Law & Education Conference

Law and Education Conference

Date and time:
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 3 p.m. EDT to
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 4 p.m. EDT
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Presented by the Ashbrook Center(link is external)

April 4 at 3 p.m.
April 5 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Conference will take place in Ronk Lecture Hall in the Schar College of Education building. The event is FREE and open to the public. For additional information, email conference@ashbrook.org(link sends email).

Conference Schedule
FRIDAY
OPENING KEYNOTE
3 - 4:30 p.m.		 Lee Strang, Ohio State University “The Place of Law in University Level Citizenship Education”
SATURDAY
PANEL 1: PARENTAL RIGHTS
9 - 10:30 a.m.		 Melissa Moschella, Notre Dame “Parental Rights from the Common Law Tradition to Skirmetti and Mahmoud: Foundations and Applications”
David Upham, St. Thomas University Miami “Parental Rights and the Original Understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment”
Albert Cheng, University of Arkansas “Considerations Pertaining to the Primary and Secondary Education Histories of Homeschooled and Private-Schooled Individuals”
PANEL 2: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.		 Joe Griffith, Ashland University “Parental Rights for Christians -- or Everyone?”
Ben Slomski, Purdue University Fort Wayne “Who Protects Religious Liberty?: The Judicial Power and Free Exercise Jurisprudence”
Catherine Kuiper, Hillsdale College “Religion as Part of Public Life and Education”
LUNCH BREAK
12:15 - 1 p.m.		  
PANEL 3: REPUBLICANISM AND EDUCATION
1 - 2:30 p.m.

Nadya Williams, Mere Orthodoxy “Thucydides Weighs In: Education as a Public Good in a Democracy”
Jeff Sikkenga, Ashland University “Is the Supreme Court the Final Word?”
Adam Carrington, Ashland University “Educating Justices: SCOTUS as Dialogic Instructor”
CLOSING KEYNOTE
2:45 - 4 p.m.		 Jim Stoner, Louisiana State University “Can Law Govern Education?”