Thursday, October 29

8:30-9 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9-9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

• Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law and Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan
• Andrew Buendia, JD Candidate and Michigan Journal of Race and Law Editor-in-Chief

9:15-10:45 a.m. Panel I: Historicizing Plenary Power

• Greg Ablavsky, Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
• W. Tanner Allread, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Samuel Erman, Professor of Law and Co-director of the Program in Race, Law and History, University of Michigan Law School
• Moderator: Leah Litman, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

10:45-11 a.m. Coffee Break

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel II: Theorizing Plenary Power

• Alexandra Fay, Assistant Professor of Law and Native American Law Center Director, University of Tulsa College of Law 
• Alex Pearl, Director of Innovation and Partnerships for the ASU Indian Law Program and Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University
• Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Jefferson B. and Rita E. Fordham Presidential Dean and Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
• Moderator: Jeffery Zhang, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Address

• The Hon. Diane Wood, Director, American Law Institute

1:30-1:45 p.m. Coffee Break

1:45-3:15 p.m. Panel III: Plenary Power and the Executive

• Zeke Fletcher, Owner, Fletcher Law, PLLC
• Michalyn Steele, Marion G. Romney Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School
• John Petoskey, Senior Associate Attorney, Earthjustice
• Moderator: Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

3:15-3:30 p.m. Coffee Break

3:30-5 p.m. Panel IV: Plenary Power and the Judiciary

• Matthew L. Campbell, Deputy Director, Native American Rights Fund
• Riyaz Kanji, Directing Attorney, Kanji & Katzen
• Hilary C. Tompkins, Partner, Hogal Lovells Cadwalader
• Moderator: Manuel Lewis, 3L, University of Michigan Law School

7 p.m. Dinner

Friday, October 30

8:30-9 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9-10:30 a.m. Panel V: Whither Plenary Power?

• Kirsten Carlson, Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School
• Keith Richotte, Director, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program and Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
• Kekek Stark, Davis-Johnston Professor of Law, University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law
• Moderator: Gregory E. Dowd, Helen Hornbeck Tanner Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan

10:30-10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Panel VI: Plenary Power and Indigenous Futurisms

• Kristen Carpenter, University Distinguished Professor, Council Tree Professor of Law, and Director, American Indian Law Program, University of Colorado Law School
• Angela Riley, Carole Goldberg Endowed Chair of Native American Law, Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs, and Director, Native Nations Law & Policy Center, UCLA School of Law
• Wenona T. Singel, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law
• Moderator: Bethany Hughes, Associate Professor and Director, Native American Studies Program, University of Michigan

12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Address

• Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School