On October 7, 2006, ACS and Vanderbilt Law School co-sponsored this panel, "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Translating Ideas into Action," as part of the "Keeping Faith with the Constitution in Changing Times" Conference.

The panel featured:

• Moderator, Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington D.C. Office
• Melody Barnes, Executive Vice President for Policy, Center for American Progress
• Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford Law School
• Edward P. Lazarus, Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
• William P. Marshall, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law