Eminent policymakers, judges, practitioners, and others have in recent years attacked the value of current legal scholarship. Rather than rehash the debate over the value of current legal scholarship, our program will focus on what specifically legal scholars can, if they wish, do to maximize their work’s policy relevance. In order to address that question, our panel features several leading legal scholars who have served as senior policy practitioners. Professor Michael Barr served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions during the Obama Administration, and was a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Professor Tino Cuellar served as Special Assistant to the President for Justice and Regulatory Policy during the Obama Administration and Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement during the Clinton Administration. Professor Chai Feldblum currently serves as Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Professor Spencer Overton served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy during the Obama Administration, where he focused on issues related to the Voting Rights Act and the Administration’s response to the Citizens United decision lifting restrictions on corporate spending in federal elections. Professor Peter Swire served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy during the Obama Administration and Chief Counselor for Privacy during the Clinton Administration. We hope that this program will both assist professors and others to craft scholarship with greater policy impact and encourage them to do so.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.