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 - 10:10 a.m.
Session 1
Overview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases and Lower Court Case Law
Professor Brannon Denning
Starnes Professor of Law
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Supreme Court Gun Control Cases in the 2023-24 Term
David Kopel
Attorney & Author
Research Director, The Independence Institute
Adjunct Scholar, The Cato Institute
Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
10:10 - 10:20 a.m.
Networking Break
10:20 - 12:00 p.m.
Session 2
Massive Resistance: Litigation Over States’ Refusal to Accept the Right to Public Carry after Bruen
Daniel L. Schmutter, Esq.,
Partner, Hartman & Winnicki, P.C.
Firearms Forensics in the Courtroom
Dwight Van Horn
Independent Firearms Examiner
NRA Board Member
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Special Lunch Presentation
What the Professor Learned from His Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture
Professor David Yamane
Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
1:00 - 2:40 p.m.
Session 3
“Can I Own a Gun?” – A Review of Restoration of Firearm Rights Law
Derek DeBrosse
Partner, Barney DeBrosse, LLC
Partner, Munitions Law Group
Successfully Navigating Contested FFL Revocation Proceedings and ATF Disputes: A Recent Case Study
Paul Flannery & Kelsey Baughman
Flannery | Georgalis, LLC
2:40 - 2:50 p.m.
Networking Break
2:50 - 3:50 p.m.
Session 4 - Legal Ethics
Ethics and Social Media: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Facebook
Judge David Newell
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
4:20 - 4:30 p.m.
Networking Break
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Session 5 - Legal Ethics
The Right to Self-Defense: Case Studies from the 2020 Riots and Beyond
Attorney & Author
The "Engaged in the Business" Proposed Rulemaking and Enhanced Background Checks for Purchasers Aged 18-20
Bryant Lewis
Assistant General Counsel
The National Rifle Association of America
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Meet & Greet Reception: Post-Course Cocktail Reception
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