
Exploring the political and economic forces behind the expansion and rapid retrenchment of federal benefits during COVID, and the enduring debates over the future of social policy in America.

Keynote Speaker
Samuel R. Bagenstos
Frank G. Millard Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy
University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Samuel R. Bagenstos served as the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from June 2022 to December 2024, as the General Counsel of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from January 2021 to June 2022, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2009 to 2011, and as Chair of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission from 2019 to 2021.

Andrew Hammond
Professor of Law
Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow
Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Dr. Abigail R. Moncrieff
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science
Co-Director, Center for Health Law and Policy
Cleveland State University College of Law
2.0 hours of Texas MCLE credit
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