The Roles of Lawyers in Constitutional Change

8:45–9:00

Welcoming Remarks

9:00–10:15

Lawyers and Judicial Audience

• Jane Schacter, “The Political History of the Idea of Judicial Activism”
• Lawrence Baum, “Lawyers as a Judicial Audience in Times of Constitutional Change: Comparing the Warren and Roberts Courts”

10:15–10:30

Break

10:30–11:45

Influencing Constitutional Law Through Litigation

• Chris Schmidt, “Lawyering the Public-Private Divide”
• Neal Devins, “State Attorneys General and the Shaping of Constitutional Values”

11:45–1:00

Lunch

1:00–2:30

Framing Strategies

• Ken Kersch, “Doing Their Thing, Doing Their Part, and Making Their Peace: The Role of Stories at the Intersection of Movements, Parties, and Cause Lawyering”
• Mary Ziegler, “Antiabortion Lawyers and the Reworking of Constitutional Stare Decisis”
• Ann Southworth, “Competing Frames in Litigation Over the Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Regulation”

2:30–2:45

Break

2:45–4:00

Shaping Constitutional Law/Values Outside of the Courts

• Mark Graber, “Constitutional Lawyering in the Age of Partisan Supremacy”
• Gordon Silverstein, “Juridification in the Age of Trump: Old Wine in Young Bottles”

4:00–4:15

Break

4:15–5:30

Transforming Constitutional Law Through Legal Education

• Amanda Hollis-Brusky, “Culture Warrior, Esquire: How the Christian Right is Attempting to Transform Law Through Legal Education”
• Paul Baumgardner, “Originalism and the Academy in Exile”