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Ronald J. Fiscus Memorial Lecture
Established in 1991, the annual Ronald J. Fiscus Memorial Lecture honors former Â鶹ŮÀÉ professor and constitutional law scholar Ronald J. Fiscus, who helped establish Â鶹ŮÀÉ’s law and society minor. The lecture brings distinguished speakers to campus to explore issues related to law and society.
Recent Fiscus Lectures:
- Erwin Chemerinsky, dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Law: Free Speech on Campus
- Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School: Do Black Lives Matter? Race and Justice in America Now!
- Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center: The Future of Privacy and Free Speech: Translating the Constitution in the Age of Google Glass and Wikileaks
- Bernadette A. Meyler, Cornell University:Common Law Originalism: Constitutional Meaning from Transatlantic Legal Contexts
- Joanne B. Freeman, Yale University: The Field of Blood: Congressional Violence in Antebellum America