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We are pleased to announce that the Honorable James C. Ho & Allyson Newton Ho will be the keynote speakers for a Fireside Chat at the Saturday evening banquet.


Hon. James C. Ho, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Allyson Newton Ho, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Moderator Katherine Rifiotis Slivensky, Michigan Student Chapter President
Moderator JJ Marshall, Michigan Student Chapter, Symposium Co-Director

Featuring:

Prof. Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Professor and Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law
Prof. Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Amanda Tyler, Thomas David & Judith Swope Clark Professor of Constitutional Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Prof. Keith E. Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Moderator: Hon. Raymond Kethledge, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
Prof. Julian Davis Mortenson, James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Moderator: Hon. Joan Larsen, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Nicholas Bagley, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Emily Bremer, Professor, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Jennifer Nou, Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Hon. Paul J. Ray, Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Moderator: Hon. Neomi Rao, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Hon. Justin Amash, former United States Congressman from Michigan
Prof. Josh Chafetz, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown University Law Center
Prof. Gillian E. Metzger, Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia Law School
Amanda H. Neely, Of Counsel, Gibson Dunn and former General Counsel to Senator Rob Portman
Moderator: Hon. Robert J. Luck, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Jeffrey Pojanowski, Biolchini Family Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Jennifer L. Mascott, Director of the Separation of Powers Institute and Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Prof. Nina A. Mendelson, Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. Aaron Nielson, Solicitor General of Texas and Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School
Moderator: Hon. Chad A. Readler, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Intellectual Property Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Christopher J. Walker, Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Moderator: Sarah Isgur, Senior Editor, The Dispatch

Featuring:

Sheldon Gilbert, President and CEO, The Federalist Society
Moderator: Jesse Panuccio, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

In recent years the Supreme Court has decided critically important executive power and administrative law cases. From agency deference and adjudication, to presidential immunity, to “jaw boning”—what does it all mean for the future of the presidency and the administrative state the president oversees? How might the country’s new president approach these issues?
Featuring:

Steven Engel, Partner, Dechert LLP
Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University
Sarah Harris, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP
Moderator: Hon. Chad Readler, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Hon. Gregory J. Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Hon. Barbara Lagoa, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Hon. Steven J. Menashi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Hon. Amul R. Thapar, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Moderator: Hon. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Nearly twenty five years after the election of Governor Jeb Bush, the Florida state courts have transformed. Previously, many state judges had a more activist, progressive view of the role of a judge. Today, many state judges hold originalist and textualists views of judicial interpretation. Our panel will consider the last 25 years of judicial appointments in Florida, discussing how the roles of the executive, the JNC, and the conservative legal movement have contributed to these transformations. They will discuss how the Florida Supreme Court today differs from the Court that ruled on Bush v. Gore in 2000.
Featuring:

Jason Gonzalez, Shareholder, Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC and Former General Counsel to Governor Charlie Crist, 2008
Ryan Newman, General Counsel to Governor Ron DeSantis, 2021 - 2025
Daniel Nordby, Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLP, Former General Counsel to Governor Rick Scott, 2017 - 2019
Jesse Panuccio, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Former General Counsel to Governor Rick Scott, 2012 - 2013
Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC and Former General Counsel to Governor Jeb Bush, 2002 - 2007
Moderator: Hon. T. Kent Wetherell II, Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida and Former Deputy Solicitor General of Florida, 1999-2002

Featuring:

Hon. Jeb Bush, Former Governor, Florida
Moderator: Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC and Former General Counsel to Governor Jeb Bush, 2002 - 2007

Featuring:

Prof. Sadie Blanchard, "Adjudicating ESG Reputation," Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Benjamin Chen, "What are Linguistic Canons for?," Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Prof. Robert Leider, "The Individual Right to Bear Arms for Common Defense," Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Prof. Tyler Lindley, "Reconstructing Section 1983," Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Mr. Luke Schumacher, “A Council of Grand Strategists: The Original Hope, Fear, and Intent of the U.S. Senate in Foreign Affairs,” J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School and Ph.D Candidate, University of Virginia Department of Politics
Commenter: Prof. Jud Campbell, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Commenter: Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Commenter: Prof. Robert Miller, F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Commenter: Prof. Brian Slocum, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law
Commenter: Prof. Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Moderator: Prof. Christina Mulligan, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

This panel will explore the Court’s recent decision in Loper Bright as well as its major questions cases. What impact will overturning Chevron deference have on the major questions doctrine? How do the two doctrinal developments relate? How do they connect to the non-delegation doctrine? These and related questions will be examined.
Featuring:

Prof. Eric Bolinder, Assisant Professor of Law, Liberty University School of Law
Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Prof. Brian Slocum, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law
Moderator: Prof. Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School

Featuring:

Prof. Stephanie Barclay, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Dean Rachel Rebouché, Kean Family Dean and Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law
Prof. Stephen Sachs, Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Prof. Mary Ziegler, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis Law School
Moderator: Sherif Girgis, Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School

Opaque algorithms shape what news stories you see on social media, dictate how artificial intelligence answers prompts, and can even decide whether applicants get a mortgage or a job interview. Amidst claims of algorithmic race, gender, and viewpoint discrimination, more and more individuals of all political affiliations are calling for greater government regulation of algorithms, while regulatory skeptics worry that government intervention will impede important technological innovation. This panel will explore the wisdom of efforts to regulate algorithms and how best to frame concerns about algorithmic errors and bias.
Featuring:

Prof. Gregory Dickinson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law
Mr. Dhruva Krishna, Visiting Jurist, University of California Los Angeles School of Law
Prof. Christina Mulligan, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Prof. Eugene Volokh, Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Los Angeles School of Law
Moderator: Prof. Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Featuring:

Prof. Sam Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Public Law, New York University School of Law
Prof. Chimène Keitner, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California Davis School of Law
Moderator: Hon. David Stras, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard was the most important decision on affirmative action in generations, banning preferential treatment based on race in higher education admissions. How are colleges and universities complying with SFFA? What else will be necessary in order to ensure compliance? What does the next generation of cases look like? Outside of higher education, what will be the effect of SFFA? Does it apply to employment and contracting? Does it apply to gender as well as race? What does it say about disparate impact?
Featuring:

Prof. Peter Arcidiacono, William Henry Glasson Professor of Economics, Duke University
Prof. David Bernstein, University Professor of Law; Executive Director, Liberty & Law Center, George Mason University
Prof. Kyle Rozema, Professor of Law, Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Prof. Sonja Starr, Julius Kreeger Professor of Law & Criminology, University of Chicago Law School
Moderator: Hon. Lisa Branch, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

The 2024 National Lawyers Convention will take place November 14-16, 2024 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. The topic of the conference is "Group Identity and the Law." The conference will conclude with the annual Hon. Robert H. Bork Memorial Lecture, featuring remarks by Prof. Stephen Sachs.
Featuring:

Prof. Stephen Sachs, Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School