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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Welcome and Opening Address   

• Hon. C. Boyden Gray, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Grand Ballroom 

Showcase Panel I: Beacon of Freedom: Does America Have a Special Mission?   

• Mr. Michael Barone, U.S. News and World Report 
• Prof. Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago Law School
• Prof. Charles Fried, Harvard Law School
• Prof. Gordon S. Wood, Brown University
• Moderator: Hon. James Harvie Wilkinson, III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Address & Book Signing   

• Hon. Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court and Author, My Grandfather's Son

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
East Room

Criminal Law: The Independence of Federal Prosecutors   

• Hon. Bob Barr, President and CEO, Liberty Strategies LLC, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia
• Hon. Jamie Gorelick, Wilmer Hale, and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General
• Mr. Andrew C. McCarthy, The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
• Prof. John C. Yoo, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
• Moderator: Hon. Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
State Room 

Religious Liberties: The Role of Religion in Public Debate  

• Prof. Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame
• Prof. R. Kent Greenawalt, Columbia University School of Law
• Hon. Michael W. McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• Dr. James W. Skillen, Center for Public Justice
• Moderator: Hon. Diane S. Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
State Room

Corporations: Is the U.S. Legal Regime Undermining American Competitiveness?   

• Hon. David D. Aufhauser, UBS Global General Counsel and Former General Counsel, Department of the Treasury 
• Prof. Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago Law School
• Prof. Douglas W. Kmiec, Pepperdine University School of Law
• Hon. George J. Terwilliger, III, White & Case LLP, and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General
• Moderator: Mr. François-Henri Briard, Delaporte, Briard & Trichet and President, The Federalist Society, Paris Chapter

2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Federalism: Religion, Early America and the Fourteenth Amendment   

• Dean John C. Eastman, Chapman University School of Law
• Prof. Philip A. Hamburger, Columbia University School of Law
• Prof. Marci A. Hamilton, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
• Moderator: Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Address   

• Hon. George W. Bush, President of the United States

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gala   

• Hon. E. Spencer Abraham, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Co-Founder, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
• Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court
• Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law and Chairman, The Federalist Society Board of Directors
• Mr. Leonard A. Leo, Executive Vice President, The Federalist Society
• Hon. David M. McIntosh, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP and Vice Chairman, Federalist Society Board of Directors
• Hon. Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation
• Mr. Eugene B. Meyer, President, The Federalist Society
• Hon. Theodore B. Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
• Hon. Lee Liberman Otis, Senior Vice President and Faculty Director, The Federalist Society
• Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court
• Hon. Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court

 25th Anniversary Tribute Video

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
East Room

Labor: The Labor Movement, NGOs, International Labor Standards and American Values   

• Prof. Samuel Estreicher, New York University School of Law
• Mr. Adam B. Greene, U.S. Council for International Business
• Ms. Deborah Greenfield, Associate General Counsel, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Moderator: Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Litigation & Professional Responsibility: Is Overlawyering Overtaking Democracy?   

• Prof. Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell Law School
• Mr. Walter K. Olson, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• Mr. Victor E. Schwartz, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
• Prof. David C. Vladeck, Georgetown University Law Center
• Moderator: Dean David M. Schizer, Columbia University School of Law

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom 

Address   

• Hon. Mitch McConnell, United States Senator, Kentucky

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
East Room

Environmental Law: Property Rights in the United States   

• Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Moderator: Mr. James S. Burling, Pacific Legal Foundation

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Free Speech & Election Law: Restricting Parental Speech   

• Prof. James G. Dwyer, College of William & Mary School of Law
• Dr. Jay Alan Sekulow, American Center for Law & Justice
• Prof. Eugene Volokh, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
• Moderator: Hon. Michael W. McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Administrative Law: Immigration, Amnesty, and the Rule of Law   

• Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Georgetown University Law Center 
• Prof. John Baker, Louisiana State University
• Prof. Kris W. Kobach, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
• Prof. Gerald L. Newman, Harvard Law School
• Moderator: Hon. Carlos T. Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
East Room

Telecommunications: The Regulatory State and American Technology   

• Amb. David A. Gross, U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Roy E. Hoffinger, Qualcomm, Inc.
• Hon. James C. Miller, III, formerly of the U.S. Office of Management & Budget
• Hon. Robert M. McDowell, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
• Moderator: Hon. Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom 

Address   

• Hon. Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor, New York City

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Showcase Panel II: Is America Different from Other Major Western Democracies?   

• Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
• Prof. James Lindgren, Northwestern University School of Law
• Mr. Bruce Stokes, National Journal
• Prof. Graham K. Wilson, Boston University
• Moderator: Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC and Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law

5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture   

• Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom

Showcase Panel III: The Constitution & American Exceptionalism: Citation of Foreign Law   

• Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School
• Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• Prof. Vicki C. Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center
• Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law Center
• Moderator: Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
East Room

Civil Rights: Amending State & Federal Constitutions to Prohibit Sex Discrimination   

• Prof. Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law
• Prof. Gail Heriot, University of San Diego School of Law
• Mrs. Phyllis M. Schlafly, Eagle Forum
• Moderator: Hon. Jerry E. Smith, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
State Room

Financial Services: Borrowing in America: Home Mortgages, Foreclosures and Predatory Lending   

• Ms. Anne Canfield, Executive Director, Consumer Mortgage Coalition
• Mr. Allen Fishbein, Consumer Federation of America 
• Mr. Alex J. Pollock, Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute
• Mrs. Montrice Yakimov, Office of Thrift Supervision
• Moderator: Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Chinese Room

Intellectual Property: Intellectual Property: American Exceptionalism or International Harmonization? 

• Prof. Shubha Ghosh, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
• Prof. F. Scott Kieff, Washington University in St. Louis 
• Prof. Adam Mossoff, Michigan State University College of Law
• Prof. Steven M. Tepp, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
• Moderator: Hon. Brett Kavanaugh, U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom 

Annual Convention Luncheon: The Conservative and Libertarian Legal Movement: A 25 Year Retrospective   

• Opening Remarks: Hon. E. Spencer Abraham, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Co-Founder, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy

• Mr. Manuel S. Klausner, Reason Foundation
• Hon. Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation
• Moderator: Mr. Alfred Regnery, The American Spectator

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
East & State Rooms

Showcase Panel IV: American Exceptionalism, the War on Terror and the Rule of Law in the Islamic World   

• Prof. Neal K. Katyal, Georgetown University Law Center
• Prof. Michael S. Paulsen, University of Saint Thomas School of Law
• Mr. David B. Rivkin, Jr., Baker & Hostetler
• Prof. Nadine Strossen, New York Law School
• Moderator: Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law and Chairman, The Federalist Society Board of Directors