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

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Faculty Advisor and Speaker
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Jack Harrison

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
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Staff Advisor
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Jeannine Abukhater Lambert
Jeannine Abukhater Lambert
Executive Director of Centers & Programming
NKU Chase College of Law
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 Special Events Coordinator
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Ivory Faeth
Ivory Faeth
Events Specialist
NKU Chase College of Law
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Northern Kentucky Law Review
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Matt Carlin
Matthew Carlin
Editor-in-Chief
Northern Kentucky Law Review
NKU Chase College of Law
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Summer Williams
Summer Williams
Executive Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review
NKU Chase College of Law
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Joseph Gerwert
Joseph Gerwert
Symposium Editor
Northern Kentucky Law Review
NKU Chase College of Law
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Agenda

Panel on the History of Obergefell v. Hodges

Al Gerhardstein
Al Gerhardstein
Counsel for Petitioner
Partner
Friedman, Gilbert + Gerhardstein
Bio
Regina Hillman
Regina Hillman
Professor of Law
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Memphis, TN
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Rick Hodges
Richard Hodges
Respondent
Former Director
Ohio Department of Health
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Jim Obergefell
Jim Obergefell
Petitioner
LGBTQ+ and Civil Rights Activist
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Panel on Reproductive and Family Rights

Judith Daar
Judith Daar
Dean and Professor of Law
NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Highland Heights, KY
BIO
Jeffrey Dodge
Jeffrey Dodge
Associate Dean
Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar
Penn State Dickinson Law
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Melanie Jacobs
Melanie Jacobs
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
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Kimberly Mutcherson
Kimberly Mutcherson
Professor of Law
Ruttgers Law School
Camden, NJ
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Ryan Thoreson
Ryan Thoreson
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OH
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Panel on the Intersection of the First and Fourteenth Amendments

Luke Boso
Luke Boso
Co-Associate Dean of Research
Professor of Law
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
BIO    
 
Joe Dunman
Joe Dunman
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Jennifer Kinsley
Jennifer Kinsley
Judge, Ohio First District Court of Appeals
Professor of Law
NKU Chase Law
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Panel on the Future of Civil Rights

Janaya Trotter Bratton
Janaya Trotter Bratton
Judge
Hamilton County Municipal Court
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Willie Carver
Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr.
Advocate and Educator
Poet
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Anibal Rosario-Lebron
Anibel Rosario-Lebron
Associate Professor of Law
Rutgers Law School
Newark, NJ
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Nicholas Serafin
Nicholas Serafin
Albert J. Ruffo Assistant Professor of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law 
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Eliot Tracz
Eliot Tracz
Assistant Professor of Law
New England Law Boston
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