50 Years After San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez: New and Old Fights for Equity in Public Schools
Schedule
9:00–10:00am: Continental Breakfast & Check In
10:00–10:15am: Opening Remarks by Angela Ciolfi, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Justice Center
10:15–10:45am: Keynote Address by Albert Kauffman, Professor of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law
10:45–11:45am: Paper Presentations
- Professor David Gartner, The Federal Role in School Funding Equity
- Professor Earl M. Maltz, The Road to Rodriguez: Presidential Politics, Judicial Appointments, and the Contingent Nature of Constitutional Law
- Professor Gerard Robinson, Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline through Three Nontraditional Pathways
12:00–12:45pm: A Conversation with Professor Kimberly J. Robinson on The Enduring Legacy of Rodriguez: Creating New Pathways to Equal Educational Opportunity (Harvard Education Press 2015)
- Moderator: Richard C. Schragger, Walter L. Brown Professor of Law, Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
1:00–2:00pm: Lunch & Book Signing (A Federal Right to Education: Fundamental Questions for Our Democracy (NYU Press 2019) & The Enduring Legacy of Rodriguez (Harvard Education Press 2015)) with Professor Robinson
2:00–2:45pm: Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: Innovative State Policies: Ensuring Access, Equity, and Excellent Education in the K-12 System
- Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law, University of South Carolina School of Law
- David Hinojosa, Director of Educational Opportunities Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education
- Moderator: Chris Yarrell, Education Advocate, Center for Law and Education
Panel 2: Contemporary Legal Issues in School Choice Litigation
- Michael Bindas, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice
- Samuel Davis, Liman Fellow, ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation
- Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Chief Legal Officer, National School Boards Association
- Alice O’Brien, General Counsel, National Education Association
- Moderator: Cynthia L. Nicoletti, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
3:00–3:45pm: Concurrent Panels
Panel 3: Education Federalism: The Role of the Federal Government in Education Past, Present, and Future
- Janel A. George, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Neal McCluskey, Director of Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute
- Moderator: Richard M. Re, Joel B. Piassick Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Panel 4: Restrictions on Curriculum and Free Speech in the Classroom
- Genevieve (“Genzie”) Bonadies Torres, Associate Director of the Educational Opportunities Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Osamudia James, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
- Megan Lambert, Legal Director, ACLU of Oklahoma
- Moderator: Terry Allen, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia School of Law
4:00–4:15pm: Closing Remarks by Patricia D. Rodriguez