Election Law Symposium
Join The Heritage Foundation and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy for a symposium on election law and the conservative legal movement. This symposium will bring together leading practitioners, academics, and public officials to discuss lawfare, election integrity, and the future of the conservative legal movement in this area. Throughout a day of engaging panels, these experts will dissect the most consequential legal issues shaping this election and the conservative movement.
Date and Time
Thursday, October 3rd
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Agenda
Panel I: Election Lawfare in the 21st Century
Taylor Meehan, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
David Thompson, Managing Partner, Cooper & Kirk PLLC
John C. Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, Co-Faculty Director, Korea Law Center, and Director, Public Law & Policy Program, UC Berkeley School of Law
Joe Nixon, Litigation Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation (Moderator)
Panel II: Voting Rights Litigation
John Gore, Partner, Jones Day
The Hon. Edmund LaCour, Alabama Solicitor General
Brad Schlozman, Member, Hinkle Law Firm
The Hon. Eric Dreiband, Partner, Jones Day (Moderator)
Keynote Addresses
The Hon. Chad Readler, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Panel III: Legal Challenges Ahead for the Trump 47 Campaign
Mike Davis, President & Founder, Article III Project
Dan McLaughlin, Senior Writer, National Review Online and Fellow at National Review Institute
Steve Roberts, Partner, Holtzman Vogel
Daniel Jorjani, Chief Operating Officer and Principal Deputy, General Counsel, Citizens United (Moderator)
Panel IV: The Frontier of Campaign Finance
The Hon. Allen Dickerson, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
Jessica Furst Johnson, Partner, Holtzman Vogel
Robert Kelner, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Logan Knight, Articles Chair, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (Moderator)
Closing Remarks
Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow and Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative, The Heritage Foundation
Registration