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“Reimagining Conservatism in the Time of Trump”

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Friday, January 31
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Blank Rome LLP Classroom (Room 102)
John F. Scarpa Hall

The November 2024 election delivered a big win for conservatives. Yet, the future of conservatism will depend not just on winning elections but on preserving America as a free and just country worth dying for. A patriotism based on the untutored interests of ordinary voters will need to be corrected and reinforced by a dedication to the principles of the nation’s founding but perhaps even more, in the expression of the great conservative thinker Willmoore Kendall, “that experience of God that truly underlies Western Civilization.” Through a discussion about Steven Hayward’s Patriotism Is Not Enough (2017), this conference will invite constructive exercises of the political imagination made exigent by liberalism’s exhaustion. The speakers are leading experts in law, political philosophy, history, theology, public policy and conservative thought.

The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this symposium for 5.5 substantive and 1 ethics CLE credits. Please note registration prior to the event is required. After the conference, a reception will be held in the Ambassador David F. Girard-diCarlo ’73 and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo ’74 Student Lounge.

AGENDA

9:00-9:10 a.m.: Welcome

• Mark C. Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law, �������� Law
• Patrick McKinley Brennan, Professor of Law & John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies, �������� Law��

9:10-9:25 a.m.: Introductory Remarks

• , Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Korea Law Center & Faculty Director of the Public Law & Policy Program, UC Berkeley School of Law

9:25-10:10 a.m.: Keynote Address

• , Resident Scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies & Fellow of the Law and Policy Program, UC Berkeley School of Law

10:10-10:25 a.m.: Break

10:25-11:10 a.m.: Session 1

• , Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science & Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

11:10-11:50 a.m.: Session 2

• , Professor, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University

11:50 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Lunch

12:45-1:30 p.m.: Session 3

• Patrick McKinley Brennan, Professor of Law & John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies, �������� Law��

1:30-2:15 p.m.: Session 4

• , Editor in Chief for the Civitas Institute, University of Texas at Austin

2:15-3:00 p.m.: Session 5

• , Senior Legal Fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation
  

3:00-3:45 p.m.: Session 6

• , Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Assumption University & Senior Fellow, Claremont Institute

3:45-3:55 p.m.: Break

3:55-4:55 p.m.: Roundtable Discussion

4:55–6:30 p.m.: Reception