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Spring 2008 Speakers Unless otherwise noted, all Speaker events will take place at noon in the Law Center Auditorium. For more information, contact Kathleen Amerkhanian at 419-530-2937 or kathleen.amerkhanian@utoledo.edu. January 10 – Paul Finkelman, Professor, Albany Law School – “Affirmative Action for the Master Class: Slavery and the Creation of the American Constitution" Co-Sponsored by the American Constitution Society Paul Finkelman is specialist in American legal history, race and the law. The author of more than 100 scholarly articles and more than twenty books, he is an expert in areas such as the law of slavery, constitutional law, and legal issues surrounding baseball. He was a Fellow in Law and the Humanities at Harvard Law School and received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Chicago. He has published extensively and was the chief expert witness in the Alabama Ten Commandments monument case. His scholarship on religious monuments in public space was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Van Orden v. Perry (2005).He was also a key witness in the suit over who owned Barry Bonds' 73rd home run ball. His work on legal history and constitutional law has been cited by numerous courts and in many appellate briefs. January 28 – Ron Shapiro, sports agent and author, “Dare to Prepare: How to Win Before You Begin” Expert negotiator, sports agent, attorney, educator, author, and civic leader, Ron Shapiro attended Haverford College and graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1967. After moving to Baltimore in 1967 for a federal clerkship, he began teaching law school in 1968. He has served as Maryland State Securities Commissioner and, in 1976, founded Shapiro, Robinson & Associates, a sports management firm that developed a national reputation through its approach to contract negotiation, financial management, and commitment to community involvement on the part of its clients. In 1995, he founded Shapiro Negotiations Institute, a negotiation seminar and consulting firm that has trained over 250,000 professionals in the art of negotiation. USA Today called Ron Shapiro “one of baseball’s most respected agent-attorneys,” and The Sporting News named him one of the “100 most powerful people in sports.” His impressive list of clients includes more Hall of Famers than any other agent, including Cal Ripken, Jr., Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Kirby Puckett, and Eddie Murray, who have benefited from the more than one billion dollars in contracts that Mr. Shapiro has negotiated. In addition, Mr. Shapiro is the Special Advisor To The Owner of the Baltimore Ravens. Mr. Shapiro’s forthcoming book, Dare To Prepare: How To Win Before You Begin, is being published by Crown Business imprint of Random House in January 2008. For more information, click here. February 5 – The Honorable James G. Carr, Chief Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. "The Fourth Amendment, Law Enforcement Electronic Surveillance, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Court: An Overview" Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society James G. Carr is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Before being appointed a District Judge by President Clinton in 1994, he was a United States Magistrate Judge, having been appointed to that position by the District Judges of the Northern District of Ohio in 1979. From 1970 to 1979, he was a Professor of Law at The University of Toledo. A 1966 graduate of Harvard Law School, he practiced law in Chicago prior to moving to Toledo. Judge Carr is the author of the treatise, The Law of Electronic Surveillance (Thomson-West), and other books and articles on criminal procedure and juvenile law. He has served since May 2002 as a Judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. February 13 – Kimm Walton, best-selling author and renowned motivational speaker, “Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams” Co-Sponsored by The Office of Professional Development, Law Career Services Kimm Walton is the author of numerous books and articles, including the new second edition of Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams, What Law School Didn’t Teach You…But You Really Need to Know, America’s Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree, and The Best of The Job Goddess. She is a renowned motivational speaker, lecturing at law schools nationwide. She is also the author of Law in a Flash, one of the country’s most popular law school study aids. Ms. Walton received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. February 20 – Peter Linebaugh, UT history professor and author of The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All Peter Linebaugh will speak about his most recent book, The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All (University of California Press: Berkeley, California). The book has been described as "groundbreaking" and praised for providing a sweeping history of the Magna Carta. Linebaugh argues that longstanding restraints against tyranny derived from the ancient document – the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, due process of law, and the prohibition of torture – have been abridged and need to be won anew. The book will be available for sale before and after the talk. More details March 14 – Law Review Symposium – Successful Economic Development in the 21st Century: Revitalizing Center Cities in an Era of Globalization, Technology and Changing Legal Regimes 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The symposium will feature discussion on the most pressing issues and innovative strategies for economic development among legal practitioners, academics, and economic development professionals. Details. March 17 – Stranahan Speaker: Jack Goldsmith March 24 – "Day After" Speaker: Alan Gura Each year, The University of Toledo College of Law invites one lawyer who is arguing a major case before the Supreme Court to serve as its featured speaker in the "Day After" Series. Past speakers have included attorneys who have argued cases relating to the constitutional validity of the Miranda rules, school vouchers, and federal wetland regulation. The College of Law is honored to host attorney Alan Gura as the 2008 “Day After” Speaker. In the week prior to his visit to Toledo, Gura will argue for the appellee in District of Columbia v. Heller, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that legal scholars have predicted will directly test the scope of the Second Amendment. At issue in District of Columbia v. Heller is whether the city of Washington’s ban on the private possession of handguns violates the constitutional amendment that guarantees “a right to keep and bear arms.” The D.C. Circuit ruled that it does, and Gura will tell the Supreme Court in his argument why that decision should be upheld. Gura is a partner in a firm he founded, Gura & Possessky, PLLC, focusing primarily on civil and appellate litigation, with an emphasis on intellectual property, constitutional law, and civil rights. He began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Terrence W. Boyle, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, then went on to serve as deputy attorney general for the state of California. Gura has also worked in private practice with the Washington, D.C., offices of Sidley & Austin, and he served for a year as counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight.April 4 – Eighth Annual Henry L. Hartman Forensic Psychiatry Conference – 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.; CLE Available April 9 - Former FBI Director, Judge Louis Freeh - Cancelled |