Friday, March 28, 2025
8:15 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Walter A. Slowinski Courtroom
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
On March 28, 2025, Catholic University Law Review will host its Spring Symposium: Traditional Judicial Power & Doctrinal Development. The Symposium will highlight how traditional conceptions of judicial power relate to the judicial capacity to facilitate, moderate, prevent, or otherwise influence doctrinal development. The featured presentations will concern scholarship currently under development by the panelists and speakers, to be published in a forthcoming Issue of the Catholic University Law Review.
Symposium Schedule
- 8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration - 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Introduction
Speakers:
Dean Stephen C. Payne, Dean and Knights of Columbus Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Professor Chad Squitieri, Faculty Advisor, Catholic University Law Review - 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Plenary Address: Rethinking Judicial Power and Remedial Restraint
Professor Caprice Roberts, Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Research and J.Y. Sanders Professor of Law, Louisiana State University Law Center - 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Panel 1: Rights, Remedies, and Rules of Decision
Moderator
Dean Megan La Belle, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Panelists
Professor John Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law and Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Professor Natalie Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law - 11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Panel 2: Perspectives on Severability
Moderator
Professor Derek Webb, Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Panelists
Professor Amy Moore, Professor of Law & Director of Advocacy, Belmont University College of Law
Professor Kevin Walsh, Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law - 12:35 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Not available via zoom/only in-person)
Lunch and Conversation on Standing, Severability, and Preliminary Injunctions
Speakers
The Honorable Stephanos Bibas, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Professor Kevin Walsh, Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law - 2:00 p.m. (Not available via zoom/only in-person)
Closing Remarks
Alyssa Calcerano, Editor-in-Chief, Catholic University Law Review