William & Mary Law Review Symposium

February 22-23

Room 119, Free and all are welcome.

Friday, February 22, 2019

Opening Remarks (1:15-1:30)

Davison M. Douglas, Dean and John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence, William & Mary Law School
Allison Orr Larsen, Professor, William & Mary Law School
Matt Strauser, Symposium Editor, Vol. 60, William & Mary Law Review

Panel #1: Courts Under Attack (1:30-2:40)

Moderator: Neal E. Devins, William & Mary Law School
Bert I. Huang, Columbia University Law School
- “Judicial Credibility”
Marin K. Levy, Duke University Law School
- “Judicial Self Restraint or Self Help?”

Break (2:40-3)

Panel #2: Historical Perspectives on Judges in Politically Charged Times (3-4:10)

Moderator: James Y. Stern, William & Mary Law School
Jack M. Beermann, Boston University School of Law
- “Crisis? Whose Crisis?”
Barry Cushman, University of Notre Dame Law School
- “The Judicial Reforms of 1937”

Break (4:10-4:20)

Panel #3: American and British Courts in Politically Heated Moments (4:20-5:30)

Moderator: Margaret H. Lemos, Duke University Law School
Allison Orr Larsen, William & Mary Law School
- “Doctrinal Implications when Courts are Criticized: A Comparison to the U.K.”
Erin F. Delaney, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
- “Opportunity in Crisis: The U.K. Supreme Court and Miller”

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Breakfast (8:30-9)

Panel #1: Judicial Evaluation of a New Kind of President: The Role of Realism and Norms (9-10:15)

Moderator: Tara Leigh Grove, William & Mary Law School
Richard H. Pildes, New York University Law School
- “Institutional Realism and Judicial Review in the Trump Era”
Daniel B. Rodriguez, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
- “Of Guardians and Guardrails: The Role of Soft Administrative Law”

Break (10:15-10:30)

Panel #2: Courts as Protectors of Individual Rights (10:30-11:45)

Moderator: Timothy Zick, William & Mary Law School
Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley Law School
- “Above the Fray: The Court’s Role in Polarized Times”
Mary-Rose Papandrea, University of North Carolina School of Law
- “Protecting the Role of the Press During Times of Crisis”

Closing Remarks (11:45)