Lectures

The University of Chicago Law School is proud to present a talk by Marc Wolinsky '80 of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, on "One Event or Two? Lessons Learned from the WTC Insurance Trial." The lecture will take place in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom of the University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th Street, Chicago, on Monday, January 23, 2006 at 4:00 pm.

The University of Chicago Law School presents a panel entitled "Does Increased Obesity Mean Increased Regulation?" on Thursday, November 10, 2005.  Panelists will be Saul Levmore, Dean and William B. Graham Professor of Law, and Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law.

The University of Chicago Law School is proud to present a talk by United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the subject of "Foreign Law & Constitutional Interpretation." Attorney General Gonzales will speak in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom of the University of Chicago Law School on Wednesday, November 9, 2005, at 4:00 pm. A reception will follow.

The University of Chicago Law School presents a panel discussion entitled "Should We Have an Activist Judiciary? Judging on the Supreme Court." The panel will feature Cass Sunstein, Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence,  and Adrian Vermeule, Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law.

Dr. Ela Bhatt, recipient of the University's 2007 William Benton Medal for Distinguished Public Service, will present a public lecture at 12:15pm in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom. A public reception will follow in the South Green Lounge.

The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics and the Center for Health and the Social Sciences present a Regis J. Fallon lecture by:

Clark Havighurst, William Neal Reynolds Professor Emeritus of Law, Duke University

The Office of External Affairs invites you to join us this Friday, May 1, at 12:15 p.m. for a discussion with Harry H. Schneider, Jr., JD '79. Mr. Schneider will discuss his experience with the case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in which he was part of a team that successfully challenged the legality of military commissions established to try detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.