Syracuse Law Review will host the Volume 77 Symposium, “American Law at 250: The Unfinished Undertaking,” 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

The symposium seeks to facilitate a re-examination of the American legal project at a defining historical moment, America’s 250th anniversary. Anchored in the theme of duality, the symposium will explore the simultaneous and often competing realities that characterize American law: progress and retrenchment, aspiration and implementation, domestic development and global influence.

The Syracuse Law Review has convened leading voices to critically assess how American legal frameworks have shaped both the nation and the broader international order—and to explore the extent to which foundational commitments to liberty, equality and accountability have or have not been realized in practice.

Keynote speakers are the Hon. Theodore A. McKee L’75 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit) and the Hon. Mae A. D’Agostino L’80 (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York).

There will be two panel discussions:

“Drawing the Boundaries of American Society,” with the following panelists:

• Glenys P. Spence, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Toledo
• Lars Noah, Professor of Law & Eminent Scholar, University of Florida
• James Richard Broughton, Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development and Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy
• Alexander James Rigby, Associate, Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman LLP

“Living Within the Boundaries: Individual Liberties and Fundamental Rights,” with the following panelists:

• Jamie R. Abrams, Professor of Law, American University – Washington
• Paula C. Johnson, Professor of Law and Director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative, Syracuse University College of Law
• Carla Pratt, Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma
• José Felipé Anderson, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore

For the full agenda, please visit the Syracuse Law Review website.