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Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

6:00 PM - 6:05 PM

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6:05 PM - 6:10 PM

Democracy at Work?: Spring Symposium Aims to Address the Question

Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

6:10 PM - 6:15 PM

Opening Panel: Voice in the Workplace: Focus on Nevada

Ann C. McGinley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Pamela Egan, Workforce Development Consultant
Gregg Kamer Esq., Kamer, Zucker & Abbott
Jamie Naughton, Zappos
D. Taylor, Culinary Workers Local 226

Thomas & Mack Moot Court

6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

Welcoming Remarks from Deans and Organizers

Jean R. Sternlight, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Ruben J. Garcia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

Tam Alumni Center

8:35 AM - 8:45 AM

Opening Plenary: Are Democratic Workplaces Possible, or Only Necessary to Our Survival?

Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tam Alumni Center

8:45 AM - 9:35 AM

Panel 1: Democracy and Work

Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Southwestern University School of Law
Richard Bales, Northern Kentucky University - Chase College of Law
Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Robert Hebdon, McGill University
Ariana Levinson, University of Louisville - Brandeis School of Law
Michael Wasser, American Rights at Work
Ryan Lamare, American Rights at Work

Tam Alumni Center

9:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Lunch: Featured Speaker: Cynthia Estlund

Cynthia Estlund, NYU School of Law

Tam Alumni Center

12:20 PM - 1:50 PM

Panel 2: The NLRB, Unions, Courts, and Democracy

Elizabeth L. MacDowell, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Matthew Dimick, SUNY Buffalo Law School
Charlotte Garden, Seattle University School of Law
Ryan McGinley Stempel, Stanford Law School
Ann C. McGinley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Brishen Rogers, Temple University, Beasley School of Law

Tam Alumni Center

1:50 PM - 3:25 PM

Panel 3: Individuals, the Collective, and Democracy: Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and Individual Employee Rights

Addie C. Rolnick, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Michael Z. Green, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Francine J. Lipman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Nicole B. Porter, University of Toledo College of Law
Gowri Ramachandran, Southwestern Law School
Terry Smith, DePaul University College of Law

Tam Alumni Center

3:40 PM - 5:40 PM

Panel 4: The Public Sector Workplace and State and Local Democracy

Ruben J. Garcia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Kenneth Dau-Schmidt, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University - Bloomington
Eric M. Fink, Elon University School of Law
Martin Malin, Chicago Kent College of Law
Amber Lopez, SEIU

William S. Boyd School of Law, Room 102

8:45 AM - 10:35 AM

Panel 5: Voice and Democracy in Education

Robert I. Correales, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Clifford B. Donn, Le Moyne College
Africa Sanchez, Clark County Education Association
Gregory Brown, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

William S. Boyd School of Law, Room 102

10:45 AM - 11:55 AM

Panel 6: Designs for Voice at the Workplace

Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
David Lipsky, ILR School, Cornell University
Ariel Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor and Employment Relations, and College of Medicine
Kristen Blankley, University of Nebraska College of Law
Elayne Greenberg, St. John's University School of Law
Mariana Hernandez Crespo, University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minnesota
Abhi Gupta, ILR School, Cornell University

William S. Boyd School of Law, Room 102

12:45 PM - 2:50 PM

Closing Discussion

Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs

William S. Boyd School of Law, Room 102

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM