Guns, Violence, and Democracy Symposium

The Harvard Law Review is proud to host, in collaboration with the Duke Center for Firearms Law, a symposium on Guns, Violence, and Democracy.

FRIDAY, March 25, 2022 Room 2019 (Milstein West AB) Milstein Conference Center Wasserstein Hall Harvard Law School

Registered attendees are welcome to participate in-person on the Harvard Law School campus or online via Zoom webinar.

Agenda

8:30 AM · Breakfast

9:00 AM · Welcome

9:15–10:30 AM · Panel One: Guns and Democratic Governance

This Panel will discuss the intersection of guns and democratic institutions.

Moderator: Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School

• Franita Tolson, USC Gould School of Law
• Darrell A. H. Miller, Duke Law
• Jacob D. Charles, Duke Law

10:35–11:50 AM · Panel Two: Guns and Policing

This Panel will discuss the significance of firearms in the context of both public and private policing.

Moderator: Alexandra Natapoff, Harvard Law School

• Aziz Z. Huq, University of Chicago Law School
• Eric Ruben, SMU Dedman School of Law
• Adam Winkler, UCLA Law

11:55 AM · Lunch

1:00–2:15 PM · Panel Three: Guns and (In)Equality

This Panel will discuss varying perspectives — in terms of race, gender, and privilege — on the place of guns in American society.

Moderator: Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School

• Joseph Blocher, Duke Law
• Bertrall Ross, UVA School of Law
• Leila Nadya Sadat, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
• Reva B. Siegel, Yale Law School

2:20–3:35 PM · Panel Four: Guns and Advocacy

This practice-focused Panel will discuss public defense, advocacy, and the Second Amendment.

Moderator: Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Harvard Law School

• Julia Jenkins
• Elie Mystal

3:40 PM · Closing & Acknowledgements

Essays

A series of Essays accompanying the Symposium will be published in the June issue of The Harvard Law Review Forum.

• The Politics of Violence, Guns, and BLM in Chicago
  Aziz Huq, Robert Vargas, & Caitlin Loftus
• Racist Gun Laws and the Second Amendment
  Adam Winkler
• Inequality, Anti-Republicanism, and Our Unique Second Amendment
  Bertrall L. Ross II
• Torture In Our Schools?
  Leila Nadya Sadat
• Parchment Rights
  Franita Tolson
• Public Carry and Criminal Law After Bruen
  Eric Ruben
• Race and Guns, Courts and Democracy
  Joseph Blocher & Reva B. Siegel
• Violence and Nondelegation
  Jacob D. Charles & Darrell A. H. Miller

More info

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