EVENTS

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May 13, 2011
Chicago Lawyers ChapterThe Chicago Lawyers Chapter invites you to a Reception and Book Signing featuring The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, former United States Secretary of Defense and author of Known and Unknown: A Memoir. The event will take place on Monday, May 16 at the University Club of Chicago. [Register now!]
 
Philadelphia Lawyers ChapterOn Monday, May 16, the Philadelphia Lawyers Chapter will host Senator Pat Toomey.  He will speak on "Our Nation's Fiscal and Economic Challenges."  Please visit HERE for more information.
 
St. Louis Lawyers ChapterOn Monday, May 16, the St. Louis Lawyers Chapter will host a breakfast with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.  Please visit HERE for more details.
 
Colorado Lawyers Chapter On Tuesday, May 17, the Colorado Lawyers Chapter will host Professor Jonathan Adler of Case Western Law School.  He will speak on "What's Not Cool About Global Warming?"  For more information, please visit HERE.
 
Portland Lawyers ChapterOn Tuesday, May 17, the Portland Lawyers Chapter will host Manuel Klausner, the co-founder of the Reason Foundation.  He will speak on "Libertarianism and Drug Policy: Is the War on Drugs a Cure Worse Than the Disease?"  For more information, please visit HERE. 
 
Silicon Valley Lawyers ChapterThe Silicon Valley Lawyers Chapter invites you to an open forum on May 18 featuring The Honorable Michael Chertoff, former United States Secretary of Homeland Security. The topic of the address will be "The Osama Manhunt, Intelligence Gathering, and Terrorism". Please register online by May 13. [Register now!]
 
Orange County Lawyers ChapterOn Wednesday, May 18, the Orange County Lawyers Chapter will host Doug Bandow of The Cato Institute.  He will discuss "Stopping the U.S. Spending Spree."  For more information, please visit HERE.  
 
Richmond Lawyers ChapterOn Wednesday, May 18, the Richmond Lawyers Chapter will host a panel discussion with Professor Gary McDowell of the University of Richmond; Professor Henry L. Chambers, Jr. of the University of Richmond; and Jamie Radtke.  They will discuss "The Language of Law and The Foundations of American Constitutionalism."  For more details, please visit HERE.
 
Wichita Lawyers ChapterOn Wednesday, May 18, the Wichita Lawyers Chapter will host Derek Schmidt, the Kansas Attorney General.  For more details, please visit HERE.
 
Charlotte Lawyers ChapterOn Friday, May 20, the Charlotte Lawyers Chapter will host Representative Sue Myrick of the United States House of Representatives, Ninth Congressional District.  She will offer a "Washington Update."  Please visit HERE.
 
Houston Lawyers ChapterOn Tuesday, May 24, the Houston Lawyers Chapter will host Chief Judge David Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals For the District of Columbia Circuit.  He will speak on "The Role of Courts in National Security."  For more information, please visit HERE.
 
Sacramento Lawyers ChapterOn Tuesday, May 24, the Sacramento Lawyers Chapter will host a reception in honor of Former Presiding Justice Arthur Scotland of the Third District Court of Appeal.  Please visit HERE for more information.
 
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Practice Group Podcasts       A panel of free speech and national security experts discusses what, if anything, can be done about the Wikileaks matter. Who, if anyone, can or should be prosecuted, and for what? How strong is a potential free speech defense? What is the potential liability of re-publishers? As technology continues to develop, who qualifies as a "journalist" and "press?" These and other questions will be addressed by our experts. [Listen now!]
 
 
Global Governance Watch       Human Rights Watch officials are being criticized for their statements on the Bin Laden killing, in which they argue that he was denied due process by the U.S. One HRW official said "On the face of it, it was a fire-first situation. People are saying that justice has been done, but justice has not been done. Justice is when you arrest someone and put them on trial." To read more, click here. 
 
 
SCOTUSCast       On 04/04/11, the Supreme Court Held that that 1) under federal habeas corpus law, "review is limited to the record that was before the state court that adjudicated the claim on the merits" & 2) the California State Supreme Court did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law. To discuss the case we have Ronald Eisenberg, who is the Deputy District Attorney for the Law Division of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. [Listen now!]
 
 
 

 
Past Events - video links:

 

 

24th Annual Federalist Society Student Symposium conducted at Harvard School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 25-26, 2005.

 

Professor Francis Fukuyama, “Do we really know how to promote democracy?” Hunter College, NYC, May 24, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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