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Schedule

Thursday, March 31, 2011

7:00 p.m.

Dinner for conference speakers

Friday, April 1, 2011 — Jeffers Courtroom, Townes Hall

9:00  a.m. - 9:15  a.m.

Introduction and Welcome:

Sanford Levinson, Reva Siegel, and Jack Balkin

9:15  a.m. - 10:45  a.m.

Panel One: Equality and Positive Rights in State Constitutions:

Emily ZackinPositive Rights and State Constitutions (presented by Sanford Levinson)

Michael ParisFraming Equal Opportunity: Law and the Politics of School Finance Reform (presented by Rick Schragger)

Willy Forbath, Moderator and Commentator

10:45 a.m - 11:00 a.m.

Morning Break

11:00  a.m. - 12:30  a.m.

Panel Two: Relations between Equality and Liberty—Contemporary and Historical Perspectives:

Kenji YoshinoThe New Equal Protection, 124 Harv. L. Rev. 747 (2011) (presented by Jack Balkin)

Jack Balkin — Chapters 11 and 12 from Living Originalism Originalism (Harvard University Press forthcoming 2011) (presented by Kenji Yoshino)

Sanford Levinson, Moderator and Commentator

12:30 p.m - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00  p.m. - 4:00  p.m.

Panel Three: Disparate Impact and the Future of Antidiscrimination Law:

Richard PrimusThe Future of Disparate Impact, 108 Michigan L. Rev. 1341 (2010) (presented by Richard Ford)

Reva SiegelFrom Colorblindness to Antibalkanization: An Emerging Ground of Decision in Race Equality Cases, 120 Yale L.J. (forthcoming 2011) (presented by Richard Primus)

Richard FordBias in the Air: Rethinking Employment Discrimination Law (presented by Reva Siegel)

Joey Fishkin, Moderator and Commentator

4:00 p.m - 4:15 p.m.

Afternoon Break

4:15  p.m. - 6:00  p.m.

Panel Four: A Conversation on Immigration and Equality:

Linda Bosniak

Gabriel Chin

Cristina Rodríguez

Jack Balkin, Moderator

6:30 p.m.

Dinner for conference speakers

Saturday, April 2, 2011 — Jeffers Courtroom, Townes Hall

9:15  a.m. - 10:45  a.m.

Panel Five: Gender, Sexuality, and Equality:

Cary FranklinThe Anti-stereotyping Principle in Constitutional Sex Discrimination Law, 85 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 83 (2010) (presented by Melissa Murray)

Melissa MurrayDisestablishing the Family, 119 Yale L. J. 1236 (2010) (co-authored with Alice Ristroph) (presented by Cary Franklin)

Angela Littwin, Moderator and Commentator

10:45 a.m - 11:00 a.m.

Morning Break

11:00  a.m. - 12:30  a.m.

Panel Six: Religious Equality:

Andrew KoppelmanReligious Neutrality in American Law: An Analysis and Defense (Harvard University Press, forthcoming 2012) (presented by Lawrence Sager)

Lawrence Sager, Moderator/Presenter

12:30 p.m - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00  p.m. - 3:30  p.m.

Panel Seven: The Constitutional Politics of Equality:

Justin DriverAgainst Consensus History, __ Tex. L. Rev. __(forthcoming 2011) (presented by Doug NeJaime)

Doug NeJaimeWinning through Losing, __ Iowa L. Rev. __, (forthcoming 2011) (presented by Justin Driver)

Reva Siegel, Moderator and Commentator

6:30 p.m.

Dinner for conference speakers