Student Arrival and Check–In

Welcome Reception

Saturday, July 28, 2007 

Continental Breakfast

Greeting & Introduction

How to Succeed in Public Interest Law

Brief Break

Public Interest Litigation Tactics

Chip Mellor, IJ Co–founder & General Counsel

11:45 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reviving the Vision of the Founders: Changing the World & Changing the Law, IJ–Style School Choice & Property Rights

Bert Gall, IJ Senior Attorney

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. 

Lunch

1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

Reviving the Vision of the Founders: Changing the World & Changing the Law, IJ–Style Economic Liberty & Free Speech

Dana Berliner, IJ Senior Attorney

Steve Simpson, IJ Senior Attorney

2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

Brief Break 

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Cutting–Edge Constitutional Theories

Doug Kmiec
Caruso Chair & Professor of Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University School of Law  

7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Reception, Dinner & Keynote Address

Sunday, July 29, 2007

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Media Relations: Arguing Cases in
The Court of Public Opinion

John Kramer, IJ VP for Communications

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Brief Break 

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The Human Face: IJ Client Roundtable

Moderator: Scott Bullock, IJ Senior Attorney and Past & Current IJ Clients

12:00 – 1:15 p.m. 

Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 p.m

Public Choice in the Law

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

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Brief Break & Workshop Preparation Time

3:45 – 5:30 p.m.

Workshop:  Anatomy of an IJ Case

Moderator: Clark Neily, IJ Senior Attorney
IJ Attorneys: Dana Berliner, Steve Simpson, Bert Gall, Valerie Bayham, David Roland & Jeff Rowes

6:00 – 9:00 p.m. 

Picnic

Monday, July 30, 2007 

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Restoring First Principles: Opportunities for Legal Policy Entrepreneurs

Dr. Roger Pilon
Vice President for Legal Affairs & Director, Center for Constitutional Studies Cato Institute 

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. 

Making a Difference: IJ Outreach & Coalition Building

Shaka Mitchell, IJ Outreach Coordinator
Bert Gall, IJ Senior Attorney

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Brief Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Jurisprudence of Liberty

Professor Randy Barnett
Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory Georgetown University Law Center

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch & Conclusion