Thursday, October 19
Optional Activities at Monticello

3:30 Tours of Monticello

5:00 Cocktail Reception, Montalto Terrace

6:30 Dinner, Montalto Conservatory

Keynote Speaker:
Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, Fourth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals

Note: Shuttle service will depart from the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center for all above events.

Friday, October 20
Voting Rights: American Democracy at a Crossroads

Shuttle service will be transporting guests from the Visitor Center at Monticello to Montalto. 

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

8:30 Light Breakfast, Montalto Dining Room 

9:00 Introduction and Welcome, Montalto Conservatory

Raymond M. White, Executive Director, Virginia Law Foundation

9:15 Opening Remarks

Gardiner Hallock, Interim President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation 

9:30 HISTORY OF VOTING RIGHTS IN THE U.S.

Professor Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Professor Bertrall Ross, University of Virginia School of Law 
Committee Advisor: Rudene Mercer Haynes, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth 
Committee Advisor: Alison McKee, Of Counsel, Kaufman & Canoles

10:45 Break, Montalto Dining Room 

11:00 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS

Professor Gilda R. Daniels, University of Baltimore School of Law
Professor Joshua A. Douglas, University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law
Chris Piper, Executive Director, Virginia Public Access Project/Former Virginia Elections Commissioner
Committee Advisor: Lonnie D. Nunley, III, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

12:30 Lunch, Montalto Conservatory

Featured Speaker:
Richard Stengel, MSNBC Contributor, Former TIME editor and U.S. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

1:30 REDISTRICTING IN THE UNITED STATES

Professor Henry “Hank” Chambers, Jr., University of Richmond School of Law
Professor Rebecca Green, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Elections Law Program, William & Mary School of Law
Moderator/Committee Advisor: Michael HuYoung, Shareholder, Barnes & Diehl, P.C./Member, Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference
Committee Advisor: Richard H. Ottinger, Attorney, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

2:30 Break, Montalto Dining Room  

2:45 REDISTRICTING IN VIRGINIA/VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING COMMISSION

Professor Henry “Hank” Chambers, Jr., University of Richmond School of Law
Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Attorney at Law, Durrette, Arkema, Gerson & Gill PC 
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Partner, Dunlap Law, PLC and Former Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia
Professor Rebecca Green, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Elections Law Program, William & Mary School of Law
Moderator/Committee Advisor: Michael HuYoung, Shareholder, Barnes & Diehl, P.C./Member, Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference
Committee Advisor: Richard H. Ottinger, Attorney, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

3:45 Break, Montalto Dining Room   

4:00 VIRGINIA (AND AMERICA) AT A VOTING RIGHTS CROSSROADS

Professor Henry “Hank” Chambers, Jr., University of Richmond School of Law
Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Attorney at Law, Durrette, Arkema, Gerson & Gill PC 
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Partner, Dunlap Law, PLC and Former Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia
Professor Rebecca Green, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Elections Law Program, William & Mary School of Law
Professor Bertrall Ross, University of Virginia School of Law
Moderator/Committee Advisor: Michael HuYoung, Shareholder, Barnes & Diehl, P.C./Member, Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference
Committee Advisor: Richard H. Ottinger, Attorney, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

5:15 Closing Remarks

David C. Landin, Attorney, Landin Law Group; Trustee, Thomas Jefferson Foundation