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3/28/2008 - 2008 Powell Lecture
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Philip K. Howard, a prominent attorney and advocate of legal reform, delivers the 2008 Powell Lecture.

3/26/2008 - Health Care Debate
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Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute and Dr. Ted Marmor of Yale University debate America's health care crisis. Moderated by Washington and Lee Law professor and nationally recognized health law expert Timothy Jost.

3/17/2008 - Media, Law and the Courts Symposium
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The inaugural Media, Law and the Courts symposium at Washington and Lee University takes a look back at how "60 Minutes Wednesday" handled the National Guard story and is asking: "What lessons have the media learned?" Participants include Michael Missal, Walter Dean, Thomas Spahn, and Edward Wasserman.

2/22/2008 - When Massachusetts was Religious and Virginia Wasn't
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William E. Nelson, the Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law at New York University Law School, delivers the inaugural Hendricks Lecture in Law and History. Professor Nelson's lecture is titled "When Massachusetts was Religious and Virginia Wasn't - and Why it Changed."

2/6/2008 - Breakfast with the Constitution
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This program explores the freedom of the press, examining a number of current issues relevant to the ability of journalists to obtain information on government activity, the protection of the confidentiality of a journalists' news sources, efforts by the government to restrain the publication of classified national security material, and attempts by the government to criminally prosecute journalists for divulging classified information leaked to the journalist by government officials.

1/29/2008 - Diamonds, Guns, and Thugs--The West African Extreme
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David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, delivers a public lecture titled "Diamonds, Guns, and Thugs--The West African Extreme." Professor Kevin John Heller of the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand, provides a commentary on Chief Prosecutor Crane's lecture.

12/14/2007 - Restitution Roundtable Part Two
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Eoin O'Dell, Lewis Law Center Scholar-in-Residence at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, hosts a scholar's roundtable discussion addressing restitution in North America.

12/14/2007 - Restitution Roundtable Part One
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Eoin O'Dell, Lewis Law Center Scholar-in-Residence at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, hosts a scholar's roundtable discussion addressing restitution in North America.

11/27/2007 - Academic Freedom at Public and Private Universities
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Dean Smolla delivers the Inaugural Dean's Lecture. Dean Smolla explores the meaning of academic freedom on the modern university campus in a lecture titled "Freedom of Expression and Religion on the Modern Campus: Academic Freedom at Public and Private Universities."

10/18/2007 - ACS Supreme Court Review
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The American Constitution Society at Washington and Lee Law School held its first annual Supreme Court Discussion Panel: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Dean Rod Smolla, Professor Ann Massie, Professor David Bruck, Assistant Professor Lawton Cummings, and Visiting Professor Caprice Roberts discuss prior and upcoming Supreme Court cases.

10/5/2007 - A District Judge's Thoughts about the Independent Judiciary Debate
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The Hon. Joan H. Lefkow of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois delivers the 2007 Tucker Lecture at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.

10/3/2007 - Class of 1975 Alumni Chair Investiture Lecture
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Professor Mark Drumbl delivers the inaugural Class of 1975 Alumni Chair lecture. Prof. Drumbl was awarded earlier this year the Class of 1975 Alumni Chair previously held by Professor Roger Groot. The lecture is titled "Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law", based upon his book of the same name.

9/25/2007 - Making Globalization Responsible
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Professor Jose Alvarez, Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia Law School and the President of the American Society of International Law, delivered the Transnational Law Institute's fall lecture. His lecture is titled "Making Globalization Responsible".

9/21/2007 - 2007 Powell Lecture
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The Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the first law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, delivers the 2007 Powell lecture.

9/17/2007 - Powell Symposium: Opening Remarks
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As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars and journalists gathered at the School of Law for a symposium addressing National Security and the First Amendment. Providing opening remarks were Dean Rodney Smolla, President Ken Ruscio, and Lewis Powell III.

9/17/2007 - Powell Symposium: Panel Two
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As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars and journalists gathered at the School of Law for a symposium addressing National Security and the First Amendment. Panel Two, moderated by Professor Dayo Abah, includes Chuck Rosenberg, Mike Allen, and ABC News President David Westin.

9/17/2007 - Powell Symposium: Panel One
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As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars and journalists gathered at the School of Law for a symposium addressing National Security and the First Amendment. Panel One, moderated by Professor Brian Murchison, includes Dean Rod Smolla, Professor Kathleen Sullivan from Stanford, and former Deputy Attorney General James Comey.

4/13/2007 - Katrina Symposium: Former N.O. Mayor Marc Morial
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Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial joined legal scholars from around the nation to discuss the Hurricane Katrina disaster during a symposium titled "Race and Class in the 21st Century Through the Lens of Hurricane Katrina."

4/6/2007 - Powell Symposium: The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a symposium addressing diversity in higher education. Panel Two, "The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education", features Lani Gunier, Gail Heriot, and Rachel Moran.

4/6/2007 - Powell Symposium: The Road from Bakke to Grutter
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As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's commemoration of the 100th birthday of Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, legal scholars gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a symposium addressing diversity in higher education. Panel One, "The Road from Bakke to Grutter", features John Jeffries, John Payton, and George Will.

3/12/2007 - The Making of Environmental Law
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Professor Richard Lazarus of Georgetown University Law Center delivers a lecture titled 'The Making of Environmental Law' at Washington and Lee University School of Law on Thursday, March 8 at 3:00 p.m. in the Millhiser Moot Court Room.

2/6/2007 - Iraqi High Tribunal: Saddam Hussein Conviction and Execution
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The Transnational Law Institute at the Washington and Lee University School of Law presents an honorary lecture by Prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni titled Iraqi High Tribunal: Saddam Hussein Conviction and Execution. Bassiouni is one of the world's leaders in the field of international criminal law and war crimes trials.

1/27/2007 - Exporting American Norms: Values, Honor, and Controversy in U.S. Foreign Policy
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School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl delivers a lecture as part of the 2007 Institute for Honor.

1/19/2007 - Robert Grey Speaks at Founder's Day/ODK Convocation
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Robert Grey '76, Washington and Lee trustee, delivers the annual Founders' Day address on "Leadership for the Common Good."

10/20/2006 - The Roberts Court: Initial Impressions
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Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate magazine, offers some initial impressions on the Roberts Court for this year's Tucker Lecture. Lithwick writes the columns "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" for Slate and has covered everything from the Microsoft trial to the calculus of capital punishment.

10/4/2006 - Supreme Court Preview
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Professors from the Washington and Lee University School of Law preview several key cases to be argued before the Supreme Court during the Court's 2006-2007 session. Faculty frame the important issues of the case, discuss case facts, and explain the routes the cases took through the lower courts before being accepted by the Supreme Court.

9/29/2006 - The Press and National Security in Wartime
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Professor Mary-Rose Papandrea of the Boston College Law School delivers the inaugural Charles S. Rowe First Amendment Lecture. The topic of Professor Papandrea's lectureis "The Press and National Security in Wartime".

9/26/2006 - American Justice in a Globalized World
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Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University delivers the inaugural lecture for the Transnational Law Institute. The topic of Dean Slaughter's lecture is "American Justice in a Globalized World".



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