ACLU president to speak at College of Law Oct. 29
By Staff : October 29th, 2009
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Susan N. Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union and Brooklyn Law School professor, will speak at the UT College of Law Thursday, Oct. 29, at noon in the Law Center Auditorium
The title of her free, public talk is “Civil Liberties in the Age of Obama.”
Herman is the Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where she teaches courses on Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure, Law and Literature, and Terrorism and Civil Liberties.
Her recent publications include two books, Terrorism, Government and Law: National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror (editor and co-author with Paul Finkelman) and The Right to a Speedy and Public Trial.
Herman was elected president of the American Civil Liberties Union in 2008, after having served on the ACLU National Board of Directors for 20 years, as a member of the Executive Committee for 16 years, and as general counsel for 10 years.
“Professor Herman will address the measures taken thus far by the Obama administration in areas such as ending military commissions and extraordinary rendition, closing Guantanamo Bay, and restoring habeas corpus,” said Daniel J. Steinbock, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Law. “We look forward to her take on what the Obama administration has changed — and not changed — from the prior administration.”
The Cannon Lectures were established in 1980 in memory of former Toledo attorney Joseph A. Cannon through a generous gift from his family and friends. The lecture series is intended to provide an opportunity for the College of Law, the University and the greater Toledo community to host individuals of national prominence who, in discussing questions of law and society, will emphasize the humanistic dimensions as well as limitations of our legal system.