Celebrating the Impact of Senator Birch Bayh A Lasting Legacy on the Constitution and Beyond Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:30 p.m. Check-in 4 – 6:30 p.m. Program Bateman Room | Second Floor Fordham Law School This program is presented by The Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School; The American Bar Association; the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy; Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies; Fordham Advocates for Voter Rights; Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Law Journal; Fordham Law Review; the Fordham Urban Law Journal; Fordham Law Women; the Stein Center for Law and Ethics; and the Student Bar Association. Agenda About the program This program will explore the legacy of Indiana Senator Birch 3:30 – 4 p.m. Bayh, the only person other than James Madison to draft Check-in more than one constitutional amendment. Four decades after he left the Senate, his achievements continue to reap benefits 4 – 4:50 p.m. and resonate in the national political discourse. Speakers Panel 1: Women’s Rights will focus on an array of Bayh’s accomplishments, including MODERATOR: Linda Klein, Past the 25th Amendment, the 26th Amendment, Title IX, the President, American Bar Assiciation proposed Equal Rights Amendment, the Bayh-Dole Act, PANELISTS: Stephanie Gaitley, Head and Senator Bayh’s nearly successful campaign to abolish the Women’s Basketball Coach, Fordham University; Billie Jean King, Tennis Electoral College. Fordham Law has a special history with Legend and Feminist Icon; Kelly Senator Bayh, which began when former dean and current Krauskopf, Assistant General Manager, professor John D. Feerick assisted him in drafting the 25th Indiana Pacers Amendment and advocating for Electoral College reform. 4:50 – 5:40 p.m. Panel 2: Amending the Constitution: Speaker Bios 25th Amendment, 26th Amendment, Akhil Reed Amar and the Electoral College Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political MODERATOR: Joel K. Goldstein, Science at Yale University. He is one of the nation’s leading Author, “The White House Vice constitutional scholars, and has written numerous articles Presidency” on presidential succession, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, PANELISTS: Akhil Reed Amar, and the Electoral College. Professor Amar is one of the Sterling Professor of Law and Political developers of the National Popular Vote Plan, which Senator Science, Yale University; Lowell R. Bayh endorsed. He has testified before Congress on a range Beck, Founding Executive Director, of constitutional issues, and is a frequent commentator Common Cause; John D. Feerick, in prominent popular publications and on national news Norris Professor of Law, Fordham Law networks. His most recent book, “The Constitution Today: School; Jesse Wegman, Member, New Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era,” was published in York Times editorial board 2016. 5:40 – 6:30 p.m. Lowell R. Beck Panel 3: Senator Bayh’s Enduring Lowell Beck has served in top positions in three of the Legacy and Example as a Public nation’s most prominent organizations. As Assistant Director Servant and Video Tribute from of the American Bar Association’s Washington office, Mr. Senator Patrick Leahy Beck helped lead the organization’s efforts to develop and MODERATOR: John R. Bohrer, lobby for the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. He later served Executive Producer, MSNBC’s “The as Deputy Executive Director of the ABA. While he was 11th Hour With Brian Williams,” and the Founding Executive Director of Common Cause, the Author, “The Revolution of Robert organization lobbied for the approval of the Twenty-Sixth Kennedy” Amendment. Mr. Beck subsequently served as President PANELISTS: Jason Berman, Former of the National Association of Independent Insurers. He Chief-of-Staff to Senator Bayh; Sen. authored the 2016 book “I Found My Niche: A Lifetime Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator, Vermont Journey of Lobbying and Association Leadership.” (via video message); PJ Mode, Former Chief Counsel, Senate Subcommittee Jason Berman on Constitutional Amendments; Ira Jason Berman was a close advisor to Senator Birch Bayh for Shapiro, Former Chief US Trade over a decade. Mr. Berman left the Senator’s office as Chief of Negotiator with Japan and Canada and Staff to become the first Vice President for Public Affairs for Author, “The Last Great Senate”; Jon Warner Communications. He next served as Chairman and Soderstrom, Managing Director, Office CEO of the Recording Industry of America before President of Cooperative Research, Yale University Clinton appointed him Special Counsel for Trade. After leaving the White House, Mr. Berman became Chairman and 6:30 p.m. CEO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Reception Industry, the international trade organization for record labels. He is currently on the Board of the Baruch College Fund, City College of New York and is Chairman of its Scholarship Campaign. Fifth Amendment. From 2005 to 2019, he was the Vincent C. Immel Professor of Law at Saint John R. Bohrer Louis University School of Law, where he joined John R. Bohrer is a reporter, historian, and television the faculty in 1994. As a Rhodes Scholar, he news producer. He is currently the Executive participated in an American Bar Association Producer of MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Brian symposium on the vice presidency held at Fordham Williams.” Formerly a senior producer of “Morning Law School that Senator Bayh attended. His book, Joe,” Mr. Bohrer prepared anchors for interviews with “The White House Vice Presidency: The Path to dozens of presidential candidates and newsmakers. Significance, Mondale to Biden,” was published in His first book, “The Revolution of Robert Kennedy,” 2016. was published in 2017. His writing has appeared in New York magazine, The New Republic, Politico, Billie Jean King and USA Today, among others. He is a graduate of Billie Jean King is a 39-time tennis Grand Slam Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, champion and pioneering advocate for gender where he was a student of Senator Bayh. equality. From the early years of her legendary tennis career, Ms. King advocated for women’s John D. Feerick rights, calling for equal pay in the men’s and John D. Feerick holds the Sidney C. Norris Chair women’s games. She tirelessly campaigned for of Law and Public Service at Fordham University passage of Title IX, including by testifying before School of Law, where he was Dean from 1982 to Congress. She is the founder of the Women’s Sports 2002. Dean Feerick was influential in the drafting Foundation, which has used Title IX to pursue and ratification of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, equal athletic and educational opportunities for including through his service on a special American women. Following her tennis career, Ms. King Bar Association conference on presidential inability. became the first woman professional sports After he worked with Senator Bayh on the Twenty- commissioner when she co-founded and led World Fifth Amendment, the pair turned their attention TeamTennis. In 2009, she was the first female athlete to developing and advocating for a constitutional to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, amendment to implement direct popular election the nation’s highest civilian honor. of the president. Dean Feerick’s most recent book is “The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete Linda Klein History and Applications.” Linda Klein is the Past President of the American Bar Association and senior managing shareholder Stephanie Gaitley at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. Coach Stephanie Gaitley is tipping off her thirty- She served as the President of the ABA from fourth year as a Head Coach, and eighth year as 2016 to 2017. In 1997, Klein became the first the Head Coach of Fordham’s women’s basketball woman to serve as President of the State Bar of team. Coach is currently the sixteenth winningest Georgia. During her term, she devised a proposal active NCAA coach. Additionally, she ranks as and advocated for funding of legal assistance for the thirty-second winningest coach all time in the indigent victims of domestic violence. A member of NCAA. A 1982 graduate and Hall of Famer at the American Law Institute, Klein is listed in “The Villanova, Coach helped lead the Wildcats to the Best Lawyers in America,” “Who’s Who in America” Final Four and was named a COSIDA Academic and “Chambers USA.” All American. Coach has saved her best efforts of her career for Rose Hill. Under her leadership, the Kelly Krauskopf Rams have averaged 21 wins per year, captured Kelly Krauskopf is the Assistant General Manager two Atlantic 10 Championships, two NCAA of the Indiana Pacers. She is the first woman in tournament bids, and four WNIT tournament NBA history to hold this position. Before coming bids. Coach has been selected as the New York to the Pacers, she was the General Manager of the Metropolitan Coach of the Year twice and the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. Under her leadership, Basketball Coaches Association of New York once. the team made the playoffs in twelve consecutive Coach has a career record of 633-365 and has the seasons, reaching the Finals three times and winning second most wins in the history of the Atlantic 10 the title in 2012. She was previously the WNBA’s Conference. first Director of Basketball Operations. Ms. Krauskopf played basketball as a student at Texas Joel K. Goldstein A&M in the years after Title IX’s passage. She was Joel K. Goldstein is a leading scholar on involved in honoring Sen. Bayh at the inaugural constitutional issues involving the presidency, WNBA game in 1997 and again at the Fever’s especially the vice presidency and the Twenty- Speaker Bios (Cont.) inaugural game in 2000. member and past president of the Association of Patrick Leahy Federal Technology Transfer Executives. He has Patrick Leahy is the senior U.S.