The Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy
Fifth Annual Symposium

Friday, October 28, 2011 at Noon
Northwestern University School of Law
375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago IL

This year’s symposium will commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Equal Rights Amendment’s passage of the United States Congress and remember the thirtieth anniversary of its ratification deadline. Leading scholars and practitioners will gather to present speeches and engage in panel discussions on the past and future of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Possible panel topics include: Ratification: Easy as 1, 2, 3 state solution?; State Equal Rights Provisions: Construction and Consideration; and Lessons from Abroad: International Constitutional Equality Clauses. The Keynote panel will consider the continued necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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