The South Carolina Law Review is partnering with the American Bar Foundation to present the inaugural William Hubbard Conference on Law & Education. The event will be held at the University of South Carolina School of Law on Friday, February 25, and has been approved for six CLE credits.

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Schedule

 

8 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

9 a.m.  - Welcome and Opening Remarks

• William C. Hubbard, Dean, University of South Carolina School of Law
• Ajay K. Mehrotra, Executive Director, American Bar Foundation; Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
• Dixie McCollum, Editor-in-Chief, Volume 73, South Carolina Law Review

 

9:30 a.m. - Panel 1: Contest Over Educational Content

Subtopics: Critical Race Theory, Religion, and Patriotic Education

Panelists:

• Kristine L. Bowman, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Education, Michigan State University
• Kevin Brown, Professor, University of Indiana Maurer School of Law
• Jonathan Feingold, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Law
• Erika Wilson, Associate Professor and Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair, University of North Carolina School of Law

Moderator: 

• Emily Suski, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law

 

10:45 a.m. - Panel 2: Diversity and Inclusion

Subtopics: Segregation and Antidiscrimination

Panelists:

• Erica Frankenberg, Professor, Pennsylvania State University College of Education
• Liliana Garces, Associate Professor of Education, Affiliate Faculty of Law, and Affiliate Faculty for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas
• Vinay Harpalani, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico School of Law
• Rachel Moran, Professor, University of California-Irvine School of Law

Moderator: 

• Claire Raj, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law

 

12 noon - Lunch and Keynote Address

 

Speaker: 

Martha Minow, Former Dean, Harvard Law School
Paper: Education: Constitutional Democracy's  Predicate and Product

Moderator:

Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director, World Justice Project

 

1:45 p.m. - Panel 3: Privatization and the Stability of Public Education

Subtopics: School Choice, Public Education Funding, and the Right to Education

Panelists:

• Preston Green, Professor of Educational Leadership and Law and John & Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education, University of Connecticut
• Osamudia James, Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law
• David Sciarra, Executive Director, Education Law Center
• Joshua Weishart, Professor, West Virginia University College of Law

Moderator: 

• Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, and Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago; ABF Research Professor

 

3 p.m. - Break

 

3:15 p.m. - Panel 4: Rule of Law and Civics

Subtopics: Democratic Values, Education Norms, Civics, and the Federal Role

Panelists:

• Derek W. Black, Professor and Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law, University of South Carolina School of Law
• Kimberly Robinson, Professor of Law, Professor of Education and Professor of Leadership & Public Policy, University of Virginia
• Matthew Shaw, Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Education, Vanderbilt University
• Richard Kahlenberg, Director of K-12 Equity and Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Moderator: 

• The Honorable Richard M. Gergel, Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

 

4:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks

(Reception immediately following)