Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
The 13th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference was held on January 7, 2011 in San Francisco at the Hotel Monaco San Francisco. The purpose of our Annual Faculty Conference is to provide an opportunity for those interested in the Society to share ideas and scholarship with each other.
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: Class Actions, Arbitration, and Alternative Litigation Finance
13th Annual Faculty Conference
| Topics: | Litigation |
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Paris North
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Event Video
Description
- Prof. Lawrence A. Cunningham, The George Washington University Law School
- Prof. Anthony Sebok, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
- Prof. Stephen Ware, University of Kansas School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Introduction: Hon. Lee Liberman Otis, Senior Vice President & Director, Faculty Division, The Federalist Society
Speakers
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
13th Annual Faculty Conference
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Contracts • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Law & Economics • Separation of Powers |
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Paris North
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Event Video
Description
- Prof. Rebecca Kysar, Brooklyn Law School, "Lasting Legislation"
- Prof. Andrew Schwartz, University of Colorado Law School, "Consumer Contract Exchanges and the Problem of Adhesion"
- Prof. Paul Stancil, University of Illinois College of Law, "Standardmaking"
- Prof. Robert Wagner, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, "Gordon Gekko to the Rescue? Insider Trading as a Tool to Combat Accounting Fraud"
- Prof. Jason Yackee, University of Wisconsin Law School, "Testing the Ossification Thesis: An Empirical Examination of Federal Regulatory Volume and Speed, 1950-1990"
- Commenter: Prof. Richard Epstein, New York University Law School
- Moderator: Prof. Grant Nelson, Pepperdine University School of Law
Speakers
12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Luncheon Debate: The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate
13th Annual Faculty Conference
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Constitution • Federalism • Healthcare • Separation of Powers • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers |
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Paris South
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Event Video
Description
- Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
- Prof. Orin S. Kerr, The George Washington University Law School
- Moderator: Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law
Speakers
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Immigration and the Role of the States
13th Annual Faculty Conference
| Topics: | International Law & Trade • Security & Privacy • State Courts • State Governments • International & National Security Law |
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Paris North
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Event Video
Description
- Prof. G. Jack Chin, University of Arizona College of Law
- Prof. John C. Eastman, Chapman University School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Carissa Hessick, Arizona State College of Law
Speakers
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Seven-Minute Presentations of Works in Progress
13th Annual Faculty Conference
| Topics: | Constitution • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Founding Era & History • Jurisprudence • Philosophy • Politics |
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Paris North
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Description
- Prof. Tom W. Bell, Chapman University School of Law, "Libertarian—but not Originalist!—Constitutionalism"
- Prof. Robin Effron, Brooklyn Law School, "Commonalities of Fact and Law"
- Prof. Minor Myers, Brooklyn Law School, "The Perverse Effect of Shareholder Voting on Executive Compensation"
- Prof. William Wagner, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, "The Jurisprudential Battle over the Character of a Nation: Understanding the Emerging Threats to Unalienable Liberty in America"
- Moderator: Prof. Eugene Volokh, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Speakers
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Panel 3: Alternatives to Originalism: Conservative and Libertarian Perspectives
13th Annual Faculty Conference
| Topics: | Constitution • Founding Era & History • Jurisprudence • Philosophy |
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Paris North
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Monaco San Francisco
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Event Video
Description
- Prof. David E. Bernstein, George Mason University School of Law
- Prof. Patrick Brennan, Villanova University School of Law
- Prof. Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Prof. Orin S. Kerr, The George Washington University Law School
- Moderator: Prof. John O. McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
