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2006-2007 Events

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Monday, March 12, 2007
Human Dignity Denied: Responding to Genocide in Sudan
A talk by Bill Saunders, HLS ’80, Human Rights Counsel, Family Research Council
12:15pm, Griswold Hall, Room 110

Thursday, March 8, 2007
Judicial Independence: Are the Courts Under Attack?
A talk by Judge William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
3:00pm, Hark South Dining Hall (Second Floor)

Thursday, February 1
Is Stare Decisis an Unconstitutional Hoax?
A debate between:
  • Prof. Richard Fallon, Harvard Law School, &
  • Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen, University of Minnesota
5:00 pm, Pound 102

Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Can Originalists Defend Brown v. Board of Education?
A debate between:
  • Judge Michael McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and
  • Prof. Michael Klarman, University of Virginia
Moderated by Prof. Michael Seidman, Georgetown
4:30 pm, Pound 107

Thursday, November 9, 2006
Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government
A panel discussion of Prof. Charles Fried’s new book “Modern Liberty” featuring:
  • Lawrence Summers, Former President, Harvard University
  • Hon. Michael Boudin, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • Hon. Robert J. Cordy, Associate Justice, Mass. Supreme Judicial Court
  • Richard Fallon, Professor, Harvard Law School
  • Jon Hanson, Professor, Harvard Law School
  • Frank Michelman, Professor, Harvard Law School
  • Martha Minow, Professor, Harvard Law School
  • Charles Nesson, Professor, Harvard Law School;
5:00 pm, Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom note new time
Co-sponsored with the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Global Warming Goes to the Supreme Court: Massachusetts v. EPA
A debate between: David Rivkin, Baker Hostetler, and Seth Kaplan, Conservation Law Foundation
5:00pm, Pound 200 note new time and location

Thursday, November 2, 2006
Does Affirmative Action Undermine Diversity?
A talk by Dinesh D’Souza, Hoover Institution
12:15 pm, Austin West

Tuesday, October 17
The Conservative Case for an Activist Judiciary
A talk by Clint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice
3:00 pm, Hauser 102

Tuesday, October 10
Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times
A talk by Ben Wittes, Washington Post
Commentary by Prof. Jack Goldsmith
7:00 pm, Pound 107

Wednesday, October 4
Defending The Castle: The Legal Fight Against Eminent Domain Abuse
A talk by Dana Berliner, Institute for Justice
12:15 pm, Pound 106

Tuesday, September 12
Freedom and Security Five Years After 9/11
A panel discussion featuring:
Prof. Charles Fried (Harvard)
Prof. Lawrence Tribe (Harvard)
Prof. Steven Calabresi (Northwestern)
3:00 pm, Hark South Dining Hall

Saturday, September 9
Federalist Society/Journal of Law & Public Policy Kick-Off Cookout
12:00 pm, Jarvis Field

Thursday, September 7
Federalist Society/Journal of Law & Public Policy Welcome Happy Hour
7:00 pm, Hark South Dining Hall

Thursday, September 7
2L OCI Tips Panel
4:00 pm, Pound 101

Wednesday, September 6
1L Academic Tips Panel
5:00 pm, Hauser 104

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