Law Review Symposium on Obergefell v. Hodges: 10 Years and Beyond: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Obergefell v. Hodges: 10 Years Later - Thursday, March 20, 2025

Registration

DATE
Thursday, March 20, 2025

TIME
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION
James C. and Rachel M. Votruba Student Union Ballroom
at Northern Kentucky University

CLE
6.0 general CLE hours approved in KY and OH

COST
$50 NKU Alumni
$65 General Public
$0 University faculty, staff and students

Register Here

Symposium Committee

Faculty Advisor and Speaker

Jack Harrison
David and Nancy Wolf Chair in Ethics and Professional Identity Professor of Law
Director, Center for Excellence in Advocacy
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Northern Kentucky Law Review

Matthew Carlin
Editor-in-Chief

Summer Williams
Executive Editor

Joseph Gerwert
Symposium Editor

Staff Advisor

Jeannine Abukhater Lambert
Executive Director of Centers & Programming
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Special Events Coordinator

Ivory Faeth
Events Specialist
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Agenda

PDF Agenda Available Here

Welcome Remarks

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Judith Daar
Dean and Professor of Law
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Matthew Carlin
Editor-in-Chief
Northern Kentucky Law Review

Summer Williams
Executive Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review

Joe Gerwert
Symposium Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review

Panel I - Inside Obergefell v. Hodges

9:15-10:45 a.m.

Honorable Timothy Black
Judge
United States District Court
Southern District of Ohio
BIO

Al Gerhardstein
Counsel for Petitioner
Friedman, Gilbert + Gerhardstein
Bio

Jack Harrison
David and Nancy Wolf Chair in Ethics and Professional Identity Professor of Law
BIO

Regina Hillman
Professor of Law
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Memphis, TN
BIO

Presentation

Richard Hodges
Respondent
Former Director
Ohio Department of Health
BIO

James Obergefell
Petitioner
LGBTQ+ and Civil Rights Activist
Cincinnati, Ohio
BIO

Panel II - Building Families – Reproductive Health & Family Rights

11:00-12:30 p.m.

Judith Daar
Dean and Professor of Law
NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Highland Heights, KY
BIO

Presentation

Jeffrey Dodge
Associate Dean
Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar
Penn State Dickinson Law
BIO

Melanie Jacobs
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
BIO

Kimberly Mutcherson
Professor of Law
Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
BIO

Ryan Thoreson
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OH
BIO

Luncheon and Student Scholarship Showcase

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Valerie Benton
Associate Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Presentation

Jacob Williams
Associate Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Presentation

Panel III - Free Speech & Equal Protection – Where the First & Fourteenth Amendments Meet

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Luke Boso
Co-Associate Dean of Research
Professor of Law
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
BIO

Joe Dunman
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
BIO

Presentation

Jennifer Kinsley
Judge, Ohio First District Court of Appeals
Professor of Law
NKU Chase Law
BIO

Presentation

Rev. David Meredith
Retired Pastor
Clifton United Methodist Church
BIO

Presentation

Panel IV - The Future of Civil Rights – Protections in a Changing World

3:00-4:30 p.m.

Janaya Trotter Bratton
Judge
Hamilton County Municipal Court
BIO

Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr.
Advocate and Educator
Poet
BIO

Anibal Rosario Lebrón
Associate Professor of Law

Rutgers Law School
Newark, NJ
BIO

Presentation

Nicholas Serafin
Albert J. Ruffo Assistant Professor of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law
BIO

Eliot Tracz
Assistant Professor of Law

New England Law | Boston
BIO

Presentation

Closing Remarks

4:30 p.m.

Jack Harrison
David and Nancy Wolf Chair in Ethics and Professional Identity Professor of Law; Director, Center for Excellence in Advocacy
NKU Chase College of Law
BIO

Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr.
Advocate and Educator
Poet
BIO

Covering Campus Protests: An Inside Look from The Associated Press

6:00-7:30 p.m.

Last spring, college campuses became the center of national news, as students protested the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Join journalists from The Associated Press for a behind-the-scenes look at all-night, on-the-ground reporting and a discussion of how today’s college students are changing the way reporters work.

More Information

Six@Six is an annual series of community lectures by NKU’s faculty and students as part of the NKU Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement. The series showcases the scholarship and creative work on campus by discussing that work in the community. Visit our Facebook Events Page for each lecture's link. https://www.facebook.com/NKUScripps/

Northern Kentucky Law Review Spring Symposium

Registration

Symposium Committee

Agenda

Welcome Remarks

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Panel I - Inside Obergefell v. Hodges

9:15-10:45 a.m.

Panel II - Building Families – Reproductive Health & Family Rights

11:00-12:30 p.m.

Luncheon and Student Scholarship Showcase

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Panel III - Free Speech & Equal Protection – Where the First & Fourteenth Amendments Meet

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Panel IV - The Future of Civil Rights – Protections in a Changing World

3:00-4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

4:30 p.m.

Covering Campus Protests: An Inside Look from The Associated Press

6:00-7:30 p.m.