The University of Colorado at Boulder Law School

2011 Ira C. Rothgerber Conference
“Popular Constitutionalism and the Uses of History in Constitutional Argument”
January 27-28, 2011

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Keynote Address by Harvard University Professor Jill Lepore
Thursday January 27, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building

The People and the Parchment: Or, What Happens When the Constitution Shakes Her Fist

There will be a reception following Professor Lepore’s talk
in the Boettcher Reception Hall.

The Conference will resume on Friday Jan. 28 in the Old Supreme Court Chambers at the State Capitol. 
8:45 am-10:05 am—Is the Tea Party a Constitutional Movement?
Jared Goldstein, Roger Williams University School of Law
“The Tea Party’s Constitution”

Christopher Schmidt, Chicago-Kent College of Law
“The Tea Party as a Constitutional Movement”

10:20-12:00--Popular Constitutionalism and Civil Rights
Sophia Lee, University of Pennsylvania Law School
“The Civil Rights Constitution:  Legal History Outside of the Courts”

Jamal Greene, Columbia Law School
“Race and Original Meaning”

Melissa Hart, University of Colorado Law School
“Making History: The 10th Amendment and Health Care”

1:45-3:15 – Experiencing Constitutional Interpretation
Richard Collins, University of Colorado Law School
“Images of Our Judiciary from The Mikado”

Jedediah Purdy, Duke Law School

Cost to attend is $20 for each panel if you are seeking CLE credits.

Approved for 5 CLE credits.

Registration:

• To Pre-register, email Danielle.Hayward@colorado.edu