FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 

9:15-9:30 a.m., Welcome: Professor Penelope Andrews, Valparaiso University School of Law, Conference Organizer
Introduction: Professor JoEllen Lind, Valparaiso University School of Law, Associate Dean for Faculty Development

9:30-10:30 a.m., EDWARD A. SEEGERS LECTURE, Legitimation by Constitution: Thoughts from South Africa
Professor Frank I. Michelman, Harvard Law School, Robert Walmsley University Professor

10:30-10:45 a.m., Morning Tea

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Panel I: Beyond the Black-White Paradigm of Civil Rights Law 
Chair:  Professor Geneva Brown, Valparaiso University School of Law
Participants: Professor Jenny Rivera, CUNY School of Law, Director, Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality
Professor James McGrath, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Professor Faisal Kutty, Valparaiso University School of Law
Professor Rosalie Berger Levinson, Valparaiso University School of Law, Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Professor

12:30-1:30 p.m., Lunch (provided)

1:30-3:15 p.m., Panel II:  2009 LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM, The Rights of Students in Public High Schools
Chair: Ms. Camille deJorna, American Bar Association, Associate Consultant on Legal Education
Participants: Professor Daniel Weddle, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Ms. Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia
Professor Susan Stuart, Valparaiso University School of Law
The panelists' papers will be published in Volume 44, Issue 4, of the the Valparaiso University Law Review.

3:15-3:30 p.m.,  Afternoon Tea

3:30-5:00 p.m., Panel III: The Possibilities and Limitations of Civil Rights Litigation: A Greater Role for Social Movements?
Chair: Professor Seymour Moskowitz, Valparaiso University School of Law
Participants: Mr. Kenneth Falk, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Legal Director
Professor Ivan Bodensteiner, Valparaiso University School of Law
Dr. Fiona de Londras, University College Dublin School of Law, Ireland
Professor Michael Osborne, Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa, and the University of Cape Town

5:00-6:00 p.m., Reception