Upcoming 2008-2009 Events

Wednesday, September 24: "McCain or Obama: The Election and Its Implications for the Courts"
A debate featuring Ilya Shapiro (Cato Institute, Editor-in-Chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review) and Jeh Johnson (CLS '82, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP)

12:10-1:00 PM, JG 101

PAST EVENTS

Tuesday, September 16: Clark Neily (Institute for Justice), "The Rational Basis Test is a Big Fat Fraud"
12:10-1:00 PM, JG 107

Thursday, September 11: General Meeting and 1L Elections
12:10-1:00 PM, JG 107

Thursday, September 4: John McCain's Acceptance Speech
8:30-11PM, Lenfest Cafe

Wednesday, August 20: Orientation Dinner and State Drink Night
6:00-8:00 PM, Lenfest Cafe

Monday, April 7: "Mr. Bin Laden, Would You Like to Change Your Long Distance Carrier?" 

A debate on the proposal for immunity for telecoms

12:20 PM, Jerome Green 101

Wednesday, March 12: Hurricane Katrina Relief Poker Tournment

7:00-9:00 PM, Lenfest Cafe

Tuesday, March 11: Judge Richard Posner, "How Judges Think"

12:20 PM, Jerome Green 102

Monday, March 10: Dr. Abigail Thernstrom and Professor Olati Johnson, "Is the Race (Problem in this Country) Over?"

12:20 PM, Jerome Green 102

Monday, Feb. 4: The 222nd Annual Constitutional Law Mixer

4:15 PM, Jerome Green Annex

Tuesday, Feb. 5: Super Tuesday Party

7:30 PM, 1020 Bar (110th and Amsterdam Ave.)

Wednesday, Feb. 6: Super Tuesday Recap Panel: “The Wu'Tierney Factor II”

12:20 PM, JG 105

Thursday, Feb. 7: John Bolton, Former Ambassador to the United Nations

12:20 PM, JG 104

Friday, Feb. 15: Ken Starr, Dean of Pepperdine Law, former Circuit Court Judge, former Solicitor General

12:20 PM, JG 101

Mon. Nov. 19: The War on Drugs: A Libertarian Perspective
Featuring Tim Lynch, the Cato Institute
12:25 p.m., JG 105 
 

Tues. Nov. 20: A Q-and-A about Legal Career Paths with David Lat, Editor in Chief of Above the Law
12:25 p.m., JG 107 

SPRING SEMESTER 2007

Wed. Mar. 7: Judge Pryor Speaking Engagement
12:20 p.m., JG 104 
Judge William Pryor from the 11th circuit will talk about his work as Attorney General of Alabama as well as the role of a new judge on the 11th circuit.  

Thu. Mar. 22: Judge Bianco Speaking Engagement 
12:15 p.m., JG 102
Description: Judge Joseph Frank Bianco, a CLS graduate, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and former employee of the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division will discuss the role of terrorism on judges and judicial activism as well as the role of a new judge.  

Tue. Mar. 27: Kozisnki/Reinhardt Debate
12:20 p.m., JG 106
These two Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judges will come and debate the current state of the 9th circuit including the possibility of a circuit split.

Wed. Apr. 11: David Lat Speaking Engagement 
6 PM, JG 102
David Lat, a former assistant US Attorney who became well known in the legal community because of his work at gossip blogs “Underneath Their Robes” and "Wonkette," will discuss his blog “Above the Law”, judicial celebritology and the importance of humanizing our judicial stars and demystifying their existence.  

January 2007

Tue. Jan 23: Con Law Mixer (All 1L ConLaw Professors)

4-6 p.m.

Drapkin Lounge

Fri. Jan. 26: Second Annual Poker Tournament

7-9 p.m.

Lenfest Cafe

FALL SEMESTER

August 2006

Thur. Aug. 24: Orientation Event: State Drink Night 6 p.m.

Tue. Aug. 29: Brownbag with advisors (Prof. Merrill and Prof. Hamburger) 12:25 p.m.

Thur. Aug. 31: First General Meeting (election of 1L rep.) 12:15 p.m.

September 2006

Wed. Sept. 6: Orientation Event: Quizzo with ACS 8 p.m.

Thur. Sept. 7: Debate with Richard Epstein (Prof. University of Chicago) 5 p.m.

Tue. Sept. 12: Hon. David McIntosh (Founder and President of the Federalist Society)- "Demystifying the Federalist Society"

Tue. Sept. 26: Clark Neily (Institute for Justice) and Jordan Lorence (FIRE)- Conservative Public Interest Groups- They Really Exist!? 12:15 p.m.

October 2006

Thursday, Oct. 5: Life After Hamdan: The Supreme Court and the Future of U.S. Responses to Terrorism Debate
Prof. John Yoo vs. Prof. Michael Dorf, Moderator: Prof. Phillip Hamburger
12:15-1:10 p.m. in JG 104

Friday, Oct. 6: Domestic Intelligence: The Dangers of an Overly Centralized Intelligence System
Judge Richard Posner, 5-6:30 p.m. in JG 104

Wednesday, Oct. 11: The Curious Role of the D.C. Circuit
Judge Thomas Griffith, D.C. Circuit, 4:30 p.m. JG 101

Thur. Oct. 12: Roger Pilon (CATO Institute)- Debate: "Should Judges Protect Unenumerated Rights?"

Thur. Oct. 26: Poker Tournament for Hurricane Katrina Relief

2005-2006 Events

SPRING SEMESTER

January 2006

Jan. 23: Debate: Richard Epstein v. James Tierney, "Is Elliot Spitzer Good for America?" 12:15-1:15 in JG 103

February 2006

Feb. 24-25: National Student Symposium: International Law and the State of the Constitution, Columbia Law School

March 2006

Mar. 1: Professors Kent Greenawalt, Michael Dorf and Phillip Hamburger on the Pledge of Allegiance

Mar. 5: Tom Lee on the NSA

Mar. 20: Calvin Johnson on "Originalism: What did the Founders want?" 11:55am - 1:15pm, JGH 103

Mar. 22: Elections, 12:25pm in WJ L104

Mar. 28: SCOTUS Panel

Mar. 30: Journal Competition brownbag

April 2006

Apr. 10: Justice Scalia

Apr. 25: Medical Law Debate

Apr. 28: Senate Judiciary Committee Panel

FALL SEMESTER

September 2005

Sep. 8:   Lilian R. BeVier, University of Virginia, "Demystifying the Federalist Society"

Sep. 14: Tom Merrill & Henry Monaghan, "Advice and Consent: The Nomination and Confirmation of John Roberts" (co-sponsored with Social Justice Initiatives and ACS)

Sep. 22: Debate: Dr. Roger Pilon, Cato Institute & Peter Byrne, Georgetown; "Takings and Eminent Domain Post-Kelo"

October 2005

Oct. 6: Debate: Steve Calabresi, Northwestern & Tom Merrill, Columbia; Stare Decisis in Constitutional Interpretation

Oct. 17: Clerkship panel

Oct. 19: Lunch with Judge Michael Boudin, 1st Circuit Court of Appeals

November 2005

Nov. 2: Panel: The Theory of Intelligent Design; Professor David Helfand, the chairman of the Columbia Astronomy Department and the Co-Director of the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory; Professor Kent Greenawalt, University Professor at Columbia Law School; and Mr. Mark Ryland, VP of the Discovery Institute, former Associate at Latham & Watkins DC and a graduate of the Boalt School. (co-sponsored with the Law School Libertarians and ACS)

Nov. 10-12: 2005 National Lawyers Convention, Washington, DC

Nov. 16: Lunch discussion with Professor Clarisa Long, CLS

Nov. 30: Talk by Hon. John Ashcroft, 7:30 pm, co-sponsored with college conservative coalition.

December 2005

Dec. 1: Lunch discussion about 1L summer jobs

2004-2005 Events

September 2004

Sep. 21: Terry Pell, Center for Individual Rights

October 2004

Oct. 14: Clerkship panel by CLS alumni

Oct. 14: Same-Sex Marriage debate

Oct. 18: Professor Eugene Volokh, UCLA

November 2004

Nov. 10: Debate with ISI: "Is the NEA Good for America?"

Nov. 19: Debate with ACS: Digital Property Rights; Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago

Nov. 22: Judge Richard Posner, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; "Civil Liberties in the International War on Terror"

February 2005

Feb. 1: Judge David Sentelle, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals: "National Security and the New Role of the Judiciary"

Feb. 21: Debate: Professor Lori Damrosch, Columbia Law School & Curtis Bradley, University of Virginia Law School: "Medellin v. Dretke"

 - Moderated by Martin Flaherty, Fordham Law School and CLS Class of '88.

Feb. 25-26: Student Symposium at Harvard

Feb. 28: Brownbag discussion with Professor Primus on originalism (12:20 in JG 502)

March 2005

Mar. 3: 6:30 in JG 104: Randy Barnett, Boston University, "Medical Marijuana, the Commerce Clause & Arguing in the Supreme Court."

Mar. 9: Clint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice

Mar. 28: Kent Greenawalt, Religion and the Rehnquist Court

April 2005

Apr. 4: lunch discussion with Professor Tom Merrill, Kelo v. City of New London (12:30 in JG 502)

Apr. 5: Larry Solum, University of San Diego and Legal Theory Blog, "A Neoformalist Manifesto" (5:45-7:00 in JG 103)

Apr. 12: Chief Judge Doug Ginsburg, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, "Law and Economics: A View from the Bench"(12:20 in JG 106)

Apr. 18: Gerald Walpin, "The Constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment," 12:15 in JG 107.

Apr. 20: Debate between Professor Jon Yoo and Jeremy Waldron on the Torture Memos; 12:15 in JG 106

Apr. 26: Dinesh D'Souza, "Does American Foreign Policy Violate International Law?"