Thursday, January 3
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tansa Room
Panel: Executive Discretion & the Rule of Law   

• Prof. Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University
• Prof. Neomi Rao, George Mason University School of Law 
• Prof. Ilya Somin, George Mason University School of Law
• Moderator: Prof. John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law

Friday January 4
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Tansa Room
Panel: Post Kelo Reform   

• Prof. David Dana, Northwestern University School of Law 
• Prof. Steve Eagle, George Mason University School of Law
• Prof. James Ely, Vanderbilt University Law School
• Mr. Daniel B. Kelly, Olin Fellow, Yale Law School
• Moderator: Prof. Ilya Somin, George Mason University School of Law

12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Mirus Room
Debate: Is the DC Gun Ban Unconstitutional?   

• Prof. Nelson Lund, George Mason University School of Law
• Hon. David Yassky, New York City Council Member
• Moderator: Prof. Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tansa Room
Panel: American Law Schools: Envy of the World or General Motors Before the Fall?    
Co-Sponsored by the National Association of Scholars

• Prof. Paul Campos, University of Colorado School of Law
• Dean John Garvey, Boston College & President-Elect, Association of American Law Schools
• Prof. Maimon Schwarzschild, University of San Diego School of Law
• Prof. George Shepherd, Emory University College of Law
• Dean Rodney Smolla, Washington & Lee School of Law
• Moderator: Judge Frank Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Tansa Room
Address: "The Duke Lacrosse Case & the Academy," followed by a Question & Answer Session/General Discussion   

• Prof. KC Johnson, Brooklyn College