Please click the name of each segment to view the corresponding webcast.
Welcome (linked above)
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Walter Isaacson, CEO, The Aspen Institute
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court
Opening Remarks
9:15 - 9:35 a.m.
Elena Kagan, Solicitor General of the United States
Panel I
9:35 – 10:35 a.m.
"The New Administration and the Courts"
Introductory Remarks: Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., Managing Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Antonia Hernandez, President and CEO, California Community Foundation
Linda Greenhouse, Journalist-in-Residence and Senior Fellow, Yale Law School
Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard Law School
Stephen Carter, Professor, Yale Law School (Moderator)
Panel II
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
"Diversity on the Bench: What Does It Mean to Have Courts That Look Like America?"
Introductory Remarks: Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court
James C. Duff, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center
William Marshall, Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law
Theodore A. McKee, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jane Aiken, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)
12:00 – 1:55 p.m.
Lunch and Program (not recorded)
Welcome: Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partnerships, The Aspen Institute
Remarks: David Souter, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
SPECIAL NOTE: NO BROADCAST COVERAGE OF JUSTICE SOUTER'S REMARKS
Panel III
2:20– 3:20 p.m.
"A Storm in the State Courts: Examining the Elected Judge Paradigm"
W. Mark Lanier, Founder, The Lanier Law Firm
Ruth McGregor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona
Theodore B. Olson, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Harold See, Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama
Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR (Moderator)
Plenary Session and Closing Remarks
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Introductory Remarks: Alice Henkin, Director, Justice and Society Program, The Aspen Institute
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Meryl J. Chertoff, Director, Sandra Day O'Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary, Georgetown University Law Center
Closing Remarks
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court |
