“Qualifying Qualified Immunity:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
The Dickinson Law Review will present “Qualifying Qualified Immunity: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 25 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law. Members of academia, the bar, and the judiciary will offer unique perspectives on qualified immunity and its current impact on the field of constitutional rights litigation.
Each year, the Dickinson Law Review symposium brings together stakeholders in the legal community — including practitioners, academics, jurists, and law students — for scholarly dialogue about forthcoming or recently published articles.
Advance registration for the 2022 Dickinson Law Review Symposium is required. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the Macon Bolling Allen Civil Rights and Transitional Justice Program at Penn State Dickinson Law, all registration is free. Registrants can attend in person or virtually.
The Macon Bolling Allen Civil Rights and Transitional Justice Program was established to support civil rights and transitional justice activities at Dickinson Law, particularly activities that serve juveniles from underrepresented populations to include children of color, children in the foster care system, and immigrants.
The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this program for 4.0 hours of substantive law, practice, and procedure credit and 0.0 hours of ethics, substance abuse, and professionalism credit. CLE credit can be earned by attending the symposium in person or by live webcast. Pre-registration is required.
In-person attendees must register by end of day Monday, March 21. Virtual attendees must register by end of day Thursday, March 24. Register now!
Tentative presentations and speakers include:
| 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 to 9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction of Topic and Law Review Claire Murtha ’22, Editor in Chief, The Dickinson Law Review |
| 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. | Remarks and Introduction of Judge Reeves Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law |
| 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. | Remarks and Introduction of Judge Reeves Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law |
| 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. | How in the World Could They Reach That Conclusion? The Honorable Carlton W. Reeves, District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi |
| 10:00 to 10:05 a.m. | Introduction of Tiffany Wright Madelyn Snyder ’22, Executive Symposium Editor, The Dickinson Law Review |
| 10:05 to 10:35 a.m. | Truth and Reconciliation: The Ku Klux Klan Hearings of 1871 and the Genesis of Section 1983 Presented by Tiffany Wright, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center Professor at Howard University School of Law |
| 10:35 to 10:55 a.m. | Break |
| 10:55 to 11:00 a.m. | Introduction of Professor Gildin Claire Murtha ’22 |
| 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. | The Neuroscience of Qualified Immunity Presented by Gary Gildin, Emeritus Dean, Professor of Law, Hon. G. Thomas & Anne G. Miller Chair in Advocacy, and Director of the Center for Public Interest Law & Advocacy at Penn State Dickinson Law |
| 11:30 to 11:40 a.m. | Introduction of Panel Madelyn Snyder ’22 |
| 11:40 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. | Panel: Applying Qualified Immunity Across the Legal Field Moderated by Stephanie Jirard, Professor of Criminal Justice at Shippensburg University Panelists:
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| 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 to 1:35 p.m. | Welcome Back and Introduction of Patrick Jaicomo Claire Murtha ’22 |
| 1:35 to 2:05 p.m. | Unqualified Immunity and the Betrayal of Butz v. Economou: How Federal Officials Have Become Absolutely Immune from Constitutional Claims Presented by Patrick Jaicomo, Attorney at the Institute for Justice |
| 2:05 to 2:15 p.m. | Introduction of Panel Madelyn Snyder ’22 |
| 2:15 p.m. to 3:25 p.m. | Panel: What’s Next? Addressing Qualified Immunity from Various Vantage Points Moderated by Heidi Freese, Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Panelists:
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| 3:25 to 3:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks Madelyn Snyder ’22 |