Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: 10 Years Later (2003)

Conference Brochure

5:00 PM

Reception

West Multipurpose Room, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

7:00 PM

Address - Introduction

Joanna Grossman, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

8:00 PM

Address - Serve in Silence!

Grethe Cammermeyer, U.S. Army, National Guard - Retired

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

8:15 PM

Conference Registration and Coffee

Student Center Theater Lobby, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Roundtable: Service Member Experiences

James A. Garland, Hofstra University School of Law
Sharon Alexander, U.S. Army, 1993-2003
Patricia Baillie, U.S. Air Force - Retired
Grethe Cammermeyer, U.S. Army, National Guard - Retired
Michelle Douglas, Canadian Armed Forces, 1986-1989
Sharra Greer, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Jay Hatheway, Edgewood College and U.S. Army, Special Forces, 1972-1976
Walter I. Heimer, Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus and U.S. Naval Reserves - Retired
Robert Hicks, U.S. Army, 2000-2002
Leonard Peacock, U.S. Army, 1995-2001
Keith Taylor, U.S. Navy - Retired

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Opening Ceremony

Stuart Rabinowitz, Hofstra University
Eric Lane, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

11:30 AM

Lunch

12:00 PM

Roundtable I: Justifications for the Policy

Susan Yohn, Hofstra University
Aaron Belkin, Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military - University of California, Santa Barbara
Allen Bishop, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Melissa Embser-Herbert, Hamline University
Cynthia Enloe, Clark University
Jonathan Lurie, Rutgers University
Eugene R. Milhizer, Ave Maria College
John Allen Williams, Loyola University Chicago

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 PM

Roundtable II: Legal Challenges to the Policy

Eric Lane, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Sharra Greer, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Nan Hunter, Brooklyn Law School
Sylvia A. Law, New York University School of Law
Diane H. Mazur, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Ruthann Robson, City University of New York School of Law
David Sheldon Esq.
Jonathan Turley, The George Washington University Law School
Tobias Wolff, Stanford Law School

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Dinner

6:00 PM

Conference Registration

Student Center Theater Lobby, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

8:30 AM

Roundtable III: Experiences of Foreign Militaries

Nora V. Demleitner, Hofstra University School of Law
Christopher Dandeker, Kings College
Michelle Douglas, Canadian Armed Forces, 1986-1989
Lynne Gouliquer, McGill University
Danny Kaplan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Carmen Poulin, University of New Brunswick

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Lunch

12:00 PM

Roundtable IV: Impacts of the Policy on Universities

Herman A. Berliner, Hofstra University
John Brittain, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Phillip L. Clay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jay Hatheway, U.S. Army, Special Forces, 1972-1976
John Hensala M.D.
Sylvia A. Law, New York University School of Law
Jonathan Lurie, Rutgers University
James H. Meredith, U.S. Air Force Academy
Michael Segal M.D., Advocates for ROTC
Joseph Steffan, Lehman Brothers, Inc.
John Allen Williams, Loyola University Chicago
Students United for America - Columbia University, Students United for America - Columbia University

Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Closing Reception

Eric Lane, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

West Multipurpose Room, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center

4:30 PM