Litigating the Second Amendment: Gun Safety Advocacy in the Wake of Heller and Bruen
GIFFORDS Law Center held one of its 2023 Second Amendment Symposiums, Litigating the Second Amendment: Gun Safety Advocacy in the Wake of Heller and Bruen, in Chicago, IL, on November 3, 2023.
The event was hosted at the Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism of the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign College of Law.
For an overview of the event, see below, or check out the full symposium agenda.
AGENDA
- Opening Remarks | Dean Jamelle Sharpe, University of Illinois College of Law
- Panel 1 | Affirmative Litigation and Gun Industry Accountability
- John Elmore, Elmore Law
- Josh Koskoff, Koskoff Law
- Alla Lefkowitz, Everytown
- Ari Scharg, Edelson PC
- Moderator: Kristen Elmore-Garcia, Elmore Law
- Panel 2 | The Role of Amicus Briefing in Defending Second Amendment Challenges to Gun Laws
- Shira Feldman, Brady
- Timothy Howard, Freshfields
- Makennan McBryde, March For Our Lives
- Yvin Shin, March For Our Lives
- Moderator: Leigh Rome, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Brief Remarks | Congresswoman Gabby Giffords
- Keynote Address | Congressman Eric Swalwell
- Panel 3 | Ethical Use of History in Second Amendment Litigation
- Dr. Saul Cornell, Fordham University
- Julia Hesse, Choate
- Dr. Brennan Rivas, Independent Historian
- Kevin Schascheck, Attorney
- Dr. Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University
- Moderator: William Clark, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Closing Remarks | Kimball Anderson, Winston & Strawn LLP
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER SYMPOSIUMS
2024 Buffalo, NY
Paths Forward from the Age of Gun Violence: Industry Accountability and the Modern Second Amendment
Hosted at University of Buffalo School of Law.
2023 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America
Hosted at University of Minnesota Law School.
2023 chicago, il
Litigating the Second Amendment: Gun Safety Advocacy in the Wake of Heller and Bruen
Hosted at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign College of Law.
2022 los angeles, ca
“Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights and Communal Harms after NYSRPA v. Bruen“
Hosted at University of California-Los Angeles School of Law.
2021 davis, ca
“The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: ‘700 Years of History’ and the Modern Effects of Guns in Public“
Hosted at University of California-Davis School of Law.
2019 san francisco, ca
“Heller at 10: A Symposium on the Last and Next Decade of the Modern Second Amendment“
Hosted at University of California-Hastings School of Law.
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