Law & Education Conference
The Ashbrook Center at Ashland University will be hosting a Law & Education conference that explores the role of parental rights in education as expressed by the Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, April 4 at 3 p.m. and Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
There will be an opening keynote address Friday evening, three panels on Saturday and then a closing keynote. All sessions will take place in Ronk Lecture Hall at the Dwight Schar College of Education and are open to the public.
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. |
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| 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” |
| CLOSING KEYNOTE 2:45 - 4 p.m. |
Jim Stoner, Louisiana State University “Can Law Govern Education?” |
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