Veryl Victoria Miles, The Catholic University School of America and AALS Deputy Director

Introduction
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Georgetown University Law Center, and Chair, Planning Committee for the AALS & American Political Science Association Conference on Constitutional Law

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Federalism

Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (view material)
Larry D. Kramer, New York University School of Law (view material)

10:30-10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The End of the Second Reconstruction

David E. Bernstein, George Mason University School of Law (view material)
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law and Columbia University School of Law
J. Morgan Kousser, Department of History and Social Sciences, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology (view material)

Moderator: Linda S. Greene, University of Wisconsin Law School

12:15-1:45 p.m.
AALS-Sponsored Luncheon
The Day Anthrax Came to the Supreme Court

Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court Correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C.

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Groups, Cultural Pluralism, and the Constitution

William Nichol Eskridge, Jr., Yale Law School
Cheryl Harris, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
Alexander Tallchief Skibine, University of Utah College of Law (view material)
Christopher Wolfe, Department of Political Science, Marquette University (view material)

Moderator: Judith Baer, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45-5:00 p.m.
Small Group Discussions:

Crime and Race
Paul Butler, The George Washington University Law School (view material)
Angela J. Davis, American University Washington College of Law (view material)

Death Penalty
Mark Graber, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Gays & Lesbians
William Nichol Eskridge, Jr., Yale Law School

Gender
Judith Baer, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University (view material)
Cheryl Harris, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (view material)

Religion
Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Douglas Laycock, The University of Texas School of Law

Second Amendment
Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School

Separation of Powers
Linda S. Greene, University of Wisconsin Law School

Sovereignty
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Georgetown University Law Center
Alexander Tallchief Skibine, University of Utah College of Law

5:00-6:30 p.m.
AALS Sponsored Reception

Friday, June 7, 2002

Theme: New Directions in Constitutional Law

9:00-10:30 a.m.
New Forms of Speech

Robert C. Post, University of California at Berkeley School of Law
Eugene Volokh, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law

Moderator: Douglas Laycock, The University of Texas School of Law

10:30-10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m.-12:00 noon
Small Group Discussions: Lawyers Talk to Political Scientists, Political Scientists Talk to Lawyers

Litigating Constitutional Cases
Walter E. Dellinger, III, Duke University School of Law
Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Clerktalk with Former Supreme Court Law Clerks
Norman Dorsen, New York University School of Law
Larry D. Kramer, New York University School of Law
Robert C. Post, University of California at Berkeley School of Law
Mark V. Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center

Legal Ideas & Realism
Howard Gillman, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California
Rogers M. Smith, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

12:00 noon-1:45 p.m.
AALS-Sponsored Luncheon

Schools and Trends in Constitutional Thought

Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School

Buses will depart from the Westin Grand on 24th Street at 1:45 p.m. for afternoon sessions at Georgetown University Law Center followed by a Reception at the U.S. Supreme Court.

2:00-3:30 p.m.
The Function of Constitutional Courts

This panel is supported by a grant from the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law

Luis Lopez Guerra, Professor of Constitutional Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and former judge of the Constitutional Court of Spain (view material)
Michel Rosenfeld, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (view material)
Kim Lane Scheppele, University of Pennsylvania Law School (view material)

Moderator: Norman Dorsen, New York University School of Law

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45-5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

The Constitution in the Age of Globalization
Curtis A. Bradley, University of Virginia School of Law (view material)
Mark V. Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center

Moderator: Mark Graber, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Lochner Revisionism
Barry Cushman, University of Virginia School of Law (view material)
Howard Gillman, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California (view material)

Commentator: Robert C. Post, University of California at Berkeley School of Law

5:15-7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception at the U.S. Supreme Court sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center

Justice David Souter will welcome attendees of the Conference.

Buses will depart at 7:00 p.m. from the Supreme Court back to the Westin Grand Hotel.

Saturday, June 8, 2002

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Constitutional Law Outside the Courts

John J. Dinan, Department of Politics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Barry Friedman, New York University School of Law
Stephen M. Griffin, Tulane University School of Law (view material)

Moderator: Mark Graber, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

10:30-10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m.-12:00 noon
The New Originalism

Keith E. Whittington, Department of Politics, Princeton University (view material)

Commentators:
James E. Fleming, Fordham University School of Law (view material)
Reva B. Siegel, Yale Law School

Moderator: Douglas Laycock, The University of Texas School of Law

12:00 noon-2:00 p.m.
AALS & APSA Luncheon

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Town Hall: Law and Politics in Times of Crisis

Moderator: Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School