Pedrick Lecture

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Date: Monday Feb-18, 2013   
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: Armstrong Hall - Great Hall
Contact Info: Brandy Nixon (Ph: 480/965-2874)
Complete Description:
Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, will discuss "Rethinking Privacy and the Fourth Amendment" at the Seventeenth Annual Willard H. Pedrick Lecture presented by the Pedrick family. Chemerinsky is one of the nation's top experts in constitutional law, federal practice, civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He is the author of seven books, the latest being, "The Conservative Assault on the Constitution." Chemerinsky's casebook, "Constitutional Law," is one of the most widely read law textbooks in the country. He has also written nearly 200 law review articles 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."

Chemerinsky frequently argues appellate cases, including matters before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals, and regularly serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. from Northwestern University.

Box lunches will be served.

For free tickets, register at pedrick2013.eventbrite.com.

For more information please contact Amanda Breaux at 480-965-6405.

The Willard H. Pedrick Lecture was established in 1997 by the Pedrick family in memory of the founding dean of the College of Law. The annual lecture brings to the law school outstanding legal scholars, jurists or practitioners to enrich the intellectual life of the College and the community.

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