Conference on Public Service & the Law

schedule

Friday, January 30, 2009
Time	Activity

2:00-7:00

Registration (Clay Hall)

3:00-3:20

Opening Remarks (Caplin Auditorium)
Hon. Tom Perriello, Congressman, Virginia's Fifth District

	Panels:
3:30-5:00	The Innocence Project: A Growing Wave of Exonerations (Caplin Auditorium)
5:05-6:00	Judicial Remedies for The Foreclosure Crisis: Rescuing or Hurting Homeowners (Caplin Auditorium)

6:00-6:45

Opening Address (Caplin Auditorium)
speaker: Alan Morrison, Visiting Professor, Washington College of Law at American University Co-founder and Former Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group (Caplin Auditorium)

6:45-7:15

Opening Reception (Caplin Pavilion)

7:00-9:00

Welcome Dinner (Caplin Pavilion)
dinner speaker: Craig Watkins, District Attorney, Dallas County, Texas
(For panelists, moderators, conference coordinators, and invited faculty and invited guests.)

Saturday, January 31, 2009
Time	Activity

8:30-9:15

Registration & Breakfast (Clay Hall)

9:15-10:15	Panels:
	Implications of the Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq (WB104)
	A 2008 Campaign Retrospective: Issues In Election Law (WB 102)

10:20-11:20	Panels:
	School Choice and Urban Education Reform: Spotlight on the DC Public Schools (WB102)
	Judicial Nominations and Separation of Powers (WB104)

11:30-12:15

Keynote Address (Caplin Auditorium)
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court
(Doors open at 10:00 for seating)

12:15-1:00

Reception and Lunch (Withers-Brown Hall Lounge)

1:00-2:00	Workshops:
	Careers in International Public Interest Law (WB102)
	Women in Public Interest Careers (WB103)
	Careers in Prosecution and Defense (WB126)
	Public Service in the Private Sector (WB101)
2:05-3:05	Careers in the Federal Government (WB104)

2:05-3:05	Panels:
	The Issue Of Standing In Environmental Law: Who May Litigate On Behalf Of The Environment (WB126)
	Addressing the Preschool to Prison Pipeline: How the Legal Community is Responding to Juvenile Criminalization (WB103)