Upcoming Events

Health Care Reform Conference Call Briefing
Featuring Peter Urbanowicz and David B. Rivkin Jr.

To participate on the conference call, please dial (888)752-3232 on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:00 noon (EST) via telephone. No registration or pass code is necessary.

You are invited to attend a conference call briefing with author Peter Urbanowicz and David Rivkin to be held on November 6, 2009 at 12:00 noon (EST), sponsored by the Federalist Society's Administrative Law Practice Group. Mr. Urbanowicz and Mr. Rivkin will be discussing recent and expected health care reform proposals. Learn not only the legal and constitutional issues raised, but the strengths, weaknesses, and unintended consequences of any such proposal. After their initial remarks, Mr. Urbanowicz and Mr. Rivkin will answer questions from call participants. One focus of the discussion will be Mr. Urbanowicz's paper titled "Constitutional Implications of an 'Individual Mandate' in Health Care Reform."

Fourth Annual Western Conference -
State Judiciaries and the Popular Will: What Deference Do Judges Owe to the People

Speakers: Stephen Bainbridge, Al Latham Jr., Gerald Uelmen, Steven F. Hayward, Edwin Meese III, Vikram Amar, Jon B. Eisenberg, Eugene Volokh, Michael B. Rappaport, Carlos T. Bea, Carolyn B. Kuhl, Sandra Ikuta, Shaun P. Martin

When: Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Where: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone: (805) 522-2977
Fax: (805) 520-9702

Dr. John Lott speaking on "Obama's Mistruths and The Right's Myths About Healthcare Reform: an up-to-date analysis"

When: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:45am
Where: McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant, 2000 Main Street, Irvine (949) 756-0505
Cost: $30 for Buffet Lunch and one hour MCLE credit. See reservation and payment details below. The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE

Dr. John R. Lott Jr. is an economist and leading expert who's studied President Obama's and Congress's plans for healthcare reform. Dr. Lott has written numerous editorial pieces analyzing and critiquing these plans and will provide us with an up-to-date analysis of the pending healthcare reform measures.

Dr. Lott is a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has previously held research positions at other academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, and his areas of research include econometrics, law and economics, public choice theory, industrial organization, public finance, microeconomics, labor economics, and environmental regulation.

Dr. Lott is also an expert on 2nd Amendment law and policy and free market economic theories. His work to debunk the myths that surround gun ownership has changed the national debate. Dr. Lott's most recent books are: Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't and The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control is Wrong. He may be best known for his book - More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws.

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The Great Debate: Left vs. Right Debate the Constitutional Topics of the Day

THE NEWPORT HARBOR BAR ASSOCIATION and
THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY proudly present

"The Great Debate "

between:

"The Smart Guys"

When: October 14, 2009 at High Noon (or so) - 11:45am Registration & Networking; 12:15 - Meal service begins; 12:30pm - Debate
Where: Radisson Hotel, Newport Beach (corner of Birch & MacArthur, near John Wayne Airport)
Cost: $35 for members of Newport Harbor Bar; $40 for non-members

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (on the left) and Dean John Eastman (on the right) regularly appear on the Hugh Hewitt radio show as “The Smart Guys”, where they debate constitutional and other legal topics of the day. Each is a renowned constitutional scholar, and frequently argues cases before the courts of appeal, and the California and U.S. Supreme Court.

Erwin Chemerinsky is the dean of the new UCI Law School. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and Harvard Law School. He previously taught at the USC, Depaul and Duke Law Schools. He is a frequent contributor to California Lawyer magazine, and has written over 100 law review articles. He has been named
one of the top 20 legal thinkers in America, and one of the 100 most influential lawyers in California.

John Eastman is the dean of the Chapman Law School. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, and has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School. Prior to joining the Chapman Law faculty in August 1999, he served as a law clerk with Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court of the United States and with Judge J. Michael Luttig at the United States Court of Appeals.

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or mail your check, payable to Newport Harbor Bar Association, with entrée choice (chicken, fish, or vegetarian), to: Mark Bidwell, 2021 Business Center Drive, Suite 207, Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: (949) 474-0961; Fax: (949) 474-0963. Click here to view the Flyer.

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