When: October 22, 2011    10am-4pm

Location: Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library UofL

Hosted by: University of Louisville Law Review           

On October 22, 2011, University of Louisville Law Review will host its 4th annual Symposium on Federal Deficit Reduction. The symposium will focus on tax policy as well as specific plans to reduce the federal government's budget deficit.

Approved for 3 CLE credits.

Space is limited, Please RSVP on  or before October 14, 2011

For sponsorship information, CLE registration, or to RSVP, please contact Molly B. MacCaskey, Symposium & Alumni Relations Editor, at UofLLawReview@gmail.com or 502-852-6396.

For a campus map please visit: http://louisville.edu/geography/campus-maps/belknap-campus.html 

The University of Louisville Law Review would like to thank this year's sponsors: 

Platinum Sponsors 

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

The University of Louisville Law Review is honored to welcome this year's speakers: 

Professor Daniel N. Shaviro - Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, New York University School of Law

"Tax Reform Implications of the Risk of U.S. Budget Catastrophe"

Professor Neil H. Buchanan - Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

"Why We Should Never Pay Down the National Debt" 

Daniel L. Thornton - Vice President and Economic Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

"The U.S. Deficit/Debt Problem: A Long Run Perspective" 

Professor Samuel Thompson - Arthur Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University, Dickerson School of Law

"The Missing Ingredient in the Budget Debate: Phasing Out Social Security and Medicare for High Income Retirees"

Professor Gregg Polsky - Willie Person Mangum Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, School of Law

"Rationally Cutting Tax Expenditures"  

Professor David Gamage - Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley Law. On leave through 2012 to serve as Special Counsel and Senior Stanley S. Surrey Fellow to the U.S Department of Treasury, Office of Tax Policy 

All of the preceding authors will present their articles at the live symposium on October 22, 2011. Their articles will be published in the Law Review's Volume 50, Issue 4 in Summer 2012.