Law and Political Development in Modern America Conference
 
  Conference presented by: Penn Legal History Consortium & Penn Law Review  
 
   

Conference Schedule

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Friday, February 23, 2007

McNeil Center for Early American Studies

3355 Woodland Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(Across the street from Penn Law School)

9:15 am Continental breakfast

10:00 – 11:30 am Women’s Legal Activism

Presenters: Serena Mayeri, University of Pennsylvania

Felicia Kornbluh, Duke University

Commentators: Mary Frances Berry, University of Pennsylvania

Dorothy Sue Cobble, Rutgers University

11:45 – 1:15 pm Race and the Meaning of Civil Rights

Presenters: Risa Goluboff, University of Virginia

Jane Dailey, Johns Hopkins University

Commentators: Steve Hahn, University of Pennsylvania

John Skrentny, UC San Diego

1:15 – 2:45 pm Lunch and Keynote

William Novak, University of Chicago

3:00 – 4:30 pm Borders and Barriers

Presenters: Erika Lee, University of Minnesota

Christina Burnett, Princeton University

Martha Jones, University of Michigan

Commentators: Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania

4:30 – 5:45 pm Reception

Penn Law

6:00 pm Dinner

Law School Faculty Lounge, Silverman Hall, room 144