Ohio State Law Journal

2009-10 Symposium



Symposium

2009-10 Symposium

Originalism and the Jury, with Keynote Address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

November 17, 2009 | Saxbe Auditorium

Schedule

8:00 a.m. Registration & Coffee
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. Panel I: The Framers & The Jury
Moderator: Bruce P. Smith, Dean and Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois College of Law
  • Joan L. Larsen, University of Michigan Law School
  • William E. Nelson, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
  • Gene C. Schaerr, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP; Co-Founder Con Source
10:15 a.m. Panel II: Seventh Amendment Civil Jury Trial
Moderator: Deborah Jones Merritt, John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Chair in Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
  • Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
  • James C. Oldham, St. Thomas More Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Suja A. Thomas, Professor of Law and Mildred Van Voorhis Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois College of Law
11:30 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Panel III: Sixth Amendment Criminal Jury Trial
Moderator: Alan C. Michaels, Dean and Edwin M. Cooperman Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
  • Douglas A. Berman, William B. Saxbe Designated Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
  • Stephanos Bibas, Professor of Law and Criminology, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Judge Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • Orin S. Kerr, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
2:30 p.m. Panel IV: Originalism in Advocacy
Moderator: Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Michael Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
  • Jeffrey L. Fisher, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
  • Carter Phillips, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
3:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Antonin Scalia
4:45 p.m. Closing Reception with Justice Scalia