UPDATE: Registration is Now Open for the Third Education Law & Policy Conference
WASHINGTON—Registration is now open for the third Education Law & Policy Conference hosted by the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies and The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
This year’s conference will examine the legal and policy issues facing education in the United States centering on the theme, “A New Civil Rights Movement in Education?”
The conference will take place on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at The Mayflower Hotel and will feature a full day of programming, including panels, addresses, lunch, and a closing reception.
What: Education Law & Policy Conference
When: Thursday, September 11, 2024
Where: The Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
PANEL TOPICS
Armchair Conversation: The State of Civil Rights on Campus with Ilya Shapiro and Charles C. W. Cooke
Plenary Session 1: Title IX: Gender Identity and So Much More
Plenary Session 2: Race and Education After Students for Fair Admissions
Plenary Session 3: Discussion on the Right: Parental Rights in Education
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS TO DATE
Alison Somin, Senior Legal Fellow, Pacific Legal Foundation
andré douglas pond cummings, Dean and Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Ben Gibson, Chair, Florida State Board of Education; Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLP
Cameron T. Norris, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
Candice Jackson, Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights & Former Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education
Charles C. W. Cooke, Senior Editor, National Review
Hon. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, U.S. House of Representatives
Ilya Shapiro, Director of Constitutional Studies, Manhattan Institute
KC Johnson, Professor of History, Brooklyn College
Luke Berg, Deputy Counsel, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Mark Chenoweth, President and Chief Legal Officer, New Civil Liberties Alliance
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Director of the American Identity Project, The Progressive Policy Institute; Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University
Scott Schneider, Owner & Founder, Schneider Education & Employment Law PLLC
Hon. Steven Menashi, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Thomas Vaseliou, Associate, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
Todd J. Clark, Dean & Professor of Law, Widener University Delaware Law School
Vernadette R. Broyles, President & General Counsel, Child & Parental Rights Campaign
William A. Estrada, Senior Counsel, Home School Legal Defense Association
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