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1985 National Student Symposium

Equality and the Law

March 1 — 2, 1985

On March 1-2, 1985, The Federalist Society's Georgetown University student chapter hosted the Fourth Annual National Student Symposium in Washington, DC. The topic of the conference was "Equality and the Law."

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7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Welcome & Keynote Address by Senator Orrin Hatch

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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7:30 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks

  • Prof. Richard Gordon

7:45 p.m.
Keynote Address

  • Senator Orrin Hatch

Speakers

8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Panel I: Equality as a Constitutional Value

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Topics: Civil Rights • Constitution • Due Process • Fourteenth Amendment
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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8:30 p.m.
Panel I: Equality as a Constitutional Value

  • Prof. Paul Bator
  • Prof. Harry Jaffa
  • Prof. Cass Sunstein
  • Prof. Henry Manne
  • Moderator: Joseph Sobran
 

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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Panel II: Interpretations of the Equal Protection Clause

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Topics: Civil Rights • Constitution • Due Process • Fourteenth Amendment
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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10:00 a.m.
Panel II: Interpretations of the Equal Protection Clause

  • Prof. William Kristol
  • Judge Ralph Winter
  • Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Prof. Robert Destro
  • Moderator: Prof. Edward Erler

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11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Panel III: Race Conscious Remedies

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Topics: Affirmative Action • Civil Rights • Due Process • Fourteenth Amendment
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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11:40 a.m.
Panel III: Race Conscious Remedies

  • Judge Thomas Gee
  • Judge Nathanial Jones
  • Charles Cooper
  • Prof. Lino Graglia
  • Moderator: Prof. Robert D'Agostino
 

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2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Panel IV: Comparable Worth

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Topics: Civil Rights • Due Process • Fourteenth Amendment • Law & Economics
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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2:30 p.m.
Panel IV: Comparable Worth

  • William Bradford Reynolds
  • Prof. Paula England
  • Prof. Gordon Tullock
  • Michael Horowitz
  • Moderator: Prof. Grover Rees
 

Speakers

4:10 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.
Panel V: Equality and Justice in the Marketplace

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Topics: Civil Rights • Fourteenth Amendment • Law & Economics
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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4:10 p.m.
Panel V: Equality and Justice in the Marketplace

  • Judge Robert Bork
  • Prof. Allan Schwartz
  • Judge Antonin Scalia
  • Ronald Krietemeyer
  • Moderator: Kenneth Cribb

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7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
1985 National Student Symposium Banquet

1985 National Student Symposium

Sponsors: Georgetown Law Student Chapter

   
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

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