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Note: The Spring 2020 Rosenkranz Originalism Conference has been cancelled.

Spring 2020 Conference

March 30, 2020 at Yale Law School

The Rosenkranz Originalism Conference at Yale Law School brings prominent academics and jurists to Yale for a day-long conference each semester to discuss and debate various approaches to and critiques of originalism in constitutional thought and practice. The initiative is led by Visiting Professor Steven G. Calabresi ’83 and Professor Akhil Reed Amar ’84 and is sponsored by Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz ’99, Professor of Law at Georgetown.

Register for the Conference here.


Speakers

Judge Amul Thapar, United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, keynote address

Professor Kurt Lash ’92, University of Richmond School of Law

Professor Rebecca Zietlow ’90, University of Toledo College of Law

 

Agenda

9–11a.m.: Professor Kurt Lash in the “crossfire” with Professors Akhil Reed Amar and Steven G. Calabresi

Yale Law School Auditorium / SLB Room 128

Break

1–2p.m.: Keynote Address by Judge Amul Thapar

SLB Room 127

Break

2:15–4:15p.m.: Professor Rebeca Zietlow in the “crossfire” with Professors Akhil Reed Amar and Steven G. Calabresi

SLB Room 127

Break

4:30–5:45p.m.: Roundtable discussion with audience participation

SLB Room 127

6–6:45p.m.: Reception

Alumni Reading Room

 

Past Conferences

October 25, 2019

Speakers

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas ’74, Supreme Court of the United States, keynote address

Professor Saikrishna Prakash ’93, University of Virginia Law School

Michael Stokes Paulsen ’85, University of St. Thomas School of Law
 

Agenda

9–11a.m.: Professor Saikrishna Prakash in the “crossfire” with Professors Akhil Reed Amar and Steven G. Calabresi

Yale Law School Auditorium

1–2p.m.: Keynote Address by Justice Clarence Thomas

Yale Law School Auditorium

2:15–4:15p.m.: Professor Michael Stokes Paulsen in the “crossfire” with Professors Akhil Reed Amar and Steven G. Calabresi

Yale Law School Auditorium

4:30–5:45p.m.: Roundtable discussion with audience participation

Yale Law School Auditorium

6–6:45p.m.: Reception

Alumni Reading Room