9:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Location: Moot Court Room, W&L Law
1 E. Denny Circle, Lexington, VA 24450
Dean Melanie Wilson, W&L Law
Nathan Heastie, Editor-in-Chief, Washington and Lee Law Review
9:15 a.m. Panel #1: Nationwide Injunctions Post-Casa
Location: Moot Court Room, W&L Law
Moderator: Maureen Edobor, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Speakers:
§ Joseph Mead, Special Litigation Counsel, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP), Georgetown University Law Center (member of the merits counsel team in Trump v. CASA
§ Prof. Suzette Malveaux, Roger D. Groot Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law (cited in, in opposition, in Trump v. CASA and Trump v. Hawaii)
§ Prof. Alan Trammell, Professor at Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
§ Prof. Alexi Pfeffer-Gillett, Assistant Professor at Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
11:00 a.m. Break
Peet’s Coffee and Tea provided.
11:15 a.m. Panel #2: Class Actions and Barriers to Collective Relief
Location: Moot Court Room, W&L Law
Moderator: Prof. David Eggert, Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Speakers:
§ Prof. Maureen Carroll, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
§ Prof. Richard Frankel, Associate Dean of Experiential Learning Programs and Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Cline School of Law
§ Prof. Maria Glover, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
§ Prof. Luke Norris, Tyler Haynes Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development, University of Richmond School of Law
1:00 p.m. Break for Lunch
2:00 p.m. Keynote Address and Q&A
Speaker: Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School, Founding Director, Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest law
3:15 p.m. Panel #3: Youth-Powered Litigation and Global Constitutionalism
Location: Moot Court Room, W&L Law
Moderator: Prof. Catherine Smith, Vincent L. Bradford Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Speakers:
§ Ramin Fatehi, Professor in Law, University College Cork
§ C.J. Lawrence, Founder and CEO, Black With No Chaser (BWNC)
§ Prof. Jeremiah Chin, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
§ Prof. Shehan Virgin, Assistant Professor in Department of Politics, Washington and Lee University
4:45 p.m. Break
Water/Tea/Snacks provided in Moot Court Lobby
5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Location: Moot Court Room, W&L Law
Tanner Hines, Symposium Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review
The Lara D. Gass Symposium is named in honor of Lara Gass, a member of the Law Class of 2014 who passed away in an automobile accident in March of 2014. Gass served as Symposium Editor for the Washington and Lee Law Review, organizing the Law Review’s 2014 symposium focused on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Lara was active within the Women Law Students Organization and also served as a Kirgis Fellow, the law school’s peer mentoring group, during the 2012–21013 academic year. In January 2014, Lara received recognition for her academic achievements, her leadership abilities, her service to the law school and university community, and her character when she was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.
