Category: Student Organization Announcements

“Roe’s Crumbling Castle” Next Tuesday, November 8, at 12:30 (Spaghetti Warehouse)

Roe v. Wade, undoubtedly one of the most controversial court cases of the 20th century, changed the course of American social history.  Join The Federalist Society for a lively discussion of the case and its progeny.

Speakers: Ramesh Ponnuru – Senior Editor, National Review

Wilson Huhn – The University of Akron School of Law

Date: November 8, 2011

Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm

Room: L-165

CATERED LUNCH BY SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE

Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor for National Review and a columnist for Bloomberg View. Ponnuru grew up in Kansas City and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton’s history department. Ponnuru has published articles in numerous newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Newsday, and the New York Post. He has also written for First Things, Policy Review, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic,Reason, and other publications. He has appeared on numerous televisionnews programs. He is the author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life. He is also the author of the monograph The Mystery of Japanese Growth (American Enterprise Institute/Centre for Policy Studies). He has been a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London and a media fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

I received the following message from Sarah Harrison of the Law School Democrats:

“The Law School Democrats is a grass roots organization created by law students at Harvard in 2006, and is still only run by law students. We focus on voter protection, working with OFA/LFO, and keeping law school democrats connected. If there are students on your campus that want to be involved with democratic politics on a national level, then we are the group for them.”

A few years ago, a student organization known as the Akron Law Democrats was active as an independent organization, but it has since fallen inactive. This is an opportunity to reactivate the organization with a national affiliation. If you are interested in reactivating the Akron Law Democrats, please contact me at apm@uakron.edu and I will provide you with more information. For more information on the national group, the Law School Democrats, you may contact Sarah Harrison directly at sharrison@lawschooldems.org.

Best,

Adam Messner
Assistant Director of Admissions

Unfortunately, Prof. David Bernstein, guest speaker for today’s Fed. Soc. event, has once again experienced flight delays out of D.C.  Nevertheless, Bernstein has graciously offered to take a different flight into Akron-Canton instead of Cleveland.  His projected arrival time is now 1:10pm.   I anticipate an event start time of 1:45pm.

Chick-fil-a will still be served.  And it will still be a great event.  Please consider that the price of two airline tickets has now been invested in this trip.  Prof. Bernstein has gone above and beyond to accommodate us.  The greatest thanks we can give him is an audience.

The Law Association for Women presents its first discussion forum this Wednesday, Nov. 2nd in Rm. L-167 at 12:15 pm.  Come join our round table and practice “thinking like a lawyer” about issues affecting you personally. The topic is – How do traditional gender roles color the expectations and perceptions of our clients?

Brief background materials have emailed to our members list, posted on Facebook, and will be provided at the discussion. To join the list or request a copy, please contact our secretary, Dianna Smith at dms119@zips.uakron.edu.

Join us for our final formal event of the fall semester for free food and great conversation! “

Akron BLSA will host a General Meeting on Monday, November 7th, 2011 at 12:25 pm in West 214. ALL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.