Reva Siegel delivering Harris Lecture Sept 27 @ noon

Yale professor to deliver Harris Lecture at IU Maurer School of Law BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A distinguished constitutional law scholar will deliver the Harris Lecture at the IU Maurer School of Law on Thursday, Sept. 27. Reva Siegel, the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law at Yale University, will speak on "The Woman Question: From Suffrage to Abortion and Beyond." She will discuss how the discourse by proponents and opponents of abortion rights in the late 20th century has become a debate about the question of women's roles and helped shape current constitutional law.

Siegel's writing draws on legal history to explore questions of law and inequality and to analyze how courts interact with representative government and popular movements in interpreting the Constitution. She is currently writing on the role of social movement conflict in guiding constitutional change, addressing this question in recent articles on the enforcement of Brown v. Board of Education, originalism and the Second Amendment, the "de facto ERA" and reproductive rights.

Siegel received her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Juris Doctor from Yale University, clerked for Judge Spottswood Robinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and began her teaching career at the University of California-Berkeley. Established in 1946 by a trust from the bequest of India Crago Harris in the name of her husband, Addison C. Harris, the Harris Lecture Series brings prominent scholars to the Maurer School of Law. Harris was an Indiana lawyer and president of the old Indiana Law School. He was appointed minister to Austria-Hungary by President William McKinley.

Past Harris lecturers have included Derrick Bell, Robert Bork, Guido Calabresi, Jules Coleman, Owen Fiss, Laurence Tribe and Elizabeth Warren. From 1956, the Harris Lectures have been published in the Indiana Law Journal. The first lecture to be published was given by Chief Justice Earl Warren, who delivered the keynote address at the dedication ceremonies for the new Law School building.

The Harris Lecture will begin at 12:00 noon in the Law School's Moot Court Room. It is free and open to the public. One hour of Indiana continuing legal education credit will be awarded.

80th Anniversary Celebration with Ashley Judd

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has been "Daring to Care since 1932."  Join us to reflect on the past and toast our next 80 years of quality care, education and advocacy. EVENT DETAILS   Saturday, December 1, 2012 Downtown Indianapolis 4:30 p.m. General and VIP Receptions 5:45 p.m. Program Begins Heavy Hors D'oeuvres Cash Bar Purchase your ticket online. HERITAGE SPONSOR - $1,500 Includes four VIP tickets and admission to VIP reception with Ms. Judd, complimentary wine service and VIP seating during the program. EVENT TICKET - $80 Includes general reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and theater-style seating during the program. Group Pack - $720 (includes ten event tickets) Under 30? Pay just $30 for your event ticket! Tickets available while they last. Ticket sales end November 27. We hope you will join us for a fantastic evening with Ashley Judd as we celebrate our first 80 years and kick off the next 80 years of daring to care!

League of Women Voters Forum - Indy - Sept. 6th

The League of Women Voters is hosting their first Indiana General Assembly Candidate Forum and I’d love to see you all there! It’s a great opportunity to meet candidates for our legislature, make your positions known and exercise your advocate energy. We hope those of you in the area will attend one of the forums.  Please let me know if you have questions.

 

The first forum is as follows:

September 6, 2012

Big Car Service Center

3819 Lafayette Road, 46254

7:00pm