Orange County Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society

Upcoming Events

2009-11-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

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"

2009-11-03T08:33:00.000-08:00

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

2009-09-24T17:24:00.000-07:00

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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Phone: (949) 474-0961; Fax: (949) 474-0963. Click here to view the Flyer.

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Prof. Anthony Caso speaking on Overturning McCain-Feingold and Freeing Campaign Speech

2009-09-15T08:06:00.000-07:00

When: Wednesday, September 23, 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

In an extraordinary session on September 8, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Citizens United v. FEC. At issue, according to Scotusblog writer Lyle Denniston, is whether "the Court was ready to overturn two of its precedents -- one from 1990, the other from 2003 -- upholding such limitations" on congressional restrictions of corporate influence in campagins for the Presidency and Congress. Also see an op-ed by Ted Olson, who argued the case for Citizens United and hopes for a possible "free speech do-over."

In recognition of Constitution Day, Prof. Anthony Caso will address the corporate campaign speech issues presented in the recently argued Supreme Court case: Citizens United v. FEC. Prof. Caso submitted an amicus brief in the Citizens United case on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.

We will also feature special guest, Judge James Rogan

Prof. Anthony T. Caso earned his J.D. from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and M.B.A. from Golden Gate University. For nearly 30 years, Professor Caso held a variety of positions at Pacific Legal Foundation, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel. Presently, Professor Caso is a solo practitioner at the Law Office of Anthony T. Caso in Sacramento, California, where he practices appellate litigation with a concentration on complex statutory and constitutional issues. Professor Caso's litigation experience includes successful cases at every level of the state and federal court system, including the California Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Professor Caso is also an Adjunct Professor of State Constitutional Law at McGeorge School of Law and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, College of Professional Studies. Since 2001, Professor Caso has served as a Master of the Bench for the Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court and is active in the Federalist Society Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group, Federalist Society of Sacramento, and the Boy Scouts of America. Professor Caso has also given presentations in front of the Federal Bar Association and the Milton Schwartz American Inn of Court.

Guest: Judge James Rogan: Prior to his original appointment to the bench by Governor Deukmejian in 1990, Judge Rogan was a gang murder prosecutor in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office; California Lawyer Magazine named him as one of the state's most effective prosecutors. After he resigned from the bench in 1994, Judge Rogan won election to the California State Assembly, where he later served as majority leader. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1996, he was Assistant Majority Whip. A member of both the House Commerce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, Judge Rogan was one of the lead prosecutors in the United States Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton in 1998-1999. Judge Rogan later served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Judge Rogan returned to private law practice in 2004; in 2006 Governor Schwarzenegger appointed him to the Superior Court of California. In 2007 President Bush nominated him to be a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California; his nomination is pending currently before the United States Senate. Judge Rogan earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, where he served on the UCLA Law Review. His memoir, "Rough Edges," was published by Harper Collins in 2004. COURSES TAUGHT: Trial Practice; Criminal Procedure/Adjudicative Process

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Upcoming Fall Events - Keep Watching This Site!

2009-07-27T08:04:00.000-07:00

October 14 - "The Great Debate" - Deans John Eastman (Chapman Law School) and Irwin Chemerinsky (UC Irvine Law School) will debate significant Supreme Court decisions from last term and key cases for the coming term. Co-sponsored with the Newport Harbor Bar Association at The Radisson Hotel, Costa Mesa

November 4 - Prof. John R. Lott to discuss President Obama's health care plan

2009 Annual Lawyer-Student Federalist Society Orange County Barbeque

2009-04-14T14:38:00.000-07:00

WHEN: Saturday, May 2nd -- 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
WHAT: Pulled pork sandwiches, smoked turkey, salads -- wine and beer
WHO: Orange County attorneys - networking!! - Orange County law students - meet your colleagues!!
WHERE: Home of board member John Dodd - (directions provided to all RSVP responses)
COST: $10

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Prof. Robert Turner speaking onWhy the Vietnam War was Just and Necessary:What do Post-Vietnam Reforms Mean for the Coming Afghanistan Surge?

2009-03-27T07:53:00.000-07:00

When: Thursday, April 9, 11:45am
Where: McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant, 2000 Main Street, Irvine (949) 756-0505
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Prof. Robert Turner co-founded the Center for National Security Law with Professor John Norton Moore in April 1981 and has served as its Associate Director since then except for two periods of government service in the 1980s and during 1994-95, when he occupied the Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. A veteran of two Army tours in Vietnam, he served as a Research Associate and Public Affairs Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace before spending five years in the mid-1970s as national security adviser to Senator Robert P. Griffin, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has also served in the Pentagon as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in the White House as Counsel to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board, at the State Department as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, and as the first President of the congressionally established United States Institute of Peace.

A former three-term chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security (and for many years editor of the ABA National Security Law Report), Prof. Turner has taught undergraduate courses at Virginia on international law, U.S. foreign policy, the Vietnam War, and foreign policy and the law in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, in addition to co-teaching with Moore the law school seminars Advanced Topics in National Security Law I & II. The author or editor of more than a dozen books and monographs (including coeditor of the Center's National Security Law and National Security Law Documents) and numerous articles in law reviews and professional journals, Prof. Turner has also contributed articles to most of the major U.S. newspapers and has testified before more than a dozen different congressional committees on issues of international or constitutional law and related topics.

Prof. Turner is a member of the Committee on the Present Danger, the Council on Foreign Relations, and other professional organizations. Please click on Prof. Turner's photo for a complete biography and publications.

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Fifth Annual Orange County Religion and the Law Symposium

2009-02-08T17:36:00.000-08:00

When: Thursday, March 19, 2009

Where: Chapman University School of Law

The Federalist Society of Orange County is pleased to co-sponsor The Fifth Annual Orange County Religion and the Law Symposium on March 19, 2009 at Chapman University School of Law. For details, please see the flyer (click the flyer for a larger view).

To register, go to www.jrcls-oc.com/religionandthelawsymposium.php.

For more information, email jeff@shieldslawoffices.com.

Can the Courts Handle Terrorism Cases?

2009-02-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

The Orange County Federalist Society
invites you to attend a debate between former federal prosecutors Andrew C. McCarthy and M. Katherine B. Darmer, moderated by Chapman Law Professor and radio host Hugh Hewitt.

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 12 pm - Chapman University School of Law - Room 147

No admission charge

Pizza lunch provided

Approved for 1 hour MCLE

Please RSVP to kyndell@gmail.com.

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Prof. John Yoo speaking on:Lincoln and War Powers

2009-02-06T08:13:00.000-08:00

When: Tuesday, March 10, 11:45am
Where: McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant, 2000 Main Street, Irvine (949) 756-0505
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John Yoo received his B.A., summa cum laude, in American history from Harvard University. He received his J.D.from Yale Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal. He then clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit. Professor Yoo joined the Boalt faculty in 1993, then clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995-96. From 2001 to 2003, he served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on issues involving foreign affairs, national security and the separation of powers. Professor Yoo has received the Paul M. Bator Award for excellence in legal scholarship and teaching from the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy. He has published articles about foreign affairs, international law and constitutional law in a number of the nation's leading law journals. He is the author of The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11, University of Chicago Press, 2005), and War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terrorism (Grove/Atlantic 2006).

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The Cato Institute's Dr. Robert LevyThe Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government – and Eroded Freedom

2009-01-19T07:41:00.000-08:00

When: Tuesday, February 3, 11:45am
Where: McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant, 2000 Main Street, Irvine (949) 756-0505
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Bob Levy presents twelve seminal high court decisions that he warns will allow government to:
• interfere in your private contractual agreements
• curtail your rights to criticize or support political candidates
• arrest and imprison you indefinitely, without filing charges
• seize your private property, without compensation, when someone uses the property for criminal activity—even if you don't know about it!

Praise for Bob Levy's "The Dirty Dozen":
"Levy and Mellor offer fascinating insights on twelve of the most important and controversial cases of our time. Readers will gain new appreciation for the Supreme Court's role in affecting their lives and liberties."
—Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union
"I've been looking for one place to examine all the structural damage done over the years by the Supreme Court. Here it is."
—Hon. Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel
"A passionate, thoughtful, provocative, and eminently readable book."
—Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law, UCLA; founder of The Volokh Conspiracy blog
"If you're like most people, you probably have only a dim sense of how many of your constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms the Supreme Court has taken away. The Dirty Dozen is the book for you. Bob Levy and Chip Mellor spell it out clearly and powerfully."
—Tucker Carlson

Bob Levy is chairman of the Cato Institute's board of directors. He joined Cato as senior fellow in constitutional studies in 1997 after 25 years in business. He also sits on boards of the Institute for Justice, the Federalist Society, and the George Mason University School of Law. He founded CDA Investment Technologies, a major provider of financial information and software, and was its CEO until 1991. Levy clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. From 1997 until 2004, Levy was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. He has written numerous articles on investments, law, and public policy. Levy received his Ph.D. in business from the American University and his J.D. degree from the George Mason University School of Law.

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Amity Shlaes Speaking on:The State of the Economy:How Will President Obama and Congress Respond?

2009-01-18T13:15:00.000-08:00

Are we close to another Great Depression? Has capitalism failed? What can history teach us?
Co-Sponsored by the Lincoln Club & the Federalist Society of Orange County

When: Friday, January 30, 2009. Registration at 11:45am; Lunch Program begins at Noon
Where: The Fairmont Hotel, 4500 Newport Beach
Cost: $40 per person, payable at the door. No host valet parking $12. Make checks to the Lincoln Club
RSVP: Send e-mail to Clare Venegas, (714) 505-0115

Amity Shlaes is one of the foremost economic thinkers of our times. Ms. Shlaes is a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression," widely recognized as the leading chronicle ever written on the Great Depression. She is a brilliant free market thinker, and her work has been praised by business, economic, and political leaders from Steve Forbes, to Jack Kemp, to Larry Kudlow, to Phil Gramm. Join us on January 30 for her next round of forecasts and analysis as we enter four years of the Obama Administration.

Hardcover copies of "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression" will be available but you must pre-order your discounted copy ($15 each) by January 20. Please indicate if you would like a copy (and how many) when you RSVP to Clare Venegas, (714) 505-0115

John Baker and The Myth of the Imperial Presidency

2009-01-18T13:00:00.000-08:00

Date: January 20, 2009
Time: 11:45 am – Buffet Lunch
Location: McCormick & Schmick's restaurant, 2000 Main Street, Irvine
Cost: $30
One hour MCLE (The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE.)

Professor Baker is the Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law at Louisiana State University School of Law. Since 1999, he has been an Invited Professor at the University of Lyon III (France). He has taught a number of short-courses on separation of powers with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and has argued cases before the Supreme Court. He was a Fulbright scholar in the Philippines and earned a Ph.D. from the University of London.

Following law school, he served as a law clerk in federal district court and as an assistant district attorney in New Orleans before joining LSU in 1975. While a professor, he has been a consultant to the Justice Department, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, the Office of Planning in the White House, USIA (now part of the State Department) and USAID. He served on an ABA Task Force that issued the report, The Federalization of Crime (1998). His writing includes the following books: The Intelligence Edge; Hall's Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (with Benson, Force and George; 5th ed.); An Introduction to the Law of the United States, as well as articles both on the over-federalization of criminal law and the "war on terrorism."

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3rd Annual Western Conference

2009-01-17T13:20:00.000-08:00

Federal Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, And The Sovereignty of 562 Native American Tribes: A Match Made In Heaven, Or Somewhere Less Pleasant?

Featuring:

Hon. Carlos Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
John Fund, Wall Street Journal
Walter Olson, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Hon. Diarmuid O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Hon. Tom Sansonetti, Holland & Hart LLP
Hon. Kenneth W. Starr, Dean, Pepperdine University Law School

And Many More . . . .

DATE: January 24, 2009
TIME: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
LOCATION:
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Simi Valley, CA

For a full agenda and conference reigstration please click HERE

A Judge in Full: Personality and Jurisprudence

2009-01-04T21:10:00.000-08:00

When: Tuesday, January 13 at 12:00 p.m.
Speakers: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, 9th Circuit; David Lat: Founder, Above the Law
Where: Omni Hotel, 251 South Olive Street, Downtown Los Angeles
MCLE Credit: One Hour

The cost of the luncheon is $38 if paid in advance and $40 if paid at the door. Public employees, students and law clerks may pay the discounted rate of $15. Please send checks (made payable to the Federalist Society) to Jeremy Rosen at Horvitz & Levy, LLP, 15760
Ventura Boulevard, 18th Floor, Encino, California, 91436.

Hon. Ronald A. CassIs the Sky Really Falling?: The Election, the Courts, and Financial Regulation

2008-11-05T08:58:00.000-08:00

Co-Sponsored by Chapman Law School and the Federalist Society
When: Friday, November 7, 11:30am
Where: Chapman University School of Law, Kennedy Hall, Room 237
Cost: FREE!! Lunch is also included free of charge. Tickets are required and may be obtained from the Reception Desk in the Kennedy Hall lobby. Call ahead at (714) 628-2500.
MCLE: One hour MCLE will be offered. The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE.

The Honorable Ronald A. Cass is Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law, former Vice Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and Chairman of the Center for the Rule of Law

Prof. Stephen BainbridgeThe Bailout – and What is a Bubble Market?

2008-10-24T06:54:00.000-07:00

plus Morgan Stanley Senior Vice President David Bahnsen on
I Thought I was Retiring in the Next Five Years, Now What?

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

Stephen Bainbridge will discuss the "New" New Deal, what the Paulson Bailout was and whether it was necessary, what the policy results will be, and what the practical results mean for you.

Prof Bainbridge is one of the nation's foremost corporate layers, is the William D. Warren Professor of Law at UCLA, where he currently teaches Business Associations, Unincorporated Business Associations, and Advanced Corporation Law. In past years, he has also taught Corporate Finance, Securities Regulation, Mergers and Acquisitions, and seminars on corporate governance. Prof. Bainbridge has written more than 50 monographs for legal journals, including such leading publications as the Harvard Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the Northwestern University Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the Stanford Law Review and the Vanderbilt Law Review. He has also written a number of legal textbooks. Although much of his writing has been of a technical nature, he has developed considerable experience in writing for a general audience in his capacity as a weekly columnist for the TCS Daily e-zine (http://www.tcsdaily.com/).

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Assoc. Dean Celestine McConville and Jordan Lorence, Esq.Same-Sex Marriage: What is Really at Stake?

2008-09-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

When: Thursday, October 23, 11:45am buffet lunch
Where: Scott's Seafood, 3300 Bristol St., Costa Mesa (714) 979-2400
Cost: $30; includes one hour MCLE. See reservation and payment details below. The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE.

The same sex marriage discussion is not just cultural, religious, and historical; it also has wide-ranging legal implications. From the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) provisions – to constitutional full-faith-and-credit-clause ramifications -- to equal protection and state fairness/discrimination issues -- there is much to contemplate. Dean McConville and Jordan Lorence will present these issues from their perspectives on either side of this debate.

Dean Celestine McConville - Dean McConville joined the Chapman Law faculty as an Associate Professor in August 2000. She clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and also served as clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and for Judge Donald C. Nugent on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Before coming to Chapman, she was a visiting faculty member at Case Western Reserve School of Law, where she received the Student Bar Association's Teacher of the Year award for 1999. She earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, graduating magna cum laude in the top one percent of her class. She was selected for Order of the Coif and was editor for the Georgetown Law Journal's Criminal Procedure Project. Dean McConville practiced law as an associate with Shea & Gardner in Washington, D.C.

Jordan Lorence, Esq. - A graduate of Stanford University, Jordan W. Lorence earned his juris doctor at the University of Minnesota Law School. After graduation from law school he served as a staff attorney for the Minnesota State Senate. He began practicing law in 1981, specializing in constitutional law. He spent several years working with public interest organizations and is now a litigation attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund. Jordan Lorence has had extensive trial experience, especially in the area of First Amendment litigation.

Moderator: John Shu, Esq. – John Shu has published several white papers on the subject of same sex marriage as he has comprehensively monitored, analyzed, and compared the cases across the United States. He is an associate with Straddling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth in Irvine and he clerked for The Honorable Paul H. Roney, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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Dean John EastmanSupreme Court Roundup

2008-09-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

When: Tuesday, September 23, 11:45am lunch

Where: McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant, 2000 Main Street, Irvine (949) 756-0505

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Dr. John C. Eastman will give his annual roundup of the key cases of last year's Supreme Court term as well as his predictions for the upcoming term. Dr. Eastmanwas appointed Dean of Chapman Law School and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law in June 2007. Previously, Dr. Eastman was Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute that he founded in 1999. 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 for the Fourth Circuit. After his clerkships, Dr. Eastman practiced with the national law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, specializing in major civil and constitutional litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. Dr. Eastman earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he graduated with high honors in 1995. Dr. Eastman also has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School, with fields of concentration in Political Philosophy, American Government, Constitutional Law, and International Relations. Prior to law school, he served as the Director of Congressional & Public Affairs at the United States Commission on Civil Rights during the Reagan administration and was the 1990 Republican Nominee for Congress in California’s 34th District. He teaches Constitutional Law, Property, Legal History, First Amendment and Constitutional Litigation Clinic.

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