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Friday, October 28, 2011

“Liberalism, Conservatism and the Tea Party: The Meaning of the 2012 Election”

William Kristol at USD School of LawThe 2008 election looked like the end of a 28-year conservative era, and the dawn of a liberal one. The results of the 2010 election put this judgment in doubt. Liberalism seems less ascendant than liberals expected it to be, conservatism less dead than conservatives feared. This is partly thanks to the Tea Party—which raises its own questions about the future of conservative thought. So one can say that, as the 2012 election approaches, New Deal/Great Society liberalism is in trouble, and Reagan–Bush conservatism seems not up to the task as well.
 
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Navigating the Markets Three Years After the Financial Crisis

Standard & Poor's unprecedented downgrade of U.S. debt coupled with Europe's debt crisis has caused the economic recovery to be uneven, impacting investors, retirement security, corporate profitability and investment opportunities in the stock, bond and derivatives markets. University of San Diego School of Law's Center for Corporate and Securities Law and sponsoring partner, Brandes Investment Partners, invite you to join them for an evening of discussion, debate and guidance for investors in the new global environment.

Expert panelists Yaron Brook, Robert Gnaizda, George Wilder and Christianna Wood will provide insight and guidance through new key investor protection measures and debate issues affecting investors.
 
Friday, September 16, 2011

Neuroscience & the Law

Neuroscience & the Law Panel

USD School of Law's Institute for Law & Philosophy hosts a panel of legal experts from across the United States who discussed issues at the intersection of neuroscience and the law.

Panelists

  • Deborah Denno, Fordham University, The School of Law
  • Adam Kolber, Professor, Brooklyn Law School
  • Michael Moore, Professor, Law & Philosophy, University of Illinois
  • Stephen Morse, Professor, Law & Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  • Michael Pardo, Professor, University of Alabama School of Law
  • Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Professor, Philosophy, Duke University

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Third Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium
Climate & Energy Law Symposium

Third Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium:
Advancing a Clean Energy Future

The symposium examined emerging law and policy approaches to encourage clean energy—the diverse set of technologies that can help meet our needs for energy while limiting its impact on the environment. Legal and policy experts from across the country addressed a variety of key issues including the coordination of state and federal roles in the clean energy sector; the design of policies and markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency; and the balance between energy and environmental protection.

Welcome & Keynote

Welcome
Kevin Cole, Dean and Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Lesley K. McAllister, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Arash Ebrahimi, Editor in Chief, San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
Scott J. Anders, Director, Energy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law

Image of Jon WellinghoffKeynote
Jon Wellinghoff
Chairman of the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Panel One: States in the Lead: What Role for Washington?

Michael Picker, Senior Advisor to the Governor for Renewable Energy Facilities, State of California
Jim Rossi, Harry M. Walborsky Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Florida State University College of Law
Joseph P. Tomain, Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Steven Weissman, Lecturer in Residence; Director of the Energy and Cleantech Program; Associate Director for the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, University of California Berkeley School of Law

Moderator: Jennifer Hein, General Counsel–West Region, NRG Energy

Panel Two: Policies and Markets for Renewables & Efficiency

Lincoln Davies, Associate Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Kirsten Engel, Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Dian Grueneich, Former Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Partner, Morrison & Foerster
David Spence, Associate Professor, Law, Politics & Regulation; Co-Director of the Energy Management & Innovation Center, University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business

Moderator: Sophie A. Akins, Partner, Best Best & Krieger LLP

Panel Three: Striking the Energy/Environment Balance

Robert L. Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, George Washington University Law School
Alexandra B. Klass, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Michael Reed, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Nilmini Silva-Send, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Senior Policy Analyst for the Energy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law

Moderator:  Richard J. Lazarus, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Stanley Legro Professor of Environmental Law, University of San Diego School of Law
 
Friday, March 26, 2011

Professor Robert C. Post

27th Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture

"Academic Freedom as a Constitutional Principle"
By Robert C. Post, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School

Post rejects the traditional analogy between academic freedom and individual First Amendment rights. He denies that the university constitutes a simple "marketplace of ideas." He instead argues that the constitutional concept of academic freedom ultimately derives from the constitutional value of democratic competence, which refers to the creation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for the maintenance of democratic self-determination.
 
Friday, February 4, 2011 – Saturday, February 5, 2011

Mike Rappaport

Originalism Works–in–Progress Conference

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego

Hosted by the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, the Works–in–Progress Conference provided opportunity to present and discuss seven new works concerning originalism.

Conference Introductory Remarks

USD School of Law Dean Kevin Cole and Professor Michael Rappaport open the conference.
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First Paper

Second Paper

Third Paper

Fourth Paper

Fifth Paper

Sixth Paper

  • Presentation: Will Baude (Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber): “Impure Originalism”
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  • Commentary: Vikram Amar (University of California, Davis)
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  • Discussion: Will Baude (Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber)
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Seventh Paper
Friday, December 3, 2010

Patent drawings image

Empirical Studies in Intellectual Property

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego

This conference provided practitioners with an overview of the data and empirical analysis available from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the federal courts, academia, and private industry. The session included a series of panels and presentations by prominent Federal Circuit and local judges, corporate and law firm counsel and academics. Several IP professors presented the results of their latest studies on patent examination and litigation, and panels made recommendations on the types of data and studies that practitioners, judges and clients would like to see offered in the future.

Industry, Practitioner, and Judicial Perspectives on Empirical Legal Studies in IP

Empirical Research in IP at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Academic Presentations in Empirical Legal Studies in IP
(Part I)

Academic Presentations in Empirical Legal Studies in IP
(Part II)
 
Monday, November 1, 2010

Victor Hanson

Why War Won't Go Away

By Victor Davis Hanson, Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Neither modern sophistication nor high technology has changed the principles of conflict—given that war is a wholly human enterprise and human nature is largely unchanging. A review of some 2,500 years of wisdom about why wars start, the manner in which they are conducted, and how they end would remind us, of the modern age, that, despite our denials, we are mostly no different from those who warred in the past.
 
Monday, October 25, 2010
Bill Browder   Robert Smith

Tales of Fraud and Corruption:

"Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets"

Cynthia Richson, Co-director or the Center for Corporate & Securities Law at USD School of Law, moderated a panel of experts including William F. Browder and Robert P. Smith. The panel discussed the risks and rewards of investing in emerging markets such as Russia and Turkey.
 
Monday, April 26, 2010

Professor Kent Greenawalt

26th Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture

“Fundamental Questions about the Religion Clauses: Reflections on Some Critiques”
By Kent Greenawalt, University Professor, Columbia University

Greenawalt discussed the nature of reasoning about basic moral, political, and constitutional issues, the relevance of relying on religious perspectives in addressing the religion clauses and the defensibility of justifications. He also discussed the legal standards that rely on multiple considerations and the wisdom of judges deferring to the political branches in this domain of constitutional law.
 
Monday, April 12, 2010

Corporate and Securities Litigation Panelists

Where is Corporate and Securities Litigation Headed Post–Crisis?

Hosted by the Center for Corporate and Securities Law, panelists Brian R. Cheffins, William Lerach and Frank Partnoy discussed trends in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including the changes in the nature and extent of state court filings in Delaware and the approaches taken in recent federal securities class action lawsuits against major financial institute.
 
Thursday, April 8, 2010 – Friday, April 9, 2010

Second Annual Climate and Energy Law Symposium

Second Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium

The symposium explored various regulatory approaches being proposed and adopted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Panels discussed how innovative policy instruments such as emissions trading and carbon taxes complement, displace and otherwise interact with traditional regulatory approaches.

Pre-Symposium Workshop

Explored how California’s environmental protection laws, such as the California Environmental Quality Act, affect the permitting and siting process for energy projects that could help California achieve its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Pre-Symposium Workshop Keynote Address

John Geesman – Co–chair, American Council on Renewable Energy and former California Energy Commissioner (2002–2008)
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Siting Energy Projects in California: Finding the Balance Panel

Ken Alex – Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of California
V. John White – Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology
Jeffrey Durocher – Wind Permitting Manager, Iberdrola
John McKinsey – Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
Moderator: John Lormon – Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
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Main Symposium

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Keynote

Jody Freeman – Professor of Law, Harvard University; former White House Counselor for Energy and Climate Change
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Markets for Emissions Reductions: Cap & Trade and Beyond Panel

David M. Driesen – University Professor, Syracuse University
Kevin Kennedy – Assistant Executive Officer, Office of Climate Change, California Air Resources Board
Lesley K. McAllister – Associate Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Michael Wara – Assistant Professor of Law, Stanford University
Moderator: Thomas R. Brill – Director, Corporate Regulatory Policy, Sempra Energy
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Climate Change and Tax Law Panel

Reuven S. Avi–Yonah – Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law, University of Michigan
David G. Duff – Professor of Law, University of British Columbia
Roberta Mann – Professor of Law, University of Oregon
Walter Wang – Founder and Managing Director, Sunflower Tax, LLC; Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Moderator: Karen C. Burke – Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
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Instrument Choice Over Time: Stability vs. Ossification Panel

Leslie Carothers – President, Environmental Law Institute
Holly Doremus – Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Richard J. Lazarus – Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law, Georgetown University; and the Stanley Legro Professor in Environmental Law, University of San Diego
Robert A. Wyman, Jr. – Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Moderator: John H. Minan – Professor of Law, University of San Diego
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Friday, February 5, 2010 – Saturday, February 6, 2010

Mike Rappaport

Originalism Works–in–Progress Conference

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego

Hosted by the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, the Works–in–Progress Conference provided opportunity to present and discuss seven new works concerning originalism.

Conference Introductory Remarks

USD School of Law Professor Michael Rappaport opens the conference.
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First Paper

  • Presentation: Kurt Lash (Loyola Law School and University of Illinois), “The Origins of the Privileges or Immunities Clause, Part I: ‘Privileges and Immunities’ as an Antebellum Term of Art”
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  • Commentary: John Harrison (University of Virginia)
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  • Discussion: Moderated by Donald Dripps (University of San Diego)
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Second Paper

Third Paper

Fourth Paper

Fifth Paper

Sixth Paper

Seventh Paper
 
Sunday, January 24, 2010

2010 Corporate Director’s Forum Pre–Conference

“Legal Issues in the Year Ahead: What Directors and General Counsel Need to Know”

Featuring Professor Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego School of Law
Watch the inaugural event of the School of Law’s new Center for Corporate and Securities Law. National corporate law expert Professor Partnoy is joined by Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr., of the Delaware Court of Chancery, Darren J. Robbins of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP and Koji Fukumura of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. Discussions include what to expect in corporate regulation and litigation in the coming year.
December 17, 2009
Energy Summit Panel
Copenhagen UN Summit on Climate Change: An Update from California's Climate Team

A live interactive session that provided San Diego community leaders with an update on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-15). The Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen was the latest round of international discussions on climate change. Governor Schwarzenegger’s Climate Team attended the conference. The members of the Climate Team agreed to participate in an interactive panel discussion that was transmitted live from Copenhagen. They provided their perspectives on how the proceedings in Copenhagen might affect U.S. and California policies, including national emissions targets, cap-and-trade policies and more.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Climate Team:

Moderators:

  • From Copenhagen – Carl Nettleton, OpenOceans Global
  • From San Diego – John Lormon, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves, Savitch LLP
 
November 9, 2009

Michael Barone Photo by Andrew Harnik
Joan E. Bowes-James Madison Lecture Series
"American Politics: Are we in a New Era?"
By Michael Barone

Michael Barone, senior political analyst, Washington Examiner; contributor, Fox News Channel; and resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute, delivers the keynote address titled American Politics: Are we in a New Era? for the sixth presentation of the Joan E. Bowes-James Madison Distinguished Lecture Series.
 
November 4, 2009

Javade Chaudhri Navigating Current and Future Greenhouse Gas Regulations: The View from the General Counsel's Office
by Javade Chaudhri, executive vice president and general counsel for Sempra Energy

Mr. Chaudhri will discuss the implications to the energy industry of the most significant current and pending legal and policy developments in the effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions. He will also provide thoughts on the future direction of greenhouse gas regulation.
 
April 23, 2009

Jack Rakove25th Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture
"The Poverty of Public Meaning Originalism"
by Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, and professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) of Law at Stanford University

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jack Rakove discusses the currently fashionable “public meaning” theory of constitutional interpretation which suggests that the best way to reconstruct the original meaning of the Constitution is to imagine how a somewhat neutral but informed and literate observer would have read the language of the constitutional text.
 
March 19, 2009

Mike RosenPatent Reform
by Mike Rosen, patent litigator at Fish & Richardson P.C. and Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego School of Law

This lecture describes and analyzes legislation currently before Congress that proposes to change the patent laws in a number of ways. Mr. Rosen explains the proposed changes and their likely implications for patent lawyers and businesses.
 
February 20, 2009
JCEL Symposium

The First Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium at the University of San Diego School of Law took place on Friday, February 2009.  The theme was “Federal Preemption or State Prerogative: California in the Face of National Climate Policy.”  The symposium was co-sponsored by the Energy Policy Initiatives Center and the San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law.  Scholarly articles written for the symposium will be published in the journal's inaugural issue, which is expected to be released in December 2009. If you are interested in receiving a copy, please contact Brigid Bennett.

INTRODUCTION:
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PANEL ONE: A Presumption against Preemption in Climate Law?
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PANEL TWO: Integrating State, Regional and Federal Regulatory Initiatives
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PANEL THREE: Remaking Cooperative Federalism for Climate Law
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January 7, 2009

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights: What Have We Learned? Why Does it Matter?

More than 60 years have passed since Justice Hugo Black's epic dissent in Adamson v. California, and more than 20 since the publication of Michael Kent Curtis's influential book No State Shall Abridge. In those 20 years, scholars have continued to refine our understanding and debate the historical evidence.

Just this summer, the Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects a personal, rather than corporate, right to keep and bear arms. Old precedent says that the Second Amendment does not apply to the states through the Fourteenth. That precedent will be challenged very soon, and so our topic is as timely as it is, apparently, timeless.

The time has come to take stock of the incorporation question, to look for consensus where it can be found, and to attend closely to opposing arguments and evidence where disagreement persists.

FIRST PANEL:
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  • Introduction by Donald Dripps, University of San Diego
  • Michael Kent Curtis, Judge Donald L. Smith Professor in Constitutional and Public Law, Wake Forest School of Law and one of the foremost constitutional historians in the United States
  • Richard Aynes, John F. Seiberling Chair of Constitutional Law and Director, Constitutional Law Center, University of Akron School of Law
  • Bryan Wildenthal, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  • George C. Thomas III, Professor, Rutgers Law School
  • Q & A

SECOND PANEL:
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  • Lawrence Rosenthal, Professor, Chapman University School of Law
  • Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Lawrence B. Solum, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and John E. Cribbet Professor, University of Illinois College of Law
  • Michael B. Rappaport, Professor, University of San Diego School of Law
  • Panel Discussion
  • Q & A
THIRD PANEL:
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  • Kurt T. Lash, James P. Bradley Chair of Constitutional Law, Loyola Law School
  • Steven D. Smith, Warren Distinguished Professor, University of San Diego School of Law
  • Donald A. Dripps, Professor, University of San Diego School of Law
  • Carolyn Ramsey, Professor, Colorado Law
  • Yale Kamisar, Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Law School and Professor, University of San Diego School of Law
  • Q & A
May 1, 2008
2008 USD School of Law-Procopio International Tax Institute

Course 6: International Aspects of Mexico's New Tax Reform:
The Tax Nature of IETU and Availability of Foreign Tax Credits

Porcopio Conference

Moderator

  • Enrique Hernández, Esq. - Partner - Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Speakers

  • Karen Jacobs, Senior Manager - Ernst & Young LLP
  • Ginny Chung, Attorney Advisor - US Department of the Treasury, Office of International Tax Counsel
  • Lic. Alejandro Calderón Aguilera, Member - Capin, Calderón, Ramirez y Gutiérrez-Azpe
  • Oscar Castañeda, CPA - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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March 11, 2008
Robert BennettOriginalism: Lessons From Some Things That Go Without Saying
by Robert Bennett, Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law and Former Dean of Northwestern University School of Law

The lecture explores the possibilities and limitations of what is called "originalism" in constitutional interpretation, the attempt to restrain interpretation by reference to the constitutional text and the "meanings" originally associated with that text. There is a large amount of literature on this subject, but rather little attention is paid to things that the text leaves unsaid. The lecture concentrates on three matters about which there are different sorts of "silences" in the text itself or in the interpretive stance of federal courts, the role of political parties, the meaning of a "republican form of government," and the role to be played by presidential electors.
November 27, 2007
Edwin MeeseThe Constitution in Peace and War
by Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese

Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese visited the University of San Diego School of Law to discuss the role of the United States Constitution in relations to the Patriot Act and the Iraq War, including the role and outcome of the Commission on Iraq. Meese served as the 75th Attorney General of the United States from February 1985 to August 1988 and as Counselor to the President from January 1981 to February 1985. As Attorney General and as Counselor, he was a key member of President Ronald Reagan's Cabinet and the National Security Council. He directed the Department of Justice and led international efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime.

 
November 16, 2007
California Energy Commissioner John GeesmanBernard Siegan Memorial Conference
Keynote Address
by Richard Epstein

Richard Epstein, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, opened the 2007 Bernard Siegan Memorial Conference on Economic Liberties, Property Rights, and the Original Meaning of the Constitution.

Epstein framed the conference of six scholastic papers discussing either economic liberties or property rights by referencing two important federal cases. He cited the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2005 Kelo v. City of New London decision, which refused to limit the government's eminent domain power with respect to allowing private property to be handed over to a private developer, and the ongoing Goldstein v. Pataki case, in which 13 residents and business owners stand in opposition to a massive $4 billion redevelopment project in Brooklyn, NY.

Richard Epstein is a director of the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. Since 1972, he has taught, among other courses, torts, civil procedure, land use planning, and property, real estate and finance law. Epstein is the author of more than 10 books and numerous articles on a wide range of legal and interdisciplinary subjects.

Hosted by the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law, the Bernard Siegan Memorial Conference on Economic Liberties, Property Rights, and the Original Meaning of the Constitution brought together leading national legal scholars to discuss the intentions of the American founders with respect to economic liberties and private property rights.
 
November 8, 2007
California Energy Commissioner John GeesmanThe Energy Policy Challenges California Will Face in Implementing California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32)

California Energy Commissioner John Geesman discusses the energy policy challenges that California will face in implementing Assembly Bill 32, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. John L. Geesman was originally appointed to the California Energy Commission in 2002 to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed to a full five-year term by Governor Gray Davis on December 31, 2002, and confirmed by the Senate. Commissioner Geesman serves as presiding member of the Energy Commission’s renewables and facility sitting committees. He is an associate member on several other committees including the Integrated Energy Policy Report Committee. The event is presented by the USD School of Law’s Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC), an academic and research center that studies how energy policy issues affect the San Diego County region and California, and the Environmental Law Society, which strives to expose students to all facets of environmental practice and sponsors discussions on current issues in environmental law.  
 
November 1, 2007
Ken AlexEPIC Climate Change Lecture Series: Global Warming and the Courts:
Should the Judicial Branch Weigh in on Global Warming?

Ken Alex discusses the California Attorney General’s efforts to address global warming through legal action, including the opportunities and limitations posed by the approach. Alex is a supervising deputy attorney general in the environment section of the California Attorney General’s Office. From 2000 to 2006, he also worked on the energy task force, investigating price and supply issues related to California’s energy crisis. The event is presented by the USD School of Law’s Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC), an academic and research center that studies how energy policy issues affect the San Diego County region and California, and the Environmental Law Society, which strives to expose students to all facets of environmental practice and sponsors discussions on current issues in environmental law.  
 
APRIL 27, 2007
Ralph NaderChallenging Corporate Power and Building Democracy
By Ralph Nader

Honored by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Americans of the Twentieth Century, consumer advocate and presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, has devoted his life to giving ordinary people the tools they need to defend themselves against corporate negligence and government indifference. With a tireless, selfless dedication, he continues to expose and remedy the dangers that threaten a free and safe society.

 
APRIL 19, 2007
Professor Daniel B. RodriguezState Constitutionalism and Modern Governance: What’s the Big Idea?

Professor Daniel B. Rodriguez, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, explores the underlying principles of state constitutionalism and, in doing so, wanders into the enduring debate over the nature and scope of American constitutionalism more generally. The differences between federal and state constitutional theory are real, not illusory. There are, Professor Rodriguez will argue, distinct governance objectives, mirrored by rather unusual intra-state rules and procedures which, when better understood, point toward a new theory of state constitutionalism and state constitutional law in the modern United States.
 
FEBRUARY 12, 2007
Professor Michael Ramsey Debates Subject of War Power with John Yoo Executive Authority in Times of War

The Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism welcomes John Yoo, professor at UC, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, architect of the Patriot Act and author of the so-called “torture memo,” for a debate about the War on Terror. Yoo goes head-to-head with USD School of Law Professor Mike Ramsey on issues of war power such as the authority to launch pre-emptive attacks abroad and conducting surveillance without a warrant.
OCTOBER 16, 2006
Joseph Casas Military Justice in a Time of War
How much constitutional protection do we give our servicemen?

A panel explores military justice as it compares to that of a civilian courtroom, with a particular focus on the Haditha investigation. The panel includes former military prosecutor and Deputy District Attorney Kevin Vienna; former military judge and USD School of Law alumnus Robert Wities, ’84; and defense attorney Joseph Casas who represents Private First Class John J. Jodka, one of the Marines accused of killing retired Iraqi policeman Hashim Ibrahim Awad. USD Professor of Law Michael Devitt begins the evening by presenting the details of the alleged murder, which took place on April 26, 2006, in Hamdania, Iraq.
 
September 7, 2006
Shirin EbadiIran Awakening: Human Rights,
Women and Islam

Nobel Peace Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi of Iran describes how education can lead to peace in the Middle East and calls for an end to discrimination against women in this riveting address. Ebadi, the first Muslim woman and first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, shares stories about her life and her battle for women’s rights in port-revolution Iran. Co-sponsored by the USD School of Law and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, the event was a joint presentation of the Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series and the School of Law’s Jane Ellen Bergman Memorial Lecture Series .

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