University of Illinois College of Law Symposium
Federal Responses to Police Misconduct: Possibilities and Limits
Police misconduct—including racial profiling, excessive force, planting evidence, and lying under oath—has emerged as a major civil rights problem. What can the federal government do to respond? Which kinds of federal interventions are likely to succeed? How do principles of federalism limit the ability of the national government to respond to local police practices that infringe civil rights? Is there political momentum for reform? This symposium brings together the nation’s leading experts on policing to discuss and debate these important issues.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
University of Illinois College of Law
504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, Illinois
Paper Presentations and Discussion
Faculty Lounge and Conference Center
8:30 am – 12:00 pm and 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Vikram David Amar (University of Illinois College of Law)
Susan Bandes (DePaul College of Law)
Paul Cassell (University of Utah College of Law)
Kami Chavis (Wake Forest University School of Law)
Mary Fan (University of Washington School of Law)
Ben Grunwald (Duke Law School)
Andrew Leipold (University of Illinois College of Law)
Kate Levine (St. John’s University School of Law)
Wayne Logan (Florida State University College of Law)
Jason Mazzone (University of Illinois College of Law)
John Rappaport (University of Chicago Law School)
Stephen Rushin (Loyola University Chicago, School of Law)
Samuel Walker (University of Nebraska Omaha, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Luncheon Discussion
Max L. Rowe Auditorium
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Featuring:
Christy F. Lopez
Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center
Deputy Chief, Special Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice (2010-2017)
Rodger Heaton
Chief of Staff to Governor Bruce Rauner
United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois (2005-2009)
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by:
Program in Constitutional Theory, History, and Law
Program in Criminal Law and Procedure
Illinois Law Review
For more information:
Jason Mazzone
Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law
Director, Program in Constitutional Theory, History, and Law
mazzonej@illinois.edu