaluating the
Success of Mental Health Courts (WB 101)
Panelists:
- Ron Honberg, National Director for Policy and Legal
Affairs, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
- Cynthia Power, President, Virginia Organization of
Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL)
- George W. Pratt,
Executive Director, Norfolk Community Services Board
- Tammy
Seltzer, Senior Staff Attorney, Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law
Moderator:
Thomas
Hafemeister, Associate Professor of Law, University
of Virginia School of Law; Director of Legal Studies,
Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy RACE & THE LAW: (Re)Examining Slavery
Reparations (WB 104)
Panelists:
- K. Lawrie Balfour, Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson
Department of Politics, University of Virginia
- Adrienne D. Davis, Reef C. Ivey II Research Professor
of Law, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School
of Law
Moderator:
Kim
Forde-Mazrui, Professor of Law; Thurgood Marshall Research
Professor; Director, Center for the Study of Race and
Law, University of Virginia School of Law
|
| 12:15-1:45 |
LUNCH (Bagel
Lounge) |
| 12:30-1:30 |
WORKSHOPS
NONTRADITIONAL LEGAL CAREERS (WB
103)
Panelists:
- Leon Szeptycki, Eastern Conservation Director
and General Counsel, Trout Unlimited
- Linda A. Way-Smith,
Director of Employee Benefits and HR Governmental Affairs,
University of Virginia
- Debra Wilson, Legal Counsel,
National Association of Independent Schools
Moderator:
John
Setear, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
School of Law
WORKING AS A LOBBYIST (WB
127)
Panelists
- Charles R. Duvall, President and Chief Lobbyist, Lindl
Corporation
- Matt Owens, Senior Federal Relations Officer, Association
of American Universities
- Andrew Rosenberg, Associate, Patton Boggs LLP
- William Signer, Lobbyist, Navigant Consulting, Governmental
Affairs Practice
GOVERNMENT LEGAL CAREERS (WB 101)
Panelists:
- Michael Passaportis, Clerk, Judge J. Harvie
Wilkinson III, United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit
- Jeff Petrich, Democratic Chief Counsel,
House Resources Committee
- Susan Sawtelle, Associate
General Counsel, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Moderator:
John
Harrison, David Lurton Massee, Jr., Professor
of Law, Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor, University
of Virginia School of Law
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC INTEREST
JOBS (WB
105)
Panelists:
- James Faulkner, Judicial Attaché, U.S. Department
of Justice, Bogota, Columbia
- Juan Carlos Monge, U.N. High
Commission on Human Rights, Columbia
- Gina Vetere, Associate, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Moderator:
Tomiko
Brown-Nagin, Associate Professor of Law and History,
Washington University, St. Louis
SERVING THE PUBLIC IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR (WB
129)
Panelists:
- Robert Duncan, Partner, Hogan & Hartson
- Carolyn Grimes,
Partner, Lieblich & Grimes, P.C.
- Michael Guaznon,
Partner, Clement & Wheatley, P.C.
- Henry McLaughlin,
Executive Director, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
|
| 1:45-3:00 |
RELIGION & THE
LAW: Faith-Based
Initiatives: How Do They Work and Do We Even Want Them?
(WB 102)
Panelists:
- Richard Katskee, Assistant Legal Director, Americans
United for Separation of Church and State
- Melissa Rogers, Visiting Professor of Religion and
Public Policy, Wake Forest University Divinity School;
Founding Executive Director, Pew Forum on Religion and
Public Life
- Ryan Streeter, Director, Center
for Faith- and Community-Based Initiatives, U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development
Moderator:
Richard
Schragger, Associate Professor of Law, University
of Virginia School of Law
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Mountaintop
Removal Mining: Energy Strategy or Environmental Tragedy?
(WB 101)
Panelists:
- Blair Gardner, Associate, Jackson Kelly PLLC; former
Assistant General Counsel, Arch Coal, Inc.
- Joe Lovett, Executive Director, Appalachian
Center for the Economy & the Environment
- Ken Ward, Jr., Reporter, The
Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette
Moderator:
Jonathan
Cannon, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
School of Law; Director, Center for Environmental Studies
HUMAN RIGHTS: Can
They Stay? Asylum Law and the Victims of Gender-Based Violence
(WB 104)
Panelists:
- Molly Groom, Chief, Refugee and Asylum Law Division,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
- David
Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of
International Law, Class of 1963 Research Professor,
University of Virginia School of Law
- Karen Musalo, Resident Scholar, University
of California, Hastings College of Law; Director, Center
for Gender and Refugee Studies
Moderator:
Deena
Hurwitz, Director, Human Rights Program and International
Human Rights Law Clinic, University of Virginia School
of Law
|
| 3:15-4:30 |
FREEDOM
OF SPEECH: The Empty Chair:
When Reporters Won’t Talk (WB 102)
Panelists:
- Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director, Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press
- John G. Douglass, Professor,
University of Richmond School of Law
- Jon Zug, Assistant
Commonwealth Attorney, Commonwealth of Virginia
Moderator:
Robert
O’Neil, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
School of Law; Director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the
Protection of Free Expression
JUVENILE LAW: Father, I Cannot Tell
a Lie: Juvenile Capacity for Confession (WB 101)
Panelists:
- Elaine Cassel, Attorney; Chair, ABA Behavioral
Sciences Committee; Professor of Law, Concord University
School of Law
- Dewey G. Cornell, Clinical Psychologist and Professor
of Education, Curry School of Education, University of
Virginia; Director, University of Virginia Youth Violence
Project
- Brad J. Garrett, Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation; Chief Interrogator, Lee Boyd
Malvo
Moderator:
Andy Block, Director, JustChildren Program, Legal Aid
Justice Center
GOVERNMENT REGULATION: From Golden Handcuffs
to Real Handcuffs: Corporate Corruption in the 21st Century
(WB 104)
Panelists:
- Stephen M. Byers, Partner, Crowell & Moring, White
Collar Defense Practice Group
- Anup
Malani, Associate Professor of Law, University
of Virginia School of Law; Associate Professor, Health
Evaluation Sciences Department, University of Virginia
Medical School
- Doug Paul, Branch Chief, Division of Enforcement, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
|
| 4:45-5:45 |
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS
Nadine Strossen, President,
American Civil Liberties Union; Professor of Law, New York
Law School (Caplin Auditorium)
|
| 5:45-6:30 |
RECEPTION (Caplin
Pavilion) |
Nadine Strossen, the President of the American Civil Liberties
Union and a New York Law School professor, will deliver
the keynote address at this year’s Conference on Public Service
& the Law, to be
held Friday and Saturday, February 11-12. Founded by law
students six years ago, the Conference brings together students,
citizens, and lawyers to discuss current public interest legal
issues. 
