Duke Litigation Strategies Conference
April 4-5, 2008
Sponsored by the Equal Justice Society and the Program in Public Law

Christóbal Josh Alex
Campaign Coordinator
National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights

Judy Appelbaum
Director of Programs
American Constitution Society

Sam Bagenstos
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

Rochelle Bobroff
Director, Federal Rights Project
National Senior Citizens Law Center

Victor Bolden
General Counsel
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

John Brittain
Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Ira Burnim
Legal Director
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Erwin Chemerinsky
Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science
Duke University School of Law

Lee Cokorinos
Executive Director
Capacity Development Group

Jon Davidson
Legal Director
LAMBDA Legal

Mark Dorosin
Senior Attorney
Center for Civil Rights
UNC School of Law

Marianne Engelman Lado
General Counsel
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Simon Heller
Legal Director
Alliance for Justice

Tom Hilbink
Program Officer – Constitutional Democracy Initiatives
Open Society Institute

Sara Jackson
Judge Constance Baker Motley Fellow
Equal Justice Society

Jennifer Mathis
Deputy Legal Director
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

William McNeil
Managing Attorney
Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center

Robert Nasdor
Legal Director
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

Nancy Northup
President
Center for Reproductive Rights

Jenny Pizer
Senior Counsel
LAMBDA Legal

john a. powell
Executive Director
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

Jocelyn Samuels
Vice President for Education and Employment
National Women’s Law Center

Steve Schwartz
Executive Director
Center for Public Representation

Steve Shapiro
Legal Director
ACLU

Elise Shore
Atlanta Regional Counsel
MALDEF

Sarah Somers
Staff Attorney
National Health Law Project

Kimberly Thomas Rapp
Director of Law and Public Policy
Equal Justice Society