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2000 National Lawyers Convention

The Presidency

November 16 — 18, 2000

Please note that due to the post-2000 election lawsuits in Florida, some of the scheduled speakers were unable to attend the convention.

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9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Welcome & Presentation of Federalist Society/Wall Street Journal Presidential Poll

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Constitution • Federalism
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Leonard Leo, Lawyers Division Director, The Federalist Society
  • Prof. Steven Calabresi, Northwestern Law School & National Co-Chairman, The Federalist Society
  • Prof. James Lindgren, Northwestern Law School

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9:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Showcase Panel I: Is the Presidency Better Off Now Than Eight Years Ago?

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Federalism
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC Washington

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  • Prof. Steven Calabresi, Northwestern Law School
  • Hon. Charles Cooper, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal and Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General
  • Hon. Bernard Nussbaum, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Former White House Counsel
  • Prof. Nelson Polsby, University of California at Berkeley
  • Moderator: Ms. Jennifer Newstead, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Speakers

11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
DNA & the Criminal Justice System

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Criminal Law & Procedure
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Margaret Berger, Brooklyn Law School
  • Mr. Ronald Eisenberg, Philadelphia County Assistant District Attorney
  • Dr. Lisa Forman, Deputy Director, Investigative and Forensic Sciences Division, Office of Science & Technology, National Institute of Justice
  • Ms. Jane Greene, Executive Director, Innocence Project
  • Moderator: Ms. Sarah Vandenbraak Hart, Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Speakers

11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
How Does A President Affect the FCC?

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Topics: Telecommunications & Electronic Media
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
  • Hon. Henry Rivera, Shook Hardy & Bacon and Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
  • Hon. Richard Wiley, Wiley Rein & Fielding and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
  • Moderator: Mr. Edward Whelan, Senior Vice President & Counselor to the General Counsel, Verizon Communications

Speakers

11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Regulatory Enforcement of Labor and Employment Law: What the Future Holds

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Topics: Labor & Employment Law
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Laurence Gold, Assistant General Counsel, AFL-CIO
  • Hon. Reginald Jones, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and Former Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Mr. Donald Maliniak, Vice President of Labor Relations, Federal Express Corporation
  • Mr. Arthur Rosenfeld, Labor Policy Advisor, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Pensions
  • Moderator: Mr. John Irving, Kirkland & ellis and Former General Counsel, NLRB

Speakers

1:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
The Migration of Responsibility & Punishment from the Wrongdoer to the Politically Correct

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Criminal Law & Procedure
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Vivian Berger, Columbia Law School
  • Hon. Gale Norton, Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber and Former Colorado Attorney General
  • Prof. Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law School
  • Moderator: Mr. William Otis, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney

Speakers

1:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
The Future of Political Parties

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Election Law • First Amendment • Free Speech & Election Law
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Jan Baran, Wiley Rein & Fielding
  • Prof. Michael Malbin, Executive Director, Campaign Finance Institute and State University of New York-Albany
  • Mr. Steve Rosenthal, Political Director, AFL-CIO
  • Hon. Bradley Smith, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
  • Moderator: Mr. Andrew Siff, Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Rules Committee

Speakers

1:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
The Rise of Government by Agency Guidance

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Administrative Law & Regulation
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Robert Anthony, George Mason Law School
  • Hon. James Byrnes, Chief Judge, Interior Board of Land Appeals
  • Mr. Neil Eisner, U.S. Department of Transportation, Assistant General Counsel, Regulation & Enforcement
  • Mr. Robert McKenna, Associate General Counsel, Qwest Communications
  • Moderator: Hon. Stephen Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit

Speakers

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
New Wine Into Old Bottles: E-Money and Other "New" Ideas

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Financial Services • Financial Services & E-Commerce
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Ms. Cynthia Bonnette, FDIC Bank Technology Group
  • Mr. Leonard Ehanin, Morrison & Foerster
  • Mr. Cantwell Muckenfuss, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
  • Moderator: Hon. John Douglas, Alston & Bird and Former General Counsel, FDIC

Speakers

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Courts Awarding Money to People Who Are Not (Yet?) Hurt: The Pros & Cons of Medical Monitoring Lawsuits

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Topics: Litigation
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Donald Elliott, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Yale Law School
  • Mr. Edward Madeira, Pepper Hamilton & Sheetz
  • Mr. Arvin Maskin, Weil Gotshal & Manges
  • Mr. Ronald Simon, Simon & Associates
  • Moderator: Mr. Victor Schwartz, Crowell & Moring and General Counsel, American Tort Reform Association

Speakers

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Use and Misuse of Statistics in Civil Rights Litigation

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Civil Rights • Litigation
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Edward Blum, Co-Director, Campaign for A Color-Blind America
  • Mrs. Linda Chavez, President, The Center for Equal Opportunity
  • Ms. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, American Enterprise Institute and Co-Author, Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America
  • Mr. Joseph Sellers, Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll
  • Moderator: Mr. Michael Carvin, Cooper Carvin & Rosenthal

Speakers

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Address: "What Makes for a Good President?"

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Federalism • Federalism & Separation of Powers
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Fred Greenstein, Princeton University, Author of The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton

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9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Address: Observations on the Presidential Election Contest

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Election Law • Federalism • Federalism & Separation of Powers
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. John Fund, The Wall Street Journal

Speakers

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Special Forum: The State of Legal Education

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Education Policy • Professional Responsibility & Legal Education
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Charles Fried, Harvard Law School and Former U.S. Solicitor General
  • Dean James Huffman, Lewis & Clark Law School
  • Ms. Harriet Miers, Locke Liddel & Sapp
  • Prof. Thomas Odom, Oklahoma City University Law School
  • Mr. Mark Renaud, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
  • Dean David Van Zandt, Northwestern Law School
  • Moderator: Prof. Lillian BeVier, University of Virginia Law School and Member, Federalist Society Board of Visitors

Speakers

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Address by Stephen Goldsmith

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Stephen Goldsmith, Baker & Daniels and Former Mayor, City of Indianapolis

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12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Regulation of High Tech Industries: Private Ordering or Government Oversight?

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Corporations, Securities & Antitrust
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Paul Cappuccio, General Counsel, America Online
  • Mr. James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
  • Mrs. Joanne Medero, Managing Director & Chief Counsel, Barclays Global Investors
  • Mr. Sam Scott Miller, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Former General Counsel, Paine Webber Group
  • Prof. David Post, Temple Law School and Senior Fellow, George Mason University
  • Moderator: Mr. Philip Lochner, Former Senior Vice President, Time Warner

Speakers

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
The Future of Federal Sentencing Policy

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Criminal Law & Procedure
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Frank Bowman, Indiana University Law School - Indianapolis
  • Hon. Avern Cohn, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • Hon. Harry Litman, U.S. Attorney, Western Pennsylvania
  • Hon. Williams Sessions, U.S. District Court, Vermont and Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • Hon. Deanell Tacha, U.S Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • Hon. Michael O'Neill, George Mason Law School and Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission

Speakers

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
How Should Religious Liberty Cases Be Argued?

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Religious Liberty • Religious Liberties
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Gerard Bradley, Notre Dame Law School
  • Mr. Kevin Hasson, President & General Counsel, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
  • Mr. Nathan Lewin, Miller Cassidy Larcoa & Lewin
  • Mr. Hewitt Pate, Hunton & Williams
  • Prof. Nicole Garnett, Notre Dame Law School (Moderator)

Speakers

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Address by William Bennett

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Federalism • Federalism & Separation of Powers
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. William Bennett, Empower America and Former U.S. Education Secretary

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2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Biotechnology and Software: Ethics, Monopolies, Fears & Realities -- What Side is the Law On?

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Intellectual Property
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Robert Blackburn, Senior Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel, Chiron Corporation
  • Hon. Gerald Mossinghoff, Oblon Spivak and Former Commissioner, PTO
  • Mr. Edward Pool, Managing Partner, DE Technologies
  • Mr. Raymond Stewart, Birch, Kolash, Stewart and Birch
  • Moderator: Hon. Randall Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Speakers

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Judges & the Press

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Federal Courts • Philosophy • Professional Responsibility & Legal Education • State Courts • Supreme Court
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, University of Southern California Law School
  • Prof. Roger Cramton, Cornell Law School
  • Prof. Fred McChesney, Northwestern Law School
  • Hon. Diarmuid O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • Prof. Ronald Rotunda, University of Illinois Law School
  • Moderator: Prof. Richard Painter, University of Illinois Law School

Speakers

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Showcase Panel II: Presidential Oversight and the Administrative State

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Administrative Law & Regulation • Federalism • Federalism & Separation of Powers
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Samuel Alito, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • Mr. Christopher DeMuth, President, American Enterprise Institute
  • Mr. Alan Morrison, Director and Co-Founder, Public Citizen Litigation Group
  • Prof. Richard Pierce, George Washington University Law School
  • Prof. Peter Strauss, Columbia Law School
  • Moderator: Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit

Speakers

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Address by Theodore Olson

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Theodore Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel and Member, Federalist Society Board of Visitors

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5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
First Amendment Roundup: Freedom of Speech, Expression and Association & the Recent Rehnquist Court

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: First Amendment • Religious Liberty • Supreme Court • Free Speech & Election Law • Religious Liberties
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers, Duke Law School and Former U.S. Solicitor General
  • Prof. William Kelley, Notre Dame Law School
  • Hon. Kenneth Starr, Former Independent Counsel and Former U.S. Solicitor General
  • Prof. Nadine Strossen, New York Law School and President, American Civil Liberties Union
  • Moderator: Mr. Brett Kavanaugh, Kirkland & Ellis

Speakers

7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Fourteenth Annual Lawyers Banquet & Multimedia Program: The Politics of Hollywood's Depiction of the Legal System

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Professional Responsibility & Legal Education • Telecommunications & Electronic Media
The Mayflower Hotel - Grand Ballroom
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Robert Bork, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Bork & Associates
  • Ms. Ann Coulter, Media Commentator and Columnist, Human Events
  • Mrs. Barbara Olson, Balch & Bingham, Media Commentator, and Former Management Position in Hollywood Television and Film Production
  • Mr. Robert Peck, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Mr. Jack Valenti, President, Motion Picture Association of America
  • Moderator: Prof. Michael Asimow, University of California at Los Angeles Law School

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8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
A Briefing on the Current Election Controversy

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Election Law • Federal Courts • Federalism • Supreme Court
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. James Gauch, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
  • Hon. C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and Former White House Counsel
  • Mr. Stuart Taylor, Editor, National Journal

Speakers

9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Federalism After the Election: Opportunities and Challenges

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Federalism • Federalism & Separation of Powers
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Lee Goodman, Deputy Counsel to the Governor and Deputy Director of Policy, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Dr. Michael Greve, American Enterprise Institute and Author, Real Federalism
  • Hon. Randolph Moss, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
  • Hon. William Pryor, Alabama Attorney General
  • Moderator: Mr. Ed Haden, Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Youth Violence

Speakers

9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Biotechnology & the New Environmental Regulatory Paradigm

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Environmental & Energy Law • Environmental Law & Property Rights
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. John Cohrssen, Executive Director, Public Health Policy Advisory Board
  • Mr. Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Dr. Margaret Mellon, Agriculture & Biotechnology Program Director, Union of Concernced Scientists
  • Moderator: Hon. Roger Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla and Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General

Speakers

9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Bad Lawyers in the Movies

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Litigation
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Presentation: Prof. Michael Asimow, University of California at Los Angeles Law School
  • Commentary: Mr. Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Moderator: Ms. Kimberly Newman, Hunton & William

Speakers

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Showcase Roundtable III: What Should Shape A President's Perspective on Foreign Policy?

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: International Law & Trade • International & National Security Law
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Walter Russell Mead, Senior Advisor, The Council on Foreign Relations
  • Prof. John Norton Moore, University of Virginia Law School
  • Prof. Jeremy Rabkin, Cornell University
  • Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Scowcroft Group and Former National Security Advisor
  • Moderator: Mr. Eric Kadel, Sullivan & Cromwell

Speakers

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Convention Luncheon Address by Frank Keating

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
The Mayflower Hotel - Grand Ballroom
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Hon. Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma

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2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Address by George Will

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
The Mayflower Hotel - Grand Ballroom
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. George Will, ABC's This Week

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3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Debate on the Death Penalty

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Criminal Law & Procedure • Due Process
The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Samuel Jordan, Former Director, Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty International-USA
  • Mr. Kent Scheidegger, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
  • Moderator: Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Speakers

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Judicial Selection

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: Federal Courts • Litigation • Supreme Court
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. R. Alexander Acosta, Director, Project on the Judiciary
  • Mr. Manus Cooney, Staff Director & Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
  • Hon. Lloyd Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and Former White House Counsel
  • Hon. Fred Fielding, Wiley, Rein & Fielding and Former White House Counsel
  • Mr. Ralph Neas, President, People for the American Way
  • Moderator: Mr. Max Boot, Op-Ed Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal

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3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Immigration in the High Tech Age

2000 National Lawyers Convention

   
Topics: International Law & Trade • International & National Security Law
The Mayflower Hotel - Cabinet Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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  • Mr. Gary Endelman, Immigration Attorney, BP Amoco
  • Ms. Lee Otis, Staff Director, U.S. Senate Immigration Subcommittee
  • Mr. Grover Joseph Rees, Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives International Operations & Human Rights Subcommittee
  • Dr. Richard Vigilante, Gilder Technology Group
  • Moderator: Ms. Margaret Stock, Stock & Moeller

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