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Celebrating the Impact of Senator Birch Bayh a Lasting Legacy on the Constitution and Beyond Celebrating the Impact of Senator Birch Bayh A Lasting Legacy on the Constitution and Beyond Wednesday October 16, 2019 3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m., Check-in 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Program CLE COURSE MATERIALS Table of Contents 1. Speaker Biographies (view in document) 2. CLE Materials Panel 1: Women’s Rights Panel 3: Senator Bayh’s Enduring Legacy and Example as a Public Servant National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, 2012) Title IX at 40: Working to Ensure Gender in Clymer, Adam. N.Y. Times. Birch Bayh, 91, Dies; Senator Education. (View in document) Drove Title IX and 2 Amendment (View in document) Neale, Thomas H. Congressional Research Service, 2018. 79 Fordham L. Rev. A Modern Father of Our The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: Contemporary Constitution: An Interview with Former Senator Birch Ratification Issues. (View in document) Bayh. (View in document) th Panel 2: Amending the Constitution: 25 Pamphlet on Impact of the Bayh-Dole Act. th Amendment, 26 Amendment, and the Electoral (View in document) College 25th Amendment Text. (View in document) 26th Amendment Text and Brief Explanation. (View in document) Goldstein, Joel K. 86 Fordham L. Rev. 1137, 2017. The Bipartisan Bayh Amendment (View in document) Amar, Akhil Reed; Amar, Vikram David. How to Achieve Direct National Election of the President Without Amending the Constitution. (View in document) Feerick, John D. 79 Fordham L. Rev. 907. Presidential Succession and Inability: Before and After the Twenty- Fifth Amendment. (View in document) Wegman, Jesse. N.Y. Times Birch Bayh and the Quest for a More Perfect Constitution. (View in document) Birch Bayh: A Lasting Legacy on the Constitution and Beyond Speaker Bios Akhil Reed Amar student of Senator Bayh. Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. He is one of the John D. Feerick nation’s leading constitutional scholars, and has written John D. Feerick holds the Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law numerous articles on presidential succession, the and Public Service at Fordham University School of Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and the Electoral College. Law, where he was Dean from 1982 to 2002. Dean Professor Amar is one of the developers of the National Feerick was influential in the drafting and ratification of Popular Vote Plan, which Senator Bayh endorsed. He the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, including through his has testified before Congress on a range of constitutional service on a special American Bar Association issues, and is a frequent commentator in prominent conference on presidential inability. After he worked popular publications and on national news networks. His with Senator Bayh on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, the most recent book, “The Constitution Today: Timeless pair turned their attention to developing and advocating Lessons for the Issues of Our Era,” was published in for a constitutional amendment to implement direct 2016. popular election of the president. Dean Feerick’s most recent book is “The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Lowell R. Beck Complete History and Applications.” Lowell Beck has served in top positions in three of the nation’s most prominent organizations. As assistant Stephanie Gaitley director of the ABA’s Washington office, Mr. Beck Coach Stephanie Gaitley is tipping off her 34th year as a helped lead the organization’s efforts to develop and Head Coach, and eighth year as the Head Coach of lobby for the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. He later served Fordham’s women’s basketball team. Coach is currently as deputy executive director of the ABA. While he was the 16th winningest active NCAA coach. Additionally the founding executive director of Common Cause, the she ranks as the 32nd winningest coach all time in the organization lobbied for the approval of the Twenty- NCAA. A 1982 graduate and Hall of Famer at Sixth Amendment. Mr. Beck subsequently served as Villanova, Coach helped lead the Wildcats to the Final President of the National Association of Independent Four and was named a COSIDA Academic All Insurers. He authored the 2016 book “I Found My American. Coach has saved her best efforts of her career Niche: A Lifetime Journey of Lobbying and Association for Rose Hill. Under her leadership the Rams have Leadership.” averaged 21 wins per year, captured two Atlantic 10 Championships, two NCAA tournament bids, and four Jason Berman WNIT tournament bids. Coach has been selected as the Jason Berman was a close advisor to Senator Birch Bayh New York Metropolitan Coach of the Year twice and the for over a decade. Mr. Berman left the Senator’s office Basketball Coaches Association of New York once. as Chief of Staff to become the first Vice President for Coach has a career record of 633-365 and has the Public Affairs for Warner Communications. He next second most wins in the history of the Atlantic 10 served as Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Conference. of America before President Clinton appointed him Special Counsel for Trade. After leaving the White Joel K. Goldstein House, Mr. Berman became Chairman and CEO of the Joel K. Goldstein is a leading scholar on constitutional International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, issues involving the presidency, especially the vice the international trade organization for record labels. He presidency and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. From is currently on the Board of the Baruch College Fund, 2005 to 2019, he was the Vincent C. Immel Professor of City College of New York and is Chairman of its Law at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he Scholarship Campaign. joined the faculty in 1994. As a Rhodes Scholar, he participated in an American Bar Association symposium John R. Bohrer on the vice presidency held at Fordham Law School that John R. Bohrer is a reporter, historian, and television Senator Bayh attended. His book, “The White House news producer. He is currently the executive producer Vice Presidency: The Path to Significance, Mondale to of MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Brian Williams.” Biden,” was published in 2016. Formerly a senior producer of “Morning Joe,” Mr. Bohrer prepared anchors for interviews with dozens of Billie Jean King presidential candidates and newsmakers. His first Billie Jean King is a 39-time tennis Grand Slam book, “The Revolution of Robert Kennedy,” was champion and pioneering advocate for gender equality. published in 2017. His writing has appeared in New From the early years of her legendary tennis career, Ms. York magazine, The New Republic, Politico, and USA King advocated for women’s rights, calling for equal pay Today, among others. He is a graduate of Washington in the men’s and women’s games. She tirelessly College in Chestertown, Maryland, where he was a campaigned for passage of Title IX, including by testifying before Congress. She is the founder of the attorney at the law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering for Women’s Sports Foundation, which has used Title IX to over three decades, serving as Chairman of the firm from pursue equal athletic and educational opportunities for 1987 to 1995. He was subsequently Special Counsel to women. Following her tennis career, Ms. King became Citigroup from 2003 to 2013. the first woman professional sports commissioner when she co-founded and led World TeamTennis. In 2009, she Ira Shapiro was the first female athlete to be awarded the Ira Shapiro served as Chief U.S. Trade Negotiator with Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest Japan and Canada, and as General Counsel in the Office civilian honor. of the U.S. Trade Representative during the Clinton administration. He served in senior staff positions in the Linda Klein Senate for over a decade, and is the author of two books Linda Klein is the Past President of the American Bar on the chamber. “The Last Great Senate: Courage and Association and senior managing shareholder at Baker Statesmanship in Times of Crisis” focuses on the Senate Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. She served in the late 1970s, when Senator Bayh was serving his as the President of the ABA from 2016 to 2017. In 1997, final term. His most recent book, released in 2018, is Klein became the first woman to serve as president of “Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?” the State Bar of Georgia. During her term, she devised a Ambassador Shapiro is currently a senior advisor with proposal and advocated for funding of legal assistance the Albright Stonebridge Group. for indigent victims of domestic violence. A member of the American Law Institute, Klein is listed in “The Best Jon Soderstrom Lawyers in America,” “Who’s Who in America” and Jon Soderstrom is the Managing Director of the Office “Chambers USA.” of Cooperative Research at Yale University. The office manages the intellectual assets created at Yale to achieve Kelly Krauskopf the maximum benefit for the public and provide a Kelly Krauskopf is the Assistant General Manager of the financial return to support the University’s research Indiana Pacers. She is the first woman in NBA history to efforts. The Bayh-Dole Act was response for the creation hold this position. Before coming to the Pacers, she was of the Office and its activities. Dr. Soderstrom was a the general manager of the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. founding board member and past president of the Under her leadership, the team made the playoffs in Association of Federal Technology Transfer Executives. twelve consecutive seasons, reaching the Finals three He has testified before Congress on technology transfer times and winning the title in 2012. She was previously issues and served as an expert witness in patent the WNBA’s first Director of Basketball operations. Ms. infringement litigations. Krauskopf played basketball as a student at Texas A&M in the years after Title IX’s passage.
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