A legal symposium co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and Free Speech For People
November 7, 2014
Symposium Participants
Mark Alexander, Seton Hall Law
John Bonifaz, Free Speech For People
Ben Clements, Free Speech For People
Jeff Clements, Free Speech For People
John Coates, Harvard Law School
Caroline Mala Corbin, University of Miami, School of Law
Ron Fein, Free Speech For People
Kent Greenfield, Boston College Law School
Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia, School of Law
Robert Jackson, Columbia Law School
Thomas Joo, UC Davis, School of Law
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School
Dean MarthaMinow, Harvard Law School
Tamara Piety, The University of Tulsa, School of Law
Jedediah Purdy, Duke University, School of Law
Jennifer Taub, Vermont Law School
The Hon. Jon Tester, United States Senate
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson Law
Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School
Program Agenda
November 6, 2014
Pre-Symposium Dinner 6:00 – 8:00 PM
November 7, 2014
Continental breakfast available 8:30 AM
Introduction (John Coates, Martha Minow, Jeff Clements) 9:00 – 9:30 AM
First panel: Corporations and the First Amendment 9:30 – 10:30 AM
Panelists: Caroline Corbin, Ron Fein, Thomas Joo, Tamara Piety.
Coffee Break 10:30 –10:45 AM
Second panel: Constitutional Dimensions of Corporate Law 10:45 –11:45 AM
Panelists: John Coates, Rob Jackson, Jennifer Taub, and Kent Greenfield.
Lunch Noon to 1:00 PM
Keynote: A Conversation with Senator Jon Tester 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Third panel: Money in Politics and Democracy 2:15 –3:15 PM
Panelists: Mark Alexander (invited), John Bonifaz, Larry Lessig, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Coffee Break 3:15 to 3:30 PM
Fourth panel: Beyond Citizens United and Hobby Lobby 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Panelists: Ben Clements, Deborah Hellman, Jed Purdy, Larry Tribe
Closing remarks (Jeff Clements) 4:30 – 4:45 PM
End 4:45 PM
Informal drinks 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM