This year’s symposium, co-sponsored with The Federalist Society, The American Constitutional Society, the HLS Democrats, and the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review addresses Class in America, a growing area of interest and concern for our nation.

The symposium will feature two panels, lunch, and a reception afterward. The first panel will focus on access to democracy. This discussion will cover areas including voter registration and ID requirements, and the role of Super PACs in the electoral system. The second panel will focus on the tax system. By focusing on tax policy, the panelist will be able to present differing viewpoints on possible tax reforms, the role of legal practitioners in our tax system, and the broader implications of our tax system on Americans’ understating of socioeconomic class.

We are currently preparing a list of panelists representing a wide range of philosophical, geographic, and occupational viewpoints. We are planning to invite a mixture of legal practitioners, academics, and non-profit and industry representatives in order to present a diverse range of viewpoints in keeping with out mission as a non-partisan journal.

Be sure to check back soon for more updates.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

7 PM, Wasserstein B010

Light Refreshments Provided

Please join the Journal on Legislation for a special screening of “Shadow Company,” a documentary dealing with private military contracting firms, in advance of Thursday’s Symposium: Government Outsourcing and Privatization.

For more information, contact Ian Gore, igore@jd13.law.harvard.edu

Harvard Journal on Legislation – 2012 Symposium

Government Outsourcing and Privatization

February 16, 2012 - Harvard Law School

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Partisanship in Congress: Polarization and the Political Process

Thursday, February 24, 2011

1pm, Pound Hall 100 – Opening Remarks, Sec. Trey Grayson, Director / Harvard Institute of Politics / Kentucky Secretary of State (2004-2011)

1:30-3:00pm, The Climate Behind Partisanship: Past, Present and Future, Pound Hall 100

Moderator: Michael Klarman, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law / Harvard Law School

• Bob Inglis, Former Congressman / Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC4 1993-1999; 2005-2011) / Spring 2011 Fellow / Harvard University Institute of Politics
• Nolan McCarty, Associate Dean and Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs / Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University

• Mark McKinnon, Vice Chairman / Public Strategies, Inc. / Co-founder / No Labels
• Nathaniel Persily, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science / Columbia Law School / Director / Center for Law and Politics at Columbia Law School
• Tom Rosenstiel, Director / Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism

3:15-4:30pm, Polarization at Work: Analyzing the Effects of Partisanship on Congressional Decision-Making, Pound Hall 100

Moderator: Jed Shugerman, Assistant Professor of Law / Harvard Law School

• Bob Inglis, Former Congressman / Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC4 1993-1999; 2005-2011) / Spring 2011 Fellow / Harvard University Institute of Politics
• Vincent Frakes, Federal Policy Director / The Center for Health Transformation
• · Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy / Harvard Kennedy School
• David C. King, Lecturer in Public Policy / Harvard Kennedy School
• Dr. Stuart Seides, Physician Executive Director / MedStar Heart Institute

4:30-5:30pm, John Chipman Gray Room – Open Reception for Students, Panelists and Moderators

Made possible by the generous support of the Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy Fund.