Faculty & Scholarship

Conference Schedule

Reforming the Supreme Court?

8:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Contemporary Consequences of Life Tenure

Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law

Ward Farnsworth, Boston University School of Law

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Are These Consequences Problematic Under Today’s Circumstances?

Paul D. Carrington, Duke University School of Law

L. A. Scot Powe, Jr., University of Texas School of Law

Thomas W. Merrill, Columbia University School of Law

Daniel J. Meador, University of Virginia School of Law

12:00 pm

Luncheon

1:00 pm Examining Possible Solutions

David J. Garrow, Emory Univ. Sch. of Law (attacking stat. approaches)

James Lindgren, Northwestern Univ. School of Law (strategic behavior)

Sanford Levinson, University of Texas School of Law (assessing alternatives)

Arthur D. Hellman, University of Pittsburgh Law School (assessing alternatives)

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm Bringing Change About

John C. Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law (constitutional issues)

Alan Morrison, Stanford University Law School (legislative process)

Robert R. Nagel, Univ. of Colorado School of Law (assessing alternatives)

William Van Alstyne, William and Mary School of Law (assessing alternatives)

4:30 pm

Adjournment

To register or to obtain more information contact Dana Norvell at norvell@law.duke.edu or by telephone at 919-613-7080.