Join the Brennan Center for Justice and the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy for a panel featuring leading constitutional law scholars, including Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Betts Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Wilfred U. Codrington III, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Andrea Scoseria Katz, Associate Professor at WashU Law School; Richard L. Hasen, Endowed Chair in Law at UCLA School of Law; and Julie Suk, Hon. Deborah A. Batts Distinguished Research Scholar and Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, for a self-moderated, fireside-chat-style discussion on whether the formal amendment process has become functionally obsolete and what that development may mean for the future of constitutional democracy.

Panelists will examine the historical purposes and structural design of Article V, the practical and political constraints that make amendment increasingly difficult, and the growing reliance on alternative mechanisms of constitutional change. The discussion will consider doctrinal, structural, and normative perspectives on constitutional evolution and reform. The program will conclude with an audience Q&A designed to engage practitioners, academics, and students in evaluating the role of amendment in a modern constitutional system.

Note on CLE Credit: This program is approved for 1.5 transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the category “Areas of Professional Practice.” To receive CLE credits for this event, you must attend the program “live.” We cannot award CLE credits for watching a recorded version of any part of this program.

Please direct all questions about the event to Emily Luongo at emily.luongo@yu.edu.