Symposium on Justice John Paul Stevens at UC Davis

On Friday, March 6, 2009, the University of California, Davis, School of Law will host its annual Law Review Symposium. This year’s symposium will focus on the Honorable John Paul Stevens, a subject which should be of great interest to many readers of this blog. Speakers include IntLawGrrls‘ Diane Amann (a former Stevens clerk) speaking on the Equality panel and our our Deborah Pearlstein (also a former Stevens clerk) speaking on the Security panel. Here’s the line-up:

Opening Remarks

Kevin R. Johnson
Dean, University of California, Davis, School of Law

John Paul Stevens
U.S. Supreme Court Justice (videotaped message)

Liberty

David F. Levi (moderator)
Dean, Duke University School of Law
Former U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of California
Former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of California
Former Adjunct Professor of Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law

Jeffrey L. Fisher
Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Co-director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford Law School

Jamal Greene
Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Linda Greenhouse
Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Senior Fellow in Law, Yale Law School
Former Supreme Court correspondent, The New York Times

Elisabeth Semel
Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Death Penalty Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

Equality

Cruz Reynoso (moderator)
Boochever and Bird Professor of Law Emeritus, University of California, Davis, School of Law
Former Justice, California Supreme Court
Former Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Diane Marie Amann
Professor of Law and Director, California International Law Center at King Hall, University of California, Davis, School of Law

Teresa Wynn Roseborough
Chief Litigation Counsel, MetLife, New York
Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Andrew Siegel
Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law

Security

Kenneth A. Manaster (moderator)
Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Author, Illinois Justice: The Scandal of 1969 and the Rise of John Paul Stevens (2001)

Daniel A. Farber
Sho Sato Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Program,
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

Eugene R. Fidell
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
President, National Institute of Military Justic

Deborah N. Pearlstein
Associate Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School for Public & International Affairs, Princeton University
Former Director, Law & Security Program, Human Rights First

Kathryn Watts
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law