Attendee Arrival & Check In at GWU Dorm

Welcome Reception
Anthony Sanders, IJ Attorney & Anthony Dick, US Supreme Court Clerk

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Continental Breakfast 

Welcome & Opening Remarks 
Chip Mellor, IJ President & General Counsel

IJ Litigation Strategies for Effective Public Interest Law 
Scott Bullock & Jeff Rowes, IJ Senior Attorneys

Break---Group Picture

IJ's Litigation Mission & Pillars 
School Choice & Economic Liberty, IJ Senior Attorney Michael Bindas
First Amendment & Property Rights, IJ Senior Attorney Bert Gall 

11:30 - 12:00 p.m.

Strategic Research: Bringing Facts into the Law
Lisa Knepper, IJ Director of Strategic Research

12:00 - 12:15 p.m.

IJ Activism & Coalition Building
Christina Walsh, IJ Director of Activism & Coalition 

12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 -2:15 p.m. 

Public Choice in the Law 
Professor Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law & Senior Fellow of the James Buchanan Center, George Mason University School of Law

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Break  

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Media Relations: Arguing Cases in the Court of Public Opinion 
John Kramer, IJ Vice President for Communications & Mark Meranta, IJ Social Media Manager

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 - 4:45 p.m.

The ObamaCare Litigation: The Challenge of Getting Judges to Enforce Limits on Congressional Power 
Professor Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center

4:45 - 5:15 p.m.

IJ Question & Answer
Chip Mellor, IJ President & General Counsel 

 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

8:30 -9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast 

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

Constitutional Theory & History in a Nutshell
Dr. Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affiars & Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

IJ's Center for Judicial Engagement: Getting Judges Back in the Business of Enforcing the Whole Constitution
Clark Neily, IJ Senior Attorney 

10:15 -10:30 a.m.

Break  

10:30 -11:45 a.m.

IJ Client Roundtable 
Moderator: Bill Maurer, IJ-WA Executive Director & IJ Clients

11:45 -12:00 p.m. 

How to Stay Active with IJ's Mission 
Krissy Keys, IJ Special Projects Manager

12:30 -1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 -3:15 p.m.

Workshop: Development of an IJ Case
IJ Attorneys Doran Arik, Michael Bindas, Clark Neily, Anthony Sanders, Paul Sherman

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. 

IJ Attorney Breakout Session 
IJ Attorneys Doran Arik, Michael Bindas, Scott Bullock, Bert Gall, Bill Maurer, Clark Neily, Jeff Rowes, Anthony Sanders, Paul Sherman

4:30 - 6:00 p.m. 

Closing Dinner