8:00 - 8:20 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 - 8:30 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Law Seminar Steering Committee Chair
Board Member, National Rifle Association of America
Chief of Legal Services for the National Wild Turkey Federation
8:30 - 10:20 a.m.
Session 1
U.S. v. Rahimi, Range v. Attorney General of the United States, and Potential Future Cases Before SCOTUS
Professor Brannon Denning
Starnes Professor of Law, Samford University Cumberland School of Law
A Review of Lower Court Cases in the Wake of Bruen
Joseph Greenlee
Director, Office of Litigation Counsel, NRA-ILA
Research Associate, The Independence Institute
Policy Advisor for Legal Affairs, The Heartland Institute
10:20 - 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
10:30 - 12:15 p.m.
Session 2
Regulation to Litigation: Recent ATF Rulemakings and Subsequent Legal Challenges
Shelby Baird Smith
Chief Litigation Counsel, The National Shooting Sports Foundation
Tim Lachance
Assistant General Counsel, The National Shooting Sports Foundation
General Counsel for the Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute
State-Level Actions Against the Firearms Industry
Camden R. Webb
Partner, Williams Mullen
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Special Lunch Presentation
The Duty to Bear Arms in a Republic
Professor David Raney
Professor of History
John Anthony Halter Chair in American History, the Constitution, and the Second Amendment, Hillsdale College
1:15 - 2:50 p.m.
Session 3
The Evolution of the Nation’s Firearm Background Check System
Trudy Lou Ford
Acting Deputy Assistant Director
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, F.B.I.
Dealing With NICS Denial
John Monroe
John Monroe Law, P.C.
2:50 - 3:00 p.m.
Networking Break
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Session 4 - Arms Rights
Arms Rights and Arms Controls Before the Second Amendment
David Kopel
Attorney & Author Research Director, The Independence Institute
Adjunct Scholar, The Cato Institute
Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
3:50 - 4:00 p.m.
Networking Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Session 5 - Legal Ethics
Ethics: Meritorious Claims and Contentions in Firearm Litigation
Attorney & Author
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Meet & Greet Reception: Post-Course Cocktail Reception
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