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Past EventsJustice Richard SandersDate: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 138 Description: Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders will join us for lunch. The D.C. Guns CaseDate: Monday, April 21, 2008 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 138 Description: Attorney Alan Gura will join us to discuss the recent D.C. v. Heller case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Gura argued the case in front of the court last month and a decision is expected in June or July. "Rediscovering a Lost Freedom: The First Amendment Right to Censor Unwanted Speech"Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 127 Description: Professor Patrick Garry of the University of South Dakota discusses a new constitutional model to deal with the increasingly vexing problem of violent and sexually explicit speech over the mass media. "A Libertarian View of the Civil Justice System"Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 117 Description: Professor Stephen Ware of the Univeristy of Kansas School of Law will speak about private-sector courts and a potential market for law. "Litigating the Washington State Primary Case"Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 119 Description: Washington's new primary system has been challenged and is currently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party. The case involves core rights of political association and speech and whetehr or not a state may redefine the scope of a political organization. Local attorney John White represented the Republican party in front of the Supreme Court and will come to discuss the case. "Why the Rule of Law is Not Taught in American Law Schools"Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 115 Description: Professor Nicholas Capaldi discusses the nature of the rule of law and why it is not taught at American Law Schools. "Standing on Shaky Ground: Problems with Global Warming Inspired Litigation"Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 115 Description: Sonya Jones of the Pacific Legal Foudnation will discuss procedural arising in global warming litigation. General Membership MeetingDate: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: UW Law School, Room 212 Welcome Back Happy HourDate: Monday, October 1, 2007 Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: The Big Time Brewery |