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***All conference panels will take place in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom, West Virginia University College of Law***
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
4:00 - 4:15 pm
Dean John W. Fisher, II, West Virginia University College of Law
Lisa Brown, American Constitution Society
PANEL I : THE RELIGION CLAUSES IN INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS
4:15 - 5:45 pm
| MODERATOR: |
Charles R. DiSalvo, West Virginia University College of Law
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Ira C. Lupu, George Washington University Law School
Robert W. Tuttle, George Washington Law School
Instruments of Accommodation: The Military Chaplaincy and
the
Establishment Clause
Kristi L. Bowman, University of Mississippi School of Law
Free Exercise Rights in Public Schools |
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| COMMENTATORS: |
Steven K. Green, Willamette University College of Law |
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John E. Taylor, West Virginia University College of Law |
RECEPTION
6:00 - 6:30 pm
West Virginia University College of Law
DINNER AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
6:30 - 8:30 pm
West Virginia University College of Law
| SPEAKER: |
Douglas Laycock, University of Michigan School of Law
Substantive Neutrality Revisited
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007
PANEL II: GOVERNMENT RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION
8:30 - 10:00 am
| MODERATOR: |
Anne Marie Lofaso, West Virginia University College of Law
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Frederick M. Gedicks, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU
Believing, Disbelieving, Barely Believing
Daniel O. Conkle, Indiana University School of Law
The Establishment Clause and Religious Expression in
Governmental Settings: Four Variables in Search of
a Standard
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| COMMENTATORS: |
Steven D. Smith, University of San Diego School of Law
William P. Marshall, University of North Carolina
School of Law |
PANEL III: ACCOMMODATION OF RELIGION
10:10 - 11:40 am
| MODERATOR: |
Melody Barnes, Center for American Progress
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Kent Greenawalt, Columbia University School of Law
Establishment Clause Limitations on Free Exercise
Accommodations
Angela C. Carmella, Seton Hall University School of Law
Unifying the Religion Clauses: Religious Exemptions and the
Common Good
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Carl H. Esbeck, University of Missouri School of Law
Laura S. Underkuffler, Duke University School of Law |
LUNCH
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
FEATURED ADDRESS
12:50 – 1:50 pm
| SPEAKER: |
Steven G. Gey, Florida State University School of Law
Life After the Establishment Clause
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PANEL IV: RELIGION AND POLITICS
2:00 - 3:30 pm
| MODERATOR: |
Gerald G. Ashdown, West Virginia University College of Law
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Naomi R. Cahn, George Washington University Law School
Deep Purple? The Religious Shades of Family Law
Martha M. Ertman, George Washington University
Law School
The Story of Reynolds v. U.S.: Polygamy and Race Treason
Eduardo M. Peñalver, Cornell University Law School
Is Public Reason Counterproductive?
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Vivian E. Hamilton, West Virginia University College of Law
Robert M. Bastress, West Virginia University College of Law |
CLOSING REMARKS
3:30 – 3:45 pm
William P. Marshall, University of North Carolina School of Law
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