2011 Symposium Information Now Available

Published by - February 16, 2011 -

The Harvard Journal on Legislation, HLS Republicans and Harvard Law and Health Care Society Present a Symposium

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.

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