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Lectures & Debates

 

 
March 13, 2006 Public Debate
Should the Constitution be Interpreted in Accord with the Original Understanding of the Framers?
Alan Meese, William and Mary School of Law
Erwin Chemerinsky
, Duke Law School
April 4, 2005 Public Lecture
Reflections on the War on Terror
John Yoo
, University of California Law School- Berkley
March 14, 2005 Public Lecture
Guantanamo: A Consideration of the Legal Issues Surrounding to U.S. Detention of Individuals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Since January 2002
Erwin Chemerinsky
, Duke Law School
Feb. 25 , 2005 Breakfast Talk
Interest Group Litigation and Its Discontents
Stephen Wasby
, University of New York at Albany
Nov. 12, 2004 Public Talk
The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy
Gerald Torres
, University of Texas Law Professor and President of AALS
April 8, 2004 Public Lecture
Same Sex Marriage and American Constitutionalism
William Eskridge
, Yale Law School
March 30, 2004 Public Lecture
LIVING WITH LAWRENCE

The Supreme Court's anti-sodomy decision in Lawrence v. Texas
Nan D. Hunter, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School.
March 17, 2004 Public Talk
Years 2004-2009:  Challenges
William Coleman
March 22, 2004 Debate II
Should We Interpret the Constitution According to the Understanding of the Framers?
Michael Klarman
, University of Virginia Law School: Arguing against Originalism
Alan Meese, William and Mary School of Law:  Arguing for Originalism
April 1, 2002 Public Talk
Legal War on Terrorism: The View from the U.S. Justice Department
John Yoo,
a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice
January 28 & 29, 2002 Paul Miller, Commisioner EEO
March 21, 2002 Debate
Death Penalty Moratorium
Robert F. Horan
, Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fairfax County: Arguing against a moratorium
Dave Douglas, William & Mary School of Law:  Arguing for a moratorium.
November 9, 2001
Scholar in Residence. Professor Stephen Feldblum, University of Tulsa College of Law. Professor Feldblum spent the day in residence and presented a faculty colloquium on issues of religious liberty in American history.
September 26, 2001
Scholar in Residence. Professor James Lindgren, Northwestern University Law School. Professor Lindgren met with various faculty members and presented a faculty colloquium on the right to bear arms in American history.
April 17, 2001 Public Lecture
"Gay Rights in the New Millenium:  Sex, Morality & the Law"
Chai Feldblum, Georgetown Law Center
November 13, 2000 Town Hall Meeting
Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
Neal Devins
, William & Mary School of Law
Alan Meese, William & Mary School of Law
David Lewis, William & Mary Government Department
November 9, 2000 Public Lecture
Justic Stephen Breyer

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
October 30,
2000
"The Election and the Supreme Court"
Michael Gerhardt
, William & Mary School of Law
Alan Meese, William & Mary School of Law
November 2, 1999 Debate
Should We Interpret the Constitution According to the Understanding of the Framers?

Michael Klarman, University of Virginia Law School: Arguing against Originalism
Alan Meese, William and Mary School of Law:  Arguing for Originalism
January 14, 1999 Public Lecture
"The Impeachment of President Clinton"
Bobby Scott
February 23, 1999
Public lecture.
"Rethinking the Death Penalty"
John Blume, Cornell Law School
, Director of Cornell's Death Penalty Project, will give his thoughts on the present state and future fate of the death penalty in America.
February 24, 1999 Public debate.
"Should the Death Penalty be Abolished?"
John Blume
, Cornell Law School: Arguing for abolishment
Mike McGinty, Williamsburg & James City County Commonwealth's Attorney: Arguing against abolishment
March 22, 1999
Public Lecture
"Gay Marriage"
Evan Wolfson, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

Evan Wolfson is Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's Marriage Project. Through Wolfson, Lambda represents the lesbian and gay couples seeking the freedom to marry in Hawaii's landmark Baehr v. Miike, now on appeal to the Hawaii Supreme Court.
September 6, 1999
Public Lecture.
Curt Bradley, University of Colorado School of Law.
"National Sovereignty vs. Human Rights: The Case of Augusto Pinochet."

Professor Bradley, UVa Law School, is an expert in international law and international human rights law.
September 13, 1999
Public Lecture.
Julie Mertus, Ohio Northern Law School and International Human Rights Lawyer
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Professor Mertus will deliver a lecture, "Humanitarian Intervention in Kosovo: Legal and Human Aspects." Professor Mertus is a leading international human rights lawyer and author of an important new book, "Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War" (University of California Press, 1999).
September 14, 1999
Public Lecture.
Michael Klarman, University of Virginia School of Law
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Professor Klarman, a leading constitutional historian and the Institute of Bill of Rights Law's Distinguished Lee Visiting Professor for the fall semester, will deliver the inaugural Lee Lecture, entitled "Neither Hero Nor Villain: The Supreme Court, Race, and the Constitution in the Twentieth Century."
September 24, 1999
A Conversation about Federalism.
Steve Calabresi, Northwestern University School of Law
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Professor Calabresi, one of the co-founders of the Federalist Society, will speak informally about issues of federalism before the Supreme Court. This program is co-sponsored by the William and Mary Federalist Society.
October 14, 1999
Roundtable Discussion.
The Impeachment of President William J. Clinton: A Retrospective
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Lanny Breuer, former Deputy White House Counsel; Thomas Griffin, former Counsel to the United States Senate; and Michael Gerhardt, Professor of Law at William & Mary and author of The Federal Impeachment Process, will examine the impeachment of President Clinton and the lessons learned from that experience.
October 19, 1999
Public Debate on School Vouchers.
"Should the Government Provide School Vouchers for Private Education?"

Arguing in favor of school vouchers will be Clint Bolick, Director of Litigation for the Institute for Justice. Arguing against school vouchers will be Elliot Mincberg, Legal and Education Policy Director of the People for the American Way. Professor Neal Devins of the William and Mary School of Law and Professor Mike DiPaola of the William and Mary School of Education will moderate the debate.
November 2, 1999
Public Debate on Constitutional Originalism.
"Should We Interpret the Constitution According to the Understanding of the Framers?"

Arguing in favor of "originalism" will be Professor Alan Meese of the William & Mary School of Law. Arguing against such an interpretation will be Professor Michael Klarman of the University of Virginia School of Law. Professor Michael Gerhardt of William & Mary School of Law will moderate the debate.

 


 
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