Friday, February 11, 2005
3:30-6:30PM ReGistration OPENS (Clay Hall)
5:00-6:00PM

Opening Address (Caplin Auditorium): Katie Redford '95, Co-founder & Co-director, EarthRights International
6:00-6:30PM Reception
7:00-8:30PM

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, 2005
8:30-10:30AM ReGistration Continued (Clay Hall)
8:30-9:30AM Breakfast (Bagel Lounge)
9:30-10:45AM





Political Law (WB 102): Judicial Election Campaigns: Free Speech, Public Dollars, and the Role of Judges
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
Lillian BeVier, John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
10:45-11AM Break
11AM-12:15PM








Labor & Employment (WB 102): The Government's "Fair Pay" Plan for Overtime: How Will Low-Income Workers Be Affected?
Shulamit Kahn, Associate Professor, Finance and Economics Dept., Boston University School of Management
Baldwin Robertson, Associate, Woodley & McGillivary; Counsel, International Assn. of Fire Fighters & AFL-CIO's Working America
Alfred Robinson, Acting Administrator, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
J.H. “Rip” Verkerke, Professor of Law, Thomas F. Bergin Teaching Professor, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Program for Employment and Labor Law Studies

  Mental Health Law (WB 101): Addressing Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Evaluating the Success of Mental Health Courts
Ron Honberg, National Director for Policy & 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
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 (WB 104): (Re)Examining Slavery Reparations
K. Lawrie Balfour, Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson Dept. 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
Kim Forde-Mazrui, Professor of Law, Thurgood Marshall Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Center for the Study of Race and Law
12:15-1:45PM Lunch (Bagel Lounge)
12:30-1:30PM Workshops
 

Non-traditional Legal Careers (WB 103)
Leon Szeptycki, Eastern Conservation Director & General Counsel, Trout Unlimited
Debra Wilson, General Counsel, National Association of Independent Schools
Linda A. Way-Smith, Director of Employee Benefits and HR Governmental Affairs, University of Virginia
John Setear, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

 

Working as a Lobbyist (WB 127)
Charles R. Duvall, President & Chief Lobbyist, Lindl Corporation
William Signer, Lobbyist, Navigant Consulting, Governmental Affairs Practice
Andrew Rosenberg, Associate, Patton Boggs LLP
Matt Owens, Senior Federal Relations Officer, Association of American Universities

 

Government Legal Careers (WB 101)
Michael Passaportis, Clerk, Judge J. Harvey 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
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)
James Faulkner, Judicial Attache, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bogota, Columbia
Juan Carlos Monge, UN High Commission on Human Rights, Columbia
Gina Vetere, Associate, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Associate Professor of Law and History, Washington University, St. Louis

 

Serving the Public in the Private Sector (WB 129)
Carolyn Grimes, Partner, Lieblich & Grimes, P.C.
Michael Guanzon, Partner, Clement & Wheatley
Henry McLaughlin, Executive Director, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Robert Duncan, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP

1:30-1:45PM Break
1:45-3:00PM






Religion & the Law (WB 102): Faith Based Initiatives: How Do They Work and Do We Even Want Them?
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. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Richard Schragger, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

 

Environmental Law (WB 101): Mountaintop Removal Mining: Energy Strategy or Environmental Tragedy?
Blair Gardner
, Associate, Jackson Kelly PLLC; former Assistant General Counsel, Arch Coal, Inc.
Joe Lovett, Executive Director, Appalachian Center for the Economy & the Environment
Jonathan Cannon, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Center for Environmental Studies

 

Human Rights (WB 104): Can They Stay? Asylum Law & the Victims of Gender-Based Violence
Karen Musalo, Resident Scholar, University of California, Hastings College of Law; Director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
Molly Groom, Chief, Refugee and Asylum Law Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
David Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law, Class of 1963 Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Deena Hurwitz, Director, Human Rights Program & International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law

3:00-3:15PM Break

3:15-4:30PM





Freedom Of Speech (WB 102): The Empty Chair: When Reporters Won’t Talk
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
Robert O’Neil, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression

 

JUVENILE LAW (WB 101): Father, I Cannot Tell a Lie: Juvenile Capacity for Confession
Elaine Cassel
, Attorney; Chair, ABA Behavioral Sciences Committee; Professor of Law, Concord University School of Law
Dewey G. Cornell, Clinical Psychologist & 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
Andy Block, Director, JustChildren Program, Legal Aid Justice Center

 

Government Regulation (WB 104): From Golden Handcuffs to Real Handcuffs: Corporate Corruption in the 21st Century
Stephen M. Byers, Partner, Crowell & Moring, White Collar Defense Practice Group
Doug Paul, Branch Chief, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Anup Malani, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law; Associate Professor, Health Evaluation Sciences Dept., University of Virginia Medical School

4:30-4:45PM Break
4:45-5:45PM

Keynote Address (Caplin Auditorium)
Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union; Professor of Law, New York Law School

5:45-6:30PM Reception (Caplin Pavilion)
Questions about the Conference should be directed to Ryan Almstead (rta3j@virginia.edu) or Stephanie Johnson (slj2w@virginia.edu).