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IICLR Symposium Considers Constitutional Amendments
03/03/2020
The Indiana International and Comparative Law Review Symposium focused on Constitutional Amendment: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions. The event took place at IU McKinney on February 28.
The day began with a presentation from Professor Richard Albert of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. He talked about “Constitutional Amendment in Constitutional Democracies: Transformation, Illusion, Eternity.”
Next on the agenda was Visiting Associate Professor Eugene Mazo of Rutgers Law School, who discussed “Situating Constitutional Amendments.”
Andrea Katz, a Samuel I. Golieb Fellow at New York University School of Law, delivered a lecture titled “The Desuetude of Article Five.”
IU McKinney 3L Patrick Clark, Executive Articles Development Editor for the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review made the final presentation prior to the luncheon break. He discussed “Court Supremacy: End-of-Life Ethical Assumptions and Substantive Due Process.”
The afternoon began with a panel discussion of Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions by Professor Albert. The book was published by Oxford University Press in 2019. Discussants included the author, Professor Albert, Visiting Associate Professor Mazo, Katz, and IU McKinney Professor Gerard Magliocca. Clark served as moderator for the panelists.
Christopher Kratovil, Managing Member at Dykema Gossett PLLC in Dallas, offered “Litigating Constitutional Issues in the Private Sector: A Practitioner's Perspective.”
IU McKinney 3L Lauren Scheid, Executive Notes Development Editor for the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review presented on “The Expansion of Executive Power Over Immigration Without Amendment in the United States.”
The event concluded with a panel discussion featuring IU McKinney students on the topic, Constitutional Amendment in the World. Their talk was moderated by IU McKinney Professor of Practice Frank Sullivan, Jr. LL.M. candidate Olajumoke Adeyeye of Nigeria; Olga Bratuhina of Kyrgyzstan, a 2018 LL.M. graduate and current J.D. student; and LL.M. candidate Vitalli Buz of Ukraine took part in the discussion.
In the photo are members of the law review with presenters from the day’s event. In the back row from left: Andrew Kuhlenhoelter, Adam Eichelberger, Sean Farrell, Andrea Katz, Patrick Clark, Christopher Kratovil, Sam Szynal, Professor Frank Sullivan, Vitalli Buz, and Bradley Neely. In the front row from left are Sean Kilgore, Olivia Hess, Professor Eugene Mazo of Rutgers, Samantha Jordan, Professor Gerard Magliocca, Vice Dean Mike Pitts, Professor Richard Albert of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Lauren Scheid, Virginia Talley, Rachel Ehlermann, and Khoa Trinh.
