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Dates:

November 2-4, 2017

Start time on 11/2 at 12:15 pm with Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception



End time on 11/4 at 3:00 pm

Location:

Kansas City Marriott Downtown

200 W. 12th StreetKansas City, MO 64105

For More information Contact us at

(913) 575-1776

Registration fee $200.00 (includes all talks, Friday night dinner, social events and one year membership in the CBA)

Hotel room block at the Kansas City Marriott for $169/night (ask for the Catholic Bar Association). Click here to access your special rate. The KC Marriott can be reached at (816) 421-6800.

Speakers include:

Archbishop William Lori of the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Archbishop Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

Jan Figel, European Union Special Envoy for Religious Liberty

Joshua McCaig, President of the Catholic Bar Association and Shareholder at Polsinelli, PC

Hillary Byrnes, Assistant General Counsel of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ron Rychlak, Professor at Ole Miss Law School

Robert Destro, Professor at Columbus School of Law

Kellie Fiedorek, Alliance Defending Freedom

Michael Scaperlanda, President of St. Gregory's University

Martin Nussbaum, Counsel for Colorado Catholic Conference

William Quatman, President of the Ephesus Foundation

Phillip Thompson, Aquinas Institute at Emory University

Bradley Hahn, President of Solidarity HealthShare

Elizabeth Kirk, Former Law Professor and Adoption Expert

Eddie Greim, Partner at Graves Garrett, LLC

Dress is business casual during the day and business for the evening events, including the Red Mass and Keynote Dinner Event on Friday evening, November 3rd.

The Kansas City Downtown Marriott does not have an airport shuttle service but a SuperShuttle can be ordered at 800-243-6383 or 816-243-5000; fee: 18 USD (one way). Taxi and Uber services are also available.

Conference Schedule:

Thursday November 2, 2017

10:00 am Registration table open at Marriott 12:15 pm Opening Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 2:00-2:50 pm Martin Nussbaum : Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Liberty (Dignitatis Humanae) and the American Legal Experience 3:00–3:50 pm Michael Scaperlanda : First Choice, setting US constitutional history within the context of the intellectual history of the West 4:00–4:50 pm William Quatman : Practicing Law and Serving the Church – Mary’s House in Ephesus and International Law 5:00 pm Break for Dinner 6:30 – 9:00 pm Opening Social at the Marriott

Friday November 3, 2017

8:00 am Registration table open 8:30-9:20 am Kellie Fiedorek : When Religious Freedom Diminishes: The Human Cost 9:30–10:20 am Phillip Thompson : Against Sterile Justice: Catholic Opposition to Eugenics and Buck v. Bell 10:30-11:20 am Eddie Greim: Model Rules of Professional Conduct Applied to Election and Political Activity 11:30 pm Break for Lunch 1:30-2:20 pm Ron Rychlak : Disinformation: Soviet Bloc Intelligence Efforts to Undermine the West 2:30-3:20 pm Bob Destro : The Law and Geopolitics of Genocide – What Every Lawyer Needs to Know 3:30-4:20 pm Bradley Hahn : Healthcare and Non-Profit Law Considerations for C atholic Institutions 5:30 pm Red Mass – Archbishop William Lori 7:00-7:50 pm Jan Figel : The International Political and Legal Response to Religious Persecution 9:00 pm Social at Marriott

