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Boston University School of Law
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Friday, February 7th, 2025
Please join us on Friday, February 7th for the 2025 ILJ Symposium, “The Normalized Tragedy: Addressing Legal Responses to Gun Violence in the United States and Abroad.”
The symposium will be broken up into three panels and a keynote address dealing with three key areas of the gun violence issue: 1) the current state of gun laws and responses to gun violence in the United States; 2) the current state of gun laws and responses to gun violence in peer countries throughout Europe; and 3) how should the United States respond to future incidents of gun violence and what lessons can be learned from other countries.
Agenda
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9:30 a.m - 10:00 a.m
Breakfast and Registration
BU School of Law Atrium, 1st Floor
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10:00 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Address
Welcome, ILJ Editor in Chief
Opening Address, Steven Koh, Professor/Faculty Advisor, Boston University School of Law -
10:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Panel 1: The State of Gun Laws and Responses in the United States
Cody Jacobs, Boston University School of Law
Dr. James Alan Fox, Northeastern University
Eric Ruben, Southern Methodist University School of Law -
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Panel 2: The State of Gun Laws and Responses Internationally
Dr. Peter Squires, University of Brighton, UK
Dr. Katharina Krüsselmann, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dr. Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence
Philip Alpers, The University of Sydney (Australia) -
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch in Barristers Hall, First Floor
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2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Panel 3: How Should the US Respond to Future Incidents of Gun Violence and What Lessons Can Be Learned From Other Countries?
Dr. Iain Overton (same as above)
Dr. Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University
Jonathan Lowy, President & Founder of Global Action on Gun Violence -
2:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Keynote Address from Laila Sadat, University of Washington School of Law
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3:20 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks, Symposium Editor
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