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College of Law fall speaker series to begin Sept. 12 |
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Anita Crane |
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Sep 10, 2007 |
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The fall speaker series at The University of Toledo College of Law will kick off Wednesday, Sept. 12, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas A. Karol speaking on "The Prosecution of Saddam Hussein's Regime."
The fall 2007 series will cover a range of topics, including corporate law, rhetoric, economics, journalistic freedom and life after law school.
“By providing easy access to lawyers, judges and other experts involved with current legal and policy issues, the speaker series is an integral part of the College of Law’s educational program as well as our outreach to the community,” said Daniel J. Steinbock, associate dean for academic affairs.
Karol's speech will draw from his experiences in Iraq from September 2006 to March 2007, during which time Hussein was on trial for the Kurdish genocide and was executed for his role in the Dujayl killings. Karol participated in the investigation of the former regime's response to the 1991 Shi'a uprising.
On Thursday, Sept. 20, Professor Doug Branson of Pitt Law School will discuss the issues covered in his book, No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and the Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom. Following that, Jay Heinrichs, author of Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion, will speak Thursday, Sept. 27.
The UT Law Federalist Society will co-sponsor a talk Monday, Oct. 1, by Dr. John Lott, author of Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and the Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t and More Guns, Less Crime. Lott, who earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California-Los Angeles, once served as chief economist at the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
On Wednesday, Oct. 3, Matthew Cooper, a former reporter for Time, will talk about his experience as a journalist who was forced to testify in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. Cooper's speech is co-sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, with funding from the We the People Program. Cooper’s talk will raise issues relating to freedom of the press and the First Amendment.
The Stranahan National Issues Forum will feature Regina Herzlinger, professor at Harvard Business School and author of Who Killed Health Care? America’s $2 Trillion Medical Problem And The Consumer-Driven Cure, Monday, Oct. 15.
The featured speaker in the Distinguished Alumni Speakers Series will be former U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden, a 1981 UT College of Law alumnus. He will offer insights about his recent experience as one of the eight U.S. attorneys fired by former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. Bogden will speak Monday, Nov. 19.
In early November, Justice Jack Jacobs of the Delaware Supreme Court will speak about corporate law, an area in which the state of Delaware plays a critical role. In addition, the Seventh Annual Great Lakes Water Conference, which also will be a continuing legal education opportunity for attorneys, is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 16.
All speaker series events are free and open to the public and take place at noon in the Law Center Auditorium on Main Campus, with the exception of the Great Lakes Water Conference. Registration details for the conference will be available soon.
For more information, contact Kathleen Amerkhanian, assistant dean for student affairs, administration and communications, at 419.530.2937 or kathleen.amerkhanian@utoledo.edu.
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