Past Events
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM EDT
Location: Hybrid: morning online & afternoon at 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
Virtual Component of the Fellowship Symposium
| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Symposium Faculty Address: 'The Positive Second Amendment' Joseph Blocher, Center of Firearms Law, Duke Law School Lanty L. Smith Professor and Faculty, Co-Director of Center The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller Video recording |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | Symposium Faculty Address: 'Community Violence and Evidence-based Violence Intervention Strategies' Mike McLively, Giffords Law Center Policy Director Community Violence Initiative Video recording |
| 11:45 a.m. | End of Virtual Portion of Symposium |
In-Person Component of the Fellowship Symposium
| 11:45 – 12:30 p.m. | No programming Time for lunch on your own and to get to the law school if you are participating in the in-person CLE afternoon sessions |
| 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. | Registration and Refreshments Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, the Steve Tuchman and Reed Bobrick Atrium |
| 1:00 – 1:10 p.m. | Welcome and opening remarks Cynthia A. Baker, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Program on Law and State Government |
| 1:10 – 1:40 p.m. | Fellowship Address: 'Gun Rights and Gun Violence: Can Data Disrupt the Status Quo?' Chaka Coleman, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law 2021 Fellow, Program on Law and State Government |
| 1:40 – 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. | Afternoon Panel Discussion: 'The Jake Laird Law: Efficacy and Adjudication of Red Flag Laws'
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| 2:50 – 3:35 p.m. | Symposium Faculty Address: 'Preventing Violent Crime through a Life-course Approach' Thomas D. Stucky, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI Professor of Criminal Justice |
| 3:35 – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. | Fellowship Address: 'Gun Violence, Community Trauma, and the Law' Katie Whitley, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law 2021 Fellow, Program on Law and State Government |
| 4:15 – 4:45 p.m. | Book Discussion: 'Children Under Fire: An American Crisis' (ECCO/Harper Collins 2021)
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| 4:45 – 5:15 p.m. | Symposium Faculty Address: 'Investigating Gun Violence, Trauma, and the Effectiveness of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs' Dr. Joseph B. Richardson, Jr., University of Maryland College Park The Joel and Kim Feller Professor of African-American Studies and Anthropology University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Professor (Secondary Appointment), Department of Epidemiology and Public Health |
| 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. | Social Hour 5:30 p.m. Dean’s Remarks Karen E. Bravo, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Dean and Gerald L. Bepko Professor of Law, IU McKinney School of Law |
2021 PLSG Fellows:
- Chaka Coleman, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (J.D. anticipated May 2022)
- Katie Whitley, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (J.D. anticipated May 2022)
This year’s Program on Law and State Government Fellowship symposium will explore state governments’ responses to increasing gun violence across our country. Fellow Chaka Coleman will present her research regarding data collection and preventing gun violence. Fellow Katie Whitley will share her work exploring how state governments leverage public dollars for intervention strategies and comprehensive re-entry initiatives. Lawyers, academics, policy makers, and a journalist/author will join the event as symposium faculty to share their respective experiences and perspectives regarding Second Amendment rights, red flag laws, local government pilot programs, and gun violence reduction initiatives.
We hope you can join us for this important discussion. The morning will be virtual and the afternoon, in-person, at the law school.
Effective August 5, 2021, all students, faculty, staff, and visitors are required to wear a mask indoors on IUPUI's campus.
See the IUPUI web site for the most up-to-date COVID-related university rules: https://www.iu.edu/covid/campus-info/on-each-campus/iupui/index.html
