Join the UHLC Federalist Society for its last event of the semester!

Professor David Moore of BYU Law School and Professor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center will be debating the topic: Is international law U.S. law?

Food will be provided!

Wednesday, Nov. 11 @ 12 Noon in BLB 109.

Professor, author, and prominent gun rights expert, Dr. John Lott, will be discussing his views of government control over gun rights.

About the speaker:

John Richard Lott Jr. 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.

Lott is an author in both academia and in popular culture. He is a frequent writer of opinion editorials, has published over 90 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals related to his research areas, and has authored five books, including More Guns, Less Crime, The Bias Against Guns, and Freedomnomics.

Tuesday, October 27 @ 12 Noon in BLB 109

Stephen Cox (Wilmer Hale; UHLC alumnus) and David Schwan (King & Spalding) will be discussing the topic of same-sex marriage.

Despite the title of this event, the discussion likely will be far from controversial.  Mr. Schwan is an openly gay attorney who has developed a successful practice at King & Spalding and will thus be able to provide a unique perspective on the issues.  Mr. Cox, on the other hand, will be discussing a position recently championed by former Solicitor General Ted Olson (Bush Administration), who has supported gay marriage, and believes that government needs to remove itself from the discussion.  Thus, the event will truly be more of a discussion, rather than a debate.

Thursday, October 15 @ 12 Noon in BLB 109

Prof. Lino Graglia (UT Law) and Pro. Peter Linzer (UHLC) will debate whether the Constitution can require race discrimination one day and prohibit it the next, following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1.

Thursday, October 1 @ 12 Noon in BLB 109

Aaron Streett (Baker Botts) and Jeffrey Oldham (Bracewell & Guiliani), former clerks for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, will provide an insider’s perspective on the recent confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Friday, September 25 @ 12 Noon in the Heritage Room

Prof. Arnold Loewy (Texas Tech Law) and Prof. David Crump (UHLC) will debate and discuss the place of intelligent design in school curriculum.