Monday, June 6, 2022
Optional Activities at Monticello

3:30 Tours of Monticello

5:00 Cocktail Reception, Montalto Terrace

6:30 Dinner, Montalto Conservatory

Keynote Speaker: Former Justice John Charles Thomas, Supreme Court of Virginia

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Handling and Litigating Police Misconduct Cases

(Includes 6 hours of CLE credit, lunch topic not included)

8:00 Registration, David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center at Monticello

8:30 Light Breakfast, Montalto Dining Room 

9:00 Introduction and Welcome, Montalto Conservatory

Ray White, Executive Director, Virginia Law Foundation

9:15 Opening Remarks

Leslie Greene Bowman, President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation

9:30 Drawing Upon Historical Perspectives and Precedents Regarding Laws and Legislative Intent on the Nature and Purpose of Policing to Support Winning Arguments 

Dr. Sally Hadden, Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of History at Western Michigan 
Professor Anna Lvovsky, Assistant Professor of Law Harvard Law School, Harvard University 
Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Norfolk State University 
Moderator/Participant: The Honorable Roger L. Gregory, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 

11:30 Break, Montalto Dining Room

11:45 Police Power on University Campuses: Lessons Learned and to Be Learned 

Roscoe Roberts, Esq., Former Chief Counsel for the University of Virginia, past Senior Assistant Attorney General of Virginia 
John Venuti, Associate Vice President for Public Safety VCU and VCU Health System and Chief of VCU Police 
Joseph Martins, Interim Dean Liberty University School of Law, Professor of Law, Director of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic 
Moderator: Rudene Mercer Haynes, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 

12:45 Lunch, Montalto Conservatory

1:30 The Law of Excessive Force and Legal Remedies: Building Successful Arguments as They Relate to the Disproportionate Impact on People of Color 

Mary Bauer, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia 
Juval Scott, Public Defender for the Western District of Virginia 
Professor Seth W. Stoughton, Professor of Law, Professor (by Courtesy) of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina 
Professor Paul J. Zwier II, Professor of Law, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Moderator/Participant: Alison M. McKee, Attorney, Kaufman & Canoles, Virginia Beach, Past President of the Virginia Bar Association

3:00 Break, Montalto Dining Room

3:15 Legal and Practical Ramifications of New Legislation Designed to Curtail Police Abuses 

DeAnza A. Cook, History Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University 
Chief Maggie DeBoard, Chief of Police, Herndon Police Department, Herndon, Virginia 
Senator Jennifer L. McClellan, Virginia State Senator, Democrat. 9th District 
Senator, Thomas K. Norment, Jr., Virginia State Senator, Republican, 3rd District 
Moderator: Dean Risa Goluboff, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law 

4:45 Closing Remarks

Bruce C. Sams, Attorney, Law Office of Bruce C. Sams, President of the Old Dominion Bar Association
David Landin, Senior Managing Partner Landin Law Group, Board Member Monticello, Past President Virginia Bar Association and Virginia Law Foundation

5:00 Optional Reception, Montalto Terrace