Schedule for Tulsa Law Review Symposium Honoring
Professor Heather Gerken

Friday, September 28, 2012

8:45am * Opening Remarks
Rachael Hughes (introducing Dean Piety)
Editor-in-Chief, Tulsa Law Review

Tamara Piety (opening remarks and introducing Sam Halabi)
Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Panel I Federalism

Moderator – Professor Sam Halabi

9:00 – 9:30am
Professor David Schleicher
Associate Professor at George Mason University School of Law

9:30 – 10:00am
Professor Ernest Young
Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

10:00 – 10:15am
Q&A

10:15-10:30am
Break

Panel II Second-Order Diversity

Moderator – Professor Gerald Torres
Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law

10:30 – 11:00am
Professor Franita Tolson
Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law

11:00 – 11:30am
Professor Sanford Levinson
W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood Jr. Centennial Chair, University of Texas School of Law

11:30 – 11:45am
Q&A

Afternoon Session

Panel III Dissent and Democracy

Moderator – Dean Lyn Entzeroth

1:30 – 2:00pm
Professor Guy Charles
Charles S. Rhyne Professor of Law

2:00 – 2:30pm
Professor David Fontana
Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

2:30 – 3:00pm
Professor Ilya Somin
Associate Professor, George Mason University School of Law

3:00 – 3:15pm
Q&A

3:15 – 3:30pm
Break

Professor Heather Gerken
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School

3:30 – 4:15pm
Responses from Professor Heather Gerken

4:15 – 4:30pm
Q&A

4:30pm * Closing Remarks
Rachael Hughes
Editor-in-Chief, Tulsa Law Review