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PROGRAM SCHEDULE<br />

Jeffrey Ellis Thomas, University of Missouri-Kansas City<br />

School of Law<br />

Fernando Villarreal-Gonda, Academic Dean, Facultad<br />

Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Santa Catarina,<br />

Nuevo Leon, Mexico<br />

This panel will explore the mechanics of developing formal<br />

partnership agreements between U.S. and overseas law<br />

schools, and highlight other opportunities for law professors,<br />

law students, and other members of the legal profession to<br />

collaborate through exchanges and other mechanisms. The<br />

panel will examine the mechanics of creating trans-boundary<br />

partnerships, and the needed documentation, financial<br />

resources, and personnel. It will consider burdens and benefits<br />

associated with partnerships, financial and otherwise, and<br />

suggest how partnerships might be structured to benefit the full<br />

range of stakeholders. The panel will address U.S. and non-<br />

U.S. government resources available to support partnerships<br />

and other exchange arrangements, and how to access those<br />

resources.<br />

Kevin Walsh, The University of Richmond School of Law<br />

Robin Fretwell Wilson, University of Illinois<br />

College of Law<br />

Over the past 15 years, the United States has seen a rapid<br />

change in attitudes toward same-sex marriage. That change has<br />

raised significant questions and challenges for various religious<br />

communities in the United States. Religious communities<br />

have responded in different ways—from endorsement to<br />

ambivalence to rejection. This year’s panelwill explore these<br />

various reactions, including theological changes within<br />

religious communities, legal challenges advanced by religious<br />

communities, and legislative initiatives pursued by religious<br />

communities, as well as a host of other social, political, and<br />

legal responses to same-sex marriage in the United States. It<br />

will discuss how religious communities might, or might not,<br />

adapt to continuing social changes in the United States and<br />

how the United States will maintain its constitutional and<br />

cultural commitment to the religious freedom of these different<br />

communities.<br />

Thursday, January 7<br />

Business meeting at program conclusion.<br />

10:15 am – 12 pm<br />

SECTION ON JURISPRUDENCE<br />

Gramercy West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown<br />

Coercion, Exploitation, Consent to Sex, and<br />

Research Ethics: Honoring the Scholarship of Alan<br />

Wertheimer<br />

Moderator: Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami<br />

School of Law<br />

Speakers:<br />

Lawrence A. Alexander, University of San Diego<br />

School of Law<br />

Michelle Dempsey, Villanova University School of Law<br />

Deborah S. Hellman, University of Virginia School of Law<br />

Henry S. Richardson, Professor of Philosophy,<br />

Georgetown University Department of Philosophy,<br />

Washington, D.C.<br />

Business meeting at program conclusion.<br />

10:15 am – 12 pm<br />

SECTION ON LAW AND RELIGION<br />

Nassau West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown<br />

Religious Responses to Same-Sex Marriage<br />

Moderator: Michael A. Helfand, Pepperdine University<br />

School of Law<br />

Speakers:<br />

Erik Eckholm, National Legal Correspondent, New York<br />

Times, New York, NY<br />

Katherine M. Franke, Columbia University School of Law<br />

R. R. Reno, Editor and Executive Director, First Things,<br />

New York, NY<br />

Business meeting at program conclusion.<br />

10:15 am – 12 pm<br />

SECTION ON LAW AND SPORTS<br />

East Suite, Fourth Floor, New York Hilton Midtown<br />

The New Frontier in College Sports: The<br />

Professionalization of Amateurism<br />

Moderator: Matthew J. Parlow, Marquette University<br />

Law School<br />

Speakers:<br />

William W. Berry, III, University of Mississippi<br />

School of Law<br />

Roger M. Groves, Florida Coastal School of Law<br />

Oliver Luck, Executive Vice President of Regulatory<br />

Affairs, National Collegiate Athletic Association,<br />

Washington, D.C.<br />

Mary M. Penrose, Texas A&M University School of Law<br />

Amateurism in college sports has become a hot topic with the<br />

proliferation of lawsuits by college athletes essentially seeking<br />

“pay for play.” For example, in the O’Bannon and related<br />

cases, college players are suing the NCAA and its business<br />

partners, seeking compensation for the use of player names and<br />

likenesses in ancillary consumer products like video games.<br />

Given that amateurism at its core requires not being paid for<br />

participation, college sports is most certainly at a crossroads.<br />

Many are debating the appropriateness of compensating athletes<br />

and the amounts they should receive. Others are considering<br />

the potential implications of athlete pay on Title IX. But the<br />

professionalization (or commercialization) of amateurism<br />

extends far beyond athlete remuneration. Athletes’ intellectual<br />

property rights play an increasingly significant role in collegiate<br />

athletics. Colleges and universities also place many workplace<br />

restrictions on athletes, including bans or limitations on social<br />

media usage. In light of these issues, this panel will explore the<br />

evolving concept of amateurism, particularly with the continued<br />

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