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Religious Liberty & Law: In the Courts, In the Public Square, & In Administration
April 8, 2022
Co-hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center
Friday, April 8, 2022
The Mayflower Hotel
On Friday, April 8, the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and the Ethics and Public Policy Center hosted a conference on religious liberty with panel discussions on government regulation and religion in the public square and religious freedom and the courts. Speakers included leading litigators and former and current senior government officials.
Agenda
All sessions held in the Mayflower’s East Room (1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20036)
9:00 – 9:40 am: Registration & Breakfast
9:40 – 9:45 am: Welcome
Jennifer Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law & Co-Executive Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, Scalia Law School
Edward Whelan, Distinguished Senior Fellow & Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies, Ethics and Public Policy Center
9:45 – 11:00 am: Panel 1 – Religious Liberty, Government Regulation, and the Public Square
Matt Bowman, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
The Honorable Andrea R. Lucas, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Roger T. Severino, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Vice President of Domestic Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Moderator: The Honorable Trevor N. McFadden, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
11:00 – 11:10 am: Break
11:10 – 12:25 pm: Panel 2 – Religious Liberty and the Supreme Court
Nathan Lewin, Partner, Lewin & Lewin LLP
Erin E. Murphy, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Mark Rienzi, President & CEO, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Marc D. Stern, Chief Legal Officer, American Jewish Committee
Moderator: The Honorable Steven A. Engel, Partner, Dechert LLP; former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, DOJ
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Gray Center
12:25 -12:30 pm: Break
12:30 -1:30 pm: Lunchtime Conversation Featuring:
The Honorable Paul D. Clement, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP; 43rd Solicitor General of the United States
Justice Joseph Story Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Gray Center
& Edward Whelan, EPPC
1:30 pm: Adjournment & Thanks
Jenn Mascott, Gray Center