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Conference on the State of the Judiciary

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  Viet Dinh
  James Foreman, Jr.
  Julie O'Sullivan
  Jane Stromseth
  Alexander Volokh

  2007-2008 Fellow
  Abigail B. Taylor

2006 Conference Program

 

Thursday, September 28, 2006
8:45 a.m. -
9 a.m.		 Welcome: John J. DeGioia, President, Georgetown University
Introduction: Michael Traynor, President, American Law Institute
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9 - 9:15 a.m. Importance of an Independent Judiciary
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, Supreme Court of the United States
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9:15 - 10 a.m. Judicial Independence: Justifications and Modern Criticisms
C. Boyden Gray, United States Ambassador to the European Union
Jack N. Rakove, Professor of History and Political Science, Stanford University
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Professor and Director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
MODERATOR: Pierre Thomas, Justice Department Correspondent, ABC News
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10 - 10:45 a.m. Judicial Selection and Removal
Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California
Vicki C. Jackson, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Ruth V. McGregor, Chief Justice of Arizona
MODERATOR: Tony Mauro, Supreme Court Correspondent, Legal Times/American Lawyer Media
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11:00 a.m. Small Group Discussions
12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Introduction: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Speaker: Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
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1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Interbranch Relations
Stephen B. Burbank, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Tom Daschle, Former United States Senate Majority Leader (D-S.D.)
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (R-Ga.)
Warren B. Rudman, Former United States Senator (R-N.H.)
MODERATOR: Kenneth M. Duberstein, Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group
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2:50 - 3:50 p.m. Public Understanding, Media and Education
Fred Graham, Senior Correspondent, Court TV
Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
MODERATOR: Gloria Borger, National Political Correspondent, CBS News, and Contributing Editor, U.S. News & World Report
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4:00 p.m. Small Group Discussions
7:30 p.m. Dinner
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Charlie Rose, Host, The Charlie Rose Show Speaker: John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States
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Friday, September 29, 2006
9 - 9:15 a.m. Introduction: Lance Liebman, Director, American Law Institute
Remarks: Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
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9:15 - 10 a.m. Improving the Judicial System
Helaine M. Barnett, President, Legal Services Corporation
Richard Scruggs, Senior Partner, Scruggs Law Firm
Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice of Indiana
Larry D. Thompson, Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
MODERATOR: Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News
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10 a.m. Small Group Discussions
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. What Next?
Pamela S. Karlan, Professor, Stanford Law School
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
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12 - 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, Supreme Court of the United States
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