Category: Akron Law Events

Center for Constitutional Law Hosts Virtual Con Law Scholars Forum

Con Law Scholars Forum
The Future of Reproductive Rights
THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 (9-4pm EST) (virtual)

Virtual Con Law Scholars Forum
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This symposium explores questions that cut to the heart of constitutional law doctrine and women’s rights, as well as the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court.  It provides an opportunity for legal scholars to address some of the many issues raised by the Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning the fifty-year federal right to abortion.

The Forum is sponsored by The Center for Constitutional Law at Akron, one of four national centers established by Congress on the bicentennial of the Constitution for the purpose of promoting scholarship and education on matters of constitutional law.  The Center includes a director, five affiliated faculty, student fellows, an online journal, ConLawNOW, and J.D. certificate and masters’ programs. Follow the Center on Twitter @ConLawCenter and LinkedIn.

SCHEDULE

9am     Welcome and Introduction, Tracy Thomas (Director, Center for Constitutional Law at Akron)

9:15am  Legal Misogyny
            Moderator: Tracy Thomas (Akron)
Paula Monopoli (Maryland), Situating Dobbs
Jill Hasday (Minnesota), We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality
            Jessie Hill (Case), Big, Bad Roe
Jennifer Hendricks (Denver), A Rational Basis: Men’s Feelings > Women’s Rights

10:30am  A Whole New World
            Moderator: Bernadette Genetin (Akron)
Jamie Abrams (American), How Masculinities, Geography, and Religiosity Shape the Post-Dobbs Legal Landscape
            Jennifer Brobst (Memphis), Short-Sighted Private Enforcement Strategies in the Reproductive Rights Realm
            Michael Gentithes (Akron), How Dobbs Effects Stare Decisis
David Cohen (Drexel), New Threats to Abortion Provision: Writ of Erasure Fallacy & Comstock

LUNCH

12:30pm   Constitutional Aftershocks
            Moderator: C.J. Peters (Akron)
Cynthia Soohoo (CUNY), After Dobbs, Rights for Zygotes, Embryos and Fetuses?
                  Elizabeth Kukura (Drexel), The Constitutional Implications of Reproductive Uncertainty After Dobbs
Jeff Parness (N. Illinois), Childcare Parentage After Dobbs

1:30pm Global Perspectives
            Moderator: Vera Korzun (Akron)
Sital Kalantry (Seattle), Dobbs from a Comparative Law Perspective
            Sharon Basson (Drexel), The Art of Balancing: The Role Narrative Played in Recent Legal Rulings About Access to Reproductive Practices in Israel
            Phil Lord (Lakehead, CN), Drawing on Canadian Constitutional Law to Analyze Dobbs

2:30pm Health Care Considerations
            Moderator: Michael Gentithes (Akron)
Rachel Rebouché (Temple), Telehealth for Abortion
            Tracy Thomas (Akron), Protecting Abortion with State Health Care Freedom of Choice
            Yvette Lindgren (UMKC), The Privatized Abortion Right and Self-Help Constitutionalism

Many of the papers will be published in a forthcoming symposium edition of the Center for Constitutional Law’s journal, ConLawNOW.

UA EXL Center Be the Change Social Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition

UA’s EXL Center is kicking off its annual $10,000 Be the Change Social Entrepreneurship pitch competition (www.uakron.edu/bethechange). A top prize of $10,000 will be awarded to the student/student team with the best nonprofit or social enterprise idea. Students from any major and graduate level may apply. For the next two months, EXL will have weekly programming related to the idea of giving back to the community. Our kickoff event is this coming Thursday, February 7th at 11 AM to 1 PM at the EXL Center (Room 168 Bierce).

Con Law Symposium this Friday at 1:30 PM in Room 180!

Please join us for the upcoming winter symposium sponsored by the Con Law Center and UA’s Bliss Institute on Friday, January 25 at 1:30 PM in the Brennan Court Room.  “50 Years of the 25th Amendment: When a President is Unable to Discharge the Duties of Office” discusses section 4 of the 25th Amendment and its provision for the Vice President and the cabinet to remove a president from office due to disability.  We have some big names presenting, including Dr. Bandy Lee who has been in the papers recently, John Feerick, the originator and drafter of the 25th Amendment, and Harold Koh, who has written the recent report on the implementation of the 25th Amendment.

Con Law Symposium on the 25th Amendment on Jan. 25 at 1:30PM – all students invited to attend!

Please join us for the upcoming winter symposium sponsored by the Con Law Center and UA’s Bliss Institute on Friday, January 25 at 1:30 PM in the Brennan Court Room.  “50 Years of the 25th Amendment: When a President is Unable to Discharge the Duties of Office” discusses section 4 of the 25th Amendment and its provision for the Vice President and the cabinet to remove a president from office due to disability.  We have some big names presenting, including Dr. Bandy Lee who has been in the papers recently, John Feerick, the originator and drafter of the 25th Amendment, and Harold Koh, who has written the recent report on the implementation of the 25th Amendment.

Fall SBA General Body Meeting

This Thursday November 15th the student bar association will be hosting its fall general body meeting. There will be a meeting from 12:00pm-1:00pm in 180 and 5:00pm-6:00pm in 281. There will be food provided at both meetings.

As a reminder, every student enrolled at Akron Law is a member of the Student Bar Association and is encouraged to attend the meeting.

At the meeting we will be giving updates on some proposed changes to the SBA Constitution, we will give updates on the status of the apparel sale, we will provide an update on this Spring’s Public Interest Fundraiser, and we will be fielding your questions and concerns.

If you cannot attend but would like to pass something along to the SBA leadership, please contact your class representative, or Ashlee James at asm116@zips.uakron.edu