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11th Annual Faculty Conference
Faculty Division
January 8, 2009
The 11th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference will be held January 8-9, 2009, in San Diego at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Hotel, located blocks away from the San Diego Marriott, which is the site for the AALS convention. Our conference will be held during the convention. We hope this conference will offer an opportunity for those interested in the Society to share ideas and scholarship with each other.
The Second Amendment and the Chicago Gun Ban: Heller v. D.C. and Current Litigation
Chicago Lawyers Chapter
January 13, 2009
Speakers:
- Alan Gura, Gura & Possessky, PLLC, counsel of record in Heller v. DC; McDonald v. City of Chicago
- Paul Helmke, President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; counsel of record in Heller v. DC
- James Lindgren, Professor of Law, Northwestern University; Co-Author, Counting Guns in Early America
Perspectives on Statutory Interpretation
Indianapolis Lawyers Chapter
January 13, 2009
Speakers:
- Chief Judge David F. Hamilton, U.S. District Court - Southern District of Indiana
- Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, State of Indiana
- Professor Patrick L. Baude; Ralph F. Fuchs Professor Emeritus of Law and Public Service, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law-Bloomington
A Judge in Full: Personality and Jurisprudence
Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter
January 13, 2009
Speakers:
- Hon. Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, 9th Circuit
- David Lat, Founder, Above the Law
Lawyer-Student Cocktail Reception
Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter
January 13, 2009
Guest:
- David Lat, Founder, Above the Law
Federalize This! Why the Federalization of Crime Is Bad for America
Arizona Student Chapter
January 14, 2009
Speakers:
- Professor John Baker, Louisiana State Law
- Professor Marc Miller, Arizona Law, (Commentator)
How Recent Changes in the Legislature May Affect the Judiciary in Tennessee
Nashville Lawyers Chapter
January 14, 2009
Speaker:
- David Fowler, President, The Family Action Counsel of Tennessee
California - Hastings Student Chapter
January 14, 2009
Speakers:
- Judge Clifford Wallace, U.S. CA 9
- Professor Elizabeth Hillman, California-Hastings Law, (Commentator)
The Future (and Past) of the Jurisprudence of American Abortion Cases
George Mason Student Chapter
January 14, 2009
Speakers:
- Jeffrey Ventrella, Alliance Defense Fund
- TBA
Kansas City Lawyers Chapter
January 15, 2009
Speaker:
- Judge Brent Powell, Missouri's 16th Judicial Circuit
