9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Opening Remarks
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
9:15– 10:10 a.m.
Panel I
"Judicial Selection Systems and the Judicial Canons of Ethics"
Robert P. Cummins, Member, Cummins & Cronin, LLC
Joseph E. Lambert, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky
Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana
James R. Zazzali, Retired Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey
Charles G. Geyh, John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law (moderator)
10:10 - 10:20 a.m.
Keynote Remarks
Thomas R. Phillips, Retired Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
10:20 – 11:15 a.m.
Panel II
"Judicial Elections, Speech During Campaigns: Republican Party of Minnesota v. White and Its Consequences and Campaign Finance"
Bert Brandenburg, Executive Director, Justice at Stake
Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School
Michael DeBow, Professor, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
R. William Ide, Partner, McKenna, Long and Aldridge, LLP, and Past President, American Bar Association
Roy A. Schotland, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Martin S. Lederman, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (moderator)
11:15 - 11:20 a.m.
Results of Survey on Attitudes Toward State Courts
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
12:35 – 2:15 p.m.
Lunch and Program
Welcome
Mary Campbell McQueen, President and CEO, National Center for State Courts
"Report from the Trenches: Judicial Election Stories"
Ted Goldman, Roll Call
Emilie Lounsberry, Philadelphia Inquirer
2:25 – 3:25 p.m.
Panel III
"Outreach by Courts: Should the Courts ‘Speak’ to State Citizens and How Can They Do It Best?"
Peter Dunn, Legislative Liaison, Arizona Judges Association, and former Member, Arizona House of Representatives
Ronald M. George, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of California
Ruth V. McGregor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona
Roger K. Warren, President Emeritus, National Center for State Courts
Jan Crawford Greenburg, ABC News Legal Correspondent, and Author, "Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court" (moderator)
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, Supreme Court of the United States |
