Clason Speaker Series 2009/2010

Erin Murphy  

"Database, Deterrence & the Future of Constitutional Criminal Procedure"

On March 4, Erin Murphy, an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School spoke on the topic of "Database, Deterrence & the Future of Constitutional Criminal Procedure." With an expertise in forensics and technology in the criminal justice system, Murphy brought expertise from her former post as an attorney in the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. As part of the Public Defender Service, she represented clients in felony and misdemeanor cases and argued before the D.C. Court of Appeals. She also led a widely followed constitutional challenge to the District of Columbia's firearms laws in which she gained expertise in the scientific and legal issues surrounding the admissibility of various types of forensic evidence. Professor Murphy has published extensively on these topics.
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Laura Dickinson

"Outsourcing War and Peace"

An expert in the fields of international law and foreign affairs, Professor Laura A. Dickinson shared insights from her upcoming monograph: Outsourcing War and Peace in her November appearance. She discussed the increasing privatization of military functions, foreign aid and government diplomacy, and the challenges of legal accountability resulting from such privatization. Dickinson is a Foundation Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University.
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Bethany Berger

"Williams v. Lee and the Debate Over Indian Equality"

In a landmark 1958 decision, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the jurisdiction of Indian tribal courts for disputes that occur on Indian land in the case of Williams v. Lee. University of Connecticut Professor of Law Bethany Berger opened the 2009-2010 Clason Speaker Series on September 21 with a discussion of this case and the impact it had on Indian equity.

Robert Chesney

"The Emerging Law of Military Detention: Guantanamo and Beyond?"

In February,  Professor Robert Chesney, the Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, discussed the impact of Boumediene v. Bush and explored the consequential responsibilities that have fallen on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. A specialist in national security law, he is a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy and is currently working on a new book for Oxford University Press concerning the evolving judicial role in national security matters. Chesney recently served on the Detainee Policy Task Force in the Justice Department and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security. Chesney served as Chair of the Section on National Security Law of the Association of American Law Schools.