2017 National Lawyers Convention Schedule

Administrative Agencies and the Regulatory State

The 2017 National Lawyers Convention is scheduled for Thursday, November 16 through Saturday, November 18 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The topic of this year's convention is: Administrative Agencies and the Regulatory State.

Last updated on November 14 at 9:43 a.m.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Opening
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Hon. Tom Cotton, United States Senate

Showcase Panel I: Administrative Agencies and the Federal Judiciary
9:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, Clayton J. and Henry R. Barber Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Prof. Linda D. Jellum, Ellison C. Palmer Professor of Tax Law, Mercer University School of Law
  • Prof. Jennifer L. Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
  • Prof. Gillian Metzger, Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
  • Moderator: Hon. Edith Jones, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

General Luncheon (Ticketed event)
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
East, Cabinet, Palm Court, Senate and State Rooms

Federalism & Separation of Powers: Is Everyone Now for Federalism?
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
State Room
Overflow: Cabinet and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. John Eastman, Henry Salvatori Professor of Law and Community Service and Director, Center for Jurisprudence, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University
  • Dean Heather K. Gerken, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Prof. Abbe R. Gluck, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale 
  • Law School
  • Prof. John O. McGinnis, George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Prof. Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law, School George Mason University
  • Moderator: Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Litigation: Conservative Public-Interest Litigation in the Modern Era
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.   
East Room
Overflow: Senate Room

  • Mr. Theodore H. Frank, Senior Attorney, Director of the Center for Class Action Fairness, Competitive Enterprise Institute
  • Prof. Michael S. Greve, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
  • Mr. Mark W. Smith, Founding Partner, Smith Valliere PLLC
  • Mrs. Kate Comerford Todd, Former Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel, United States Chamber Litigation Center
  • Moderator: Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Corporations, Securities & Antitrust: The Future of Antitrust: Is the Consumer Welfare Standard Still Up to the Task or Is It Time for a 'Better Deal'?
 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
East Room
Overflow: Senate and District (lower level) Rooms

  • Hon. Ronald A. Cass, Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law and President, Cass & Associates, PC
  • Prof. Daniel Crane, Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor of Law, The University of Michigan Law School
  • Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
  • Mr. Jonathan S. Kanter, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • Mr. Barry C. Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets Institute
  • Moderator: Hon. Brett Kavanaugh, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Intellectual Property: Has the Administrative State Usurped the Role of the Federal Courts in Innovation Disputes?
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
State Room
Overflow: Cabinet and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. Gregory Dolin, Co-director of the Center for Medicine and Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
  • Prof. John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Prof. Arti K. Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
  • Mr. Robert Greene Sterne, Director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC
  • Moderator: Hon. F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, and former Commissioner, United States International Trade Commission

Labor & Employment Law: A View from the Top: DOL, EEOC, and NLRB
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

  • Hon. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary, United States Department of Labor
  • Hon. Nicholas C. Geale, Chief of Staff and Acting Solicitor, United States Department of Labor
  • Hon. Victoria A. Lipnic, Commissioner and Acting Chair, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Hon. Philip A. Miscimarra, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
  • Moderator: Hon. John K. Bush, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Book Signings
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Promenade

Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules of War

  • Prof. Jeremy A. Rabkin, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
  • Prof. John C. Yoo, University of California, Berkeley Law School

Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude

  • Hon. Raymond M. Kethledge, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Criminal Law: What Should be Done to Address Rising Crime Rates?
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Dr. John S. Baker, Jr., Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Ms. Heather Childs, Vice President & Compliance Counsel, Capital One
  • Mr. Adam Gelb, Director, Public Safety Performance Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Hon. Michael Mukasey, Of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton and former United States Attorney General
  • Mr. George J. Terwilliger III, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
  • Moderator: Hon. David Stras, Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court

Religious Liberties: The Administrative State and Religious Freedom
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
East & State Rooms
Overflow: Cabinet and District (lower level) Rooms

  • Prof. William P. Marshall, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Mr. Mark L. Rienzi, Senior Counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
  • Ms. Melissa Rogers, Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institute
  • Mr. Roger Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • Moderator: Hon. Diarmuid O'Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Madison Club Reception (Invitation only) Black Tie Optional
6:00 p.m.
Union Station
Columbus Club
50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, DC

Lawyers Convention Reception (Ticketed event) Black Tie Optional
6:00 p.m.
Union Station
East Hall
50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, DC

Annual Dinner (Ticketed event) Black Tie Optional
7:00 p.m.
Union Station
Main Hall
50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, DC

  • Hon. Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

Closing Reception
10:00 p.m.
Union Station
East Hall
50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, DC

  • Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Student Chapter

 

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Showcase Panel II: Congress and the Administrative State
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Hon. C. Boyden Gray, Founding Partner, Boyden Gray & Associates
  • Prof. Peter Strauss, Betts Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
  • Prof. Chris Walker, Associate Professor of Law, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
  • Prof. Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University
  • Moderator: Hon. Diane Sykes, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Book Signings
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Promenade

Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

  • Mr. Christopher J. Scalia, Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
  • Mr. M. Edward Whelan III, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center and Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

Address
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

General Luncheon (Ticketed event)
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
East, Cabinet, Chinese, District, Palm Court, Senate and State Rooms

Civil Rights: Race and Sex: Prime Movers of the Expansion of the Administrative State?
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
East Room
Overflow: Senate Room

  • Prof. Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
  • Mr. Peter Kirsanow, Partner, Benesch Attorneys at Law
  • Prof. R. Shep Melnick, O'Neill Professor, Boston College, Department of Political Science
  • Prof. Ted Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law & Director of the Center for Civil Rights, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Moderator: Hon. Rachel L. Brand, Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice

International & National Security Law: Comparative Counterterrorism Surveillance and Cooperation
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
State Room
Overflow: Palm Court Room

  • Dr. August Hanning, Former State Secretary, The Federal Interior Ministry, Federal Republic of Germany
  • Mr. Robert Hannigan, Former Director, Government Communications Headquarters, United Kingdom
  • Hon. Michael Mukasey, Of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and former United States Attorney General
  • Hon. Nathan A. Sales, Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Department of State
  • Moderator: Prof. Jamil N. Jaffer, Adjunct Professor, NSI Founder, and Director, National Security Law & Policy Program, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University 

Telecommunications & Electronic Media: The Regulatory State of the Internet
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Chinese Room
Overflow: Cabinet and District (lower level) Rooms

  • Hon. Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
  • Dr. Roslyn Layton, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
  • Hon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
  • Mr. Jonathan B. Sallet, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • Mr. Jonathan Spalter, President & CEO, USTelecom
  • Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, The Brookings Institution
  • Moderator: Hon. Stephen F. Williams, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Book Signings
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Promenade

Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

  • Mr. Christopher J. Scalia, Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
  • Mr. M. Edward Whelan III, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center and Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

Address
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Hon. Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney General

Free Speech & Election Law: The Future of Libel Law
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
State Room
Overflow: Cabinet and Senate Rooms

  • Mr. Paul Alan Levy, Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group
  • Ms. Libby Locke, Partner, Clare Locke LLC
  • Prof. Rodney A. Smolla, Dean and Professor of Law, Widener University Delaware School of Law
  • Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Los Angeles School of Law
  • Moderator: Hon. Jerry E. Smith, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Financial Services & E-Commerce: Financial Regulation: The Apotheosis of the Administrative State?
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and District (lower level) Rooms

  • Prof. Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law and Director, Classical Liberal Institute, New York University School of Law
  • Prof. Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems and Director, Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School
  • Mr. Peter J. Wallison, Senior Fellow, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
  • Prof. Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
  • Moderator: Hon. Carlos T. Bea, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture (Ticketed event)
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and District (lower level) Rooms

  • Mr. Donald F. McGahn, II, White House Counsel

Barbara K. Olson Memorial Reception (Ticketed event)
5:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
East and State Rooms

 

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Showcase Panel III: The Executive Branch and the Regulatory State
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. Aditya Bamzai, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Prof. Susan Dudley, Director, Regulatory Studies Center & Distinguished Professor of Practice, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, George Washington University
  • Prof. Lisa Heinzerling, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law, Georgetown University
  • Hon. Neomi Rao, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, The Office of Management and Budget
  • Moderator: Hon. David Barron, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Administrative Law & Regulation: The Administrative State and Its Discontents
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.    
State Room
Overflow: Palm Court Room

  • Prof. Michael McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law, Director of the Constitutional Law Center; Stanford Law School and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute
  • Mr. Stuart S. Taylor Jr., Contributing Editor, National Journal
  • Prof. Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center; Executive Director, Project for Older Prisoners, The George Washington University Law School
  • Prof. Michael Uhlmann, Professor of Government, Claremont Graduate University
  • Moderator: Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Environmental Law & Property Rights: Environmental Law without Congress: Are Alternatives to Legislation Eclipsing the Congressional Role?
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
East Room
Overflow: Senate Room

  • Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Prof. Donald J. Kochan, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Chapman University School of Law
  • Prof. Robert V. Percival, Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Program, University of Maryland School of Law
  • Prof. Michael P. Vandenbergh, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law and Director, Climate Change Research Network Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt Law School
  • Moderator: Hon. Amul Thapar, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Professional Responsibility & Legal Education: Using the Licensing Power of the Administrative State: Model Rule 8.4(g)
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
Chinese Room
Overflow: Cabinet and District (lower level) Rooms

  • Ms. Paulette Brown, Partner, Locke Lord LLP; Immediate Past President, American Bar Association
  • Mr. Stephen Gillers, Elihu Root Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
  • Prof. Ronald D. Rotunda, Professor, Doy and Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University
  • Hon. Ken Paxton, State Attorney General, Texas
  • Moderator: Hon. G. Barry Anderson, Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court

Tenth Annual Rosenkranz Debate & Luncheon
RESOLVED: Lochner v. New York: Still Crazy After All These Years.
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Moderator: Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Showcase Panel IV: Administrative Agencies and the Separation of Powers
2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
State Room
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Prof. Philip Hamburger, Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
  • Prof. John Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Prof. Gary Lawson, Philip S. Beck Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
  • Prof. Kevin M. Stack, Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Chair in Law, Vanderbilt Law School
  • Moderator: Hon. Kevin Newsom, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Special Session: Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
State Room
Overflow: Chinese and Palm Court Rooms

  • Prof. Rachel E. Barkow, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy; Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law
  • Hon. Amy Coney Barrett, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • Mr. Christopher J. Scalia, Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
  • Mr. M. Edward Whelan III, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center and Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
  • Moderator: Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Closing Reception & Book Signing: Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
District Ballroom

  • Mr. Christopher J. Scalia, Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
  • Mr. M. Edward Whelan III, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center and Editor, Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

Last updated on November 14 at 9:43 a.m.