Sen. Ted Cruz Just Added to FedSoc’s Executive Branch Review Conference June 11
The Federalist Society's Executive Branch Review Project is proud to present the First Annual Executive Branch Review Conference, to be held on June 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. We are particularly delighted to announce that Senator Ted Cruz will deliver an address. There is no cost to attend and lunch will be provided, but CLE will be available for a small charge.
Recently confirmed panelists include:
- Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, and Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Mr. Steven G. Bradbury, Partner, Dechert LLP
- Hon. Jonathan Z. Cannon, Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, and Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program, University of Virginia School of Law
- Ms. Coral Davenport, Energy and Environment Correspondent, National Journal
- Ms. Caroline Fredrickson, President, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
- Mr. Neil Fried, Senior Telecommunications Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Unites States House of Representatives
- Prof. Damien Geradin, William W. Cook Global Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School; Tilburg University, The Netherlands and Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
- Mr. Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Russell, P.C. and Founder and Publisher, SCOTUSblog
- Prof. Robert T. Miller, Professor of Law and F. Arnold Daum Fellow in Corporate Law, University of Iowa College of Law
- Prof. Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, and Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center; Executive Director, Project for Older Prisoners, The George Washington University Law School
Agenda:
9:00 a.m. Introductory Panel
Is the Administrative State on the Rise?
10:10 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Is Government a Friend or Foe of Innovation?
Labor and Employment Law
Criminal Law at the Federal Level
11:20 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Dodd-Frank and Beyond
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Environmental Law and Regulation
12:30 p.m. Plenary Lunch Session
Regulation and the Rule of Law
Other confirmed participants include:
- Hon. Mary Beth Buchanan, Ethics and Reputational Risk Officer, United Nations, and former United States Attorney
- Hon. Kathleen Casey, Senior Advisor, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, and former Commissioner, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
- Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC and Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
- Mr. Terry Eastland, Publisher, The Weekly Standard
- Prof. Deepak Gupta, Founder, Gupta Beck PLLC, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Hon. Peter N. Kirsanow, Partner, Benesch Attorneys at Law, and former member, National Labor Relations Board
- Mr. Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
- Mr. John G. Malcolm, Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation
- Hon. Roger R. Martella, Jr., Partner, Sidley Austin LLP and former General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency
- Hon. David McIntosh, Mayer Brown and Founder, The Federalist Society
- Prof. Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie-Mellon Tepper School of Business
- Mr. David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Prof. Tuan Samahon, Villanova University School of Law
- Prof. Gigi Sohn, President and Founder, Public Knowledge and Senior Adjunct Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado
- Hon. George J. Terwilliger III, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
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Mr. Richard Wolf, USA Today
- Prof. Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law, and Mercatus Center Senior Scholar
To register, click here.
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