BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18880559 SEQUENCE:19055405 CREATED:20251008T160500Z DESCRIPTION:The Power of State Constitutional Rights Symposium\n\nTwo-day symposium where judges, practitioners, and scholars will explore critical issues facing state courts and constitutions.\n\nThursday, November 6 at 7 am - 12:45 pm PT (9 a.m.– 2:45 pm Chicago time)\n\nFriday, November 7 at 7 am - 1:30 pm PT (9 a.m. – 3:30 pm Chicago time)\n\nInformation: https://www.brennancenter.org/events/power-state-constitutional-rights\n\nRegistration & schedule: https://brennan.swoogo.com/stateconstitutionalrightssymposium/begin\n\nHOSTS: Brennan Center for Justice, State Court Report, and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University\n\n\nState courts and constitutions are increasingly in the spotlight as significant sources of rights. In areas ranging from abortion to education to property rights, many state constitutions offer protections that are distinct from and often more expansive than those found in the U.S. Constitution.\n\nJoin the Brennan Center for Justice, State Court Report, and the Northwestern University Law Review for a two-day symposium at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law exploring the future of state constitutional rights, including the substantive rights protected by state constitutions, state constitutional amendments, and emerging issues in areas such as LGBTQ+ rights and voting rights.\n\nProduced in partnership with State Court Report and Northwestern University Law Review\n\n\nAGENDA\n\nDay 1 - Thursday, November 7\n\n7 - 8 AM PT (9:00 – 10:00 AM CT): A conversation with Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit\nModerated by Daniel B. Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\n\n8:15 AM - 8:30 AM PT (10:15 – 10:30 AM CT): Welcome and introduction\nZachary Clopton, Interim Dean, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nMay Hiatt, Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern University Law Review\nMichael Waldman, President and CEO, Brennan Center for Justice\n\n8:30 - 10 AM PT (10:30 – 12:00 PM CT): Voting Rights and Democracy in State Courts\nModerator: Sean Morales-Doyle, Director, Voting Rights and Elections Program, Brennan Center for Justice\n\nPanelists:\nMichael Kang, Class of 1940 Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nHon. Allison Riggs, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court\nMiriam Seifter, Richard E. Johnson Bascom Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School\n\n10 - 11:15 AM PT (12:00 – 1:15 PM CT): Lunch break\n\n11:15 AM - 12:45 PM PT (1:15 – 2:45 PM CT): The Diversity of Rights in State Constitutions\nModerator: Alicia Bannon, Director, Judiciary Program, Brennan Center for Justice\n\nPanelists:\nTing Ting Cheng, Director of the ERA Project at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law\nMartha Davis, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law\nAndrew Hammond, Professor of Law and Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow, Maurer School of Law\nHon. Melissa A. Long, Associate Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court\nAnthony Sanders, Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement, Institute for Justice\n\n\nDay 2 - Friday, November 7\n\n8 - 9:30 AM PT (10:00 – 11:30 AM CT): Federalism and Interstate Conflicts \nModerator: Zachary Clopton, Interim Dean, Daniel Hale Williams Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\n\nPanelists:\nBridget Fahey, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School\nRoderick M. Hills, Jr., William T. Comfort III Professor of Law, NYU School of Law \nAdam Sopko, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School\nJulia Spiegel, Founder and CEO, GovAct\n\n9:45 - 11 AM PT (11:45 – 1:00 PM CT): LGBTQ Rights & State Constitution \nModerator: Kara Ingelhart, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Director of the LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\n\nPanelists:\nAkilah Deernose, Executive Director, ACLU of Montana \nWhit Washington, Senior Attorney for the Nonbinary & Transgender Rights Project, Lambda Legal \nEvan Wolfson, Founder and President, Freedom to Marry\nQuinn Yeargain, 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy and Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law \n\n11 AM - noon PT (1:00 – 2:00 PM CT): Lunch break\n\n12 - 1:30 PM PT (2:00 – 3:30 PM): State Constitutional Amendments and State Conventions\nModerator: Wilfred Codrington, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Co-Director of Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law School\n\nPanelists:\nDerek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative\nMarcus Gadson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law\nHon. Caitlin J. Halligan, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals\nHon. Elizabeth M. Welch, Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court\n\n\nCONFERENCE SPEAKERS:\n\nAlicia Bannon, Director of Judiciary Program, Brennan Center for Justice\nMegan Byrne, Staff Attorney, ACLU Capital Punishment Project\nTing Ting Cheng, Director of the ERA Project at the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center, NYU School of Law\nDerek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative\nZachary Clopton, Interim Dean, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nWilfred Codrington, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Co-Director of Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law School\nMartha Davis, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law\nAkilah Deernose, Executive Director, ACLU of Montana\nBridget Fahey, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School\nLucien Ferguson, Assistant Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law\nSue Frietsche, Executive Director and Director of Litigation, Women’s Law Project\nMarcus Gadson, Associate Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law\nMichelle Garcia, Deputy Director, New Mexico Legal Aid\nHon. Caitlin J. Halligan, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals\nAndrew Hammond, Professor of Law, Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law\nBrian Highsmith, Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law\nRoderick M. Hills Jr., William T. Comfort III Professor of Law, NYU School of Law\nKara Ingelhart, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Director of the LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nMichael Kang, Class of 1940 Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nDiana Kasdan, Legal and Policy Director for the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, UCLA School of Law\nHon. Melissa A. Long, Associate Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court\nMarie Miller, Attorney, Institute for Justice\nSean Morales-Doyle, Director of Voting Rights and Elections Program, Brennan Center for Justice\nLalita Moskovitz, Staff Attorney, ACLU New Mexico\nRosemary Nidiry, Senior Counsel, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice\nHon. Allison Riggs, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court\nDaniel B. Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nAnthony Sanders, Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement, Institute for Justice\nMatthew Segal, Codirector of State Supreme Court Initiative, American Civil Liberties Union\nMiriam Seifter, Richard E. Johnson Bascom Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School\nDavid Shapiro, Executive Director, MacArthur Justice Center\nAdam Sopko, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School\nJulia Spiegel, Founder and CEO, GovAct\nHon. Jeffrey S. Sutton, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit\nKaren Thompson, Legal Director of Pregnancy Justice\nDeborah Tuerkheimer, Class of 1967 James B. Haddad Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\nAndrew H. Ward, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice\nWhit Washington, Senior Attorney for the Nonbinary and Transgender Rights Project, Lambda Legal\nHon. Elizabeth M. Welch, Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court\nKathrina Szymborski Wolfkot, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice\nEvan Wolfson, Founder and President, Freedom to Marry\nQuinn Yeargain, 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/10/08/18880559.php SUMMARY:The Power of State Constitutional Rights Symposium - LGBT+, Voting & More (Virtual Day 1) LOCATION:Virtual/online (FREE)\n\nRegister to join online: https://brennan.swoogo.com/stateconstitutionalrightssymposium/begin\n\nIn-person conference in Chicago, Illinois URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/10/08/18880559.php DTSTART:20251106T150000Z DTEND:20251106T210000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR