Chemerinsky to examine legacy of Rehnquist court during lecture at Case Westen Reserve University School of Law
Lecture is part of annual series in memory of Judge Frank J. Battisti
November 9, 2005 | For more information: Jeff Bendix 216-368-6070
As Chief Justice John Roberts begins making his mark on the Supreme Court and the Senate prepares for battle over the nomination of Samuel Alito, an upcoming lecture at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law will examine the legacy of the court under the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Erwin Chemerinsky, the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Duke University Law School, will speak on "The Rehnquist Court and Beyond: A Look to the Past and to the Future." Chemerinsky's talk is the law school's annual Frank J. Battisti Memorial Lecture. It will take place Thursday, November 17 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the law school, 11075 East Blvd.
The lecture is free and open to the public and one hour of Continuing Legal Education credit is available free of charge. It will be webcast live on the Internet and be available for subsequent viewing. Information on how to view is available at http://www.law.case.edu/lectures.
"It is an honor to welcome Professor Chemerinsky to our law school," said Gerald Korngold, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law. "With his extensive knowledge of the Supreme Court and constitutional law, he will provide our students with valuable insights regarding the history and likely direction of the court's jurisprudence."
In his presentation Chemerinsky will highlight some of the trends that have emerged throughout the Rehnquist years. He will also look to the future, examining whether the trends in the development of constitutional law that have emerged over the past decades will continue beyond Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure on the bench.
Chemerinsky joined the Duke Law faculty July 1, 2004. Between 1983 and 2004 he was the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science at the University of Southern California. Prior to that he was a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and an attorney at Dobrovir, Oakes, and Gebhardt, also in Washington, D.C.
A graduate of Northwestern University and Harvard Law School, Chemerinsky is the author of four books on constitutional law and more than 100 law review articles that have appeared in journals such as the Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Northwestern Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Stanford Law Review and Yale Law Journal. Recent articles include, "The Constitution and Punishment," forthcoming in Stanford Law. He also writes a regular column on the Supreme Court for California Lawyer and Trial Magazine and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and other magazines.
In 1997 Chemerinsky was elected to serve a two year term as a member of the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission. He served as chair of the commission, which proposed a new city charter that voters adopted in June 1999. He was also a member of the Governor's Task Force on Diversity in 1999-2000. In September 2000, he released a report on the Los Angeles Police Department and the Rampart Scandal, which was prepared at the request of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. In 2004 Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn named him to chair a blue ribbon commission on contracting by the city government.
The Frank J. Battisti Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1995 by Judge Battisti's law clerks and the Battisti family to encourage examination of areas to which Judge Battisti made special contributions—civil rights, the role of an independent judiciary, the administration of justice and the art of judging, the relationship between religion, morality, and the law, and legal history—thereby continuing his quest to bring legal reasoning to bear on the human experience.
A judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1961-1994, Battisti is best remembered for his rulings in Cleveland's long-running school desegregation case and for expanding civil rights.
For further information call 216-368-3308 or 800-492-3308, visit the law school's website at http://www.law.case.edu, or email lawalumni@case.edu.
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