Gun Reform: The Current Legal Landscape

Please join the New York University Annual Survey of American Law and Brady: United Against Gun Violence for “Gun Reform: The Current Legal Landscape”. This half-day symposium will address the current gun crisis in America with a focus on recent developments in our nation's courts and legislatures regarding the Second Amendment and gun reform.

Schedule: 

9:30-10:00 a.m. Registration

10:00 -10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introduction

10:15-10:45 a.m. Keynote Address delivered by Eric Tirschwell

10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel 1: Curbing Gun Violence Through the Courts 

12:30-1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15-2:45 p.m. Panel 2: Closing Loopholes: Necessary Policy and Regulatory Changes 

Please register at:https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d1irM1l4NZ3DujX

Participating Speakers include:

• Eric Tirschwell, Managing Director of Litigation and National Enforcement Policy, Everytown
• John Lowy, Vice President, Legal Action Project, at Brady  
• Ira Feinberg, Partner at Hogan Lovells, member of Firearm Accountability Task Force, and lawyer for March for Our Lives
• Joseph Blocher, Duke Law Professor
• Alla Lefkowitz, Director of Affirmative Litigation at Everytown for Gun Safety 
• Alicyn Cooley,  Executive Director, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement at NYU Law
• Eric Ruben, Assistant Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law and Brennan Center Fellow
• Christian Heyne, Director of Policy at Brady and Gun Violence Survivor
• Richard Aborn, President of the Citizen Crime Commission of New York City and a partner at Constantine Cannon

Coffee and lunch will be served.