The Department of Justice is hosting a day-long forum on the state of free speech in higher education. Starting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and followed by break out panels, the Justice Department is celebrating Constitution Day by diving into one of the most contentious First Amendment issues of the day.
Here’s a full agenda for the day:
Introduction and Remarks
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio
- Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division
Session I: Free Speech and Campus Culture
- Moderator: John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
- Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Contributing Editor, City Journal
- Robert Shibley, Executive Director, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Lee Tyner, General Counsel, Texas Christian University
- Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Session II: The Path Forward
- Moderator: Katie Benner, New York Times
- Emily M. Dickens, Corporate Secretary & Chief of Staff, Society for Human Resource Management (formerly Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations, University of North Carolina System)
- Heather Heying, Author, Evolutionary Biologist, Professor in Exile (formerly Professor at Evergreen State College)
- Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion & Public Life, University of Notre Dame
- Amy Wax, Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Session III: A Conversation on the Congressional View
- Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
- Senate Education Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
Keynote Address
- Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, New York Law School & Former President, American Civil Liberties Union
