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FOCUS OF UH LAW CENTER DEBATE To what extent should Americans’ civil rights be curtailed in the war against terrorism? Both sides of this controversial question will be presented at the Fifth Annual Andrews Kurth Debate on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 10:30 a.m. in Krost Auditorium at the UH Law Center. Susan Estrich, Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science at University of Southern California School of Law, will debate John Choon Yoo, University of California Berkeley professor of law and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice. Estrich graduated from Wellesley College with highest honors in 1974, and received her J.D. in 1977 from Harvard Law School. She was the first woman president of the Harvard Law Review and the first woman to head a national presidential campaign, beginning with Dukakis’ campaign. She has since been the senior adviser in four presidential campaigns. Besides her current role as professor of law at the University of Southern California, Estrich is a contributing writer for many publications such as USA Today, American Lawyer Media and Los Angeles Times and serves as an in-house political advisor for FOX News television. Estrich’s books include “Real Rape,” “Getting Away with Murder: How Politics is Destroying the Criminal Justice System” and “Dealing with Dangerous Offenders.” Her latest book, “How to Get Into Law School,” is a how-to guide for college students. Yoo received his B.A. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he worked for the Yale Law Journal. After clerking for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit, Yoo joined the Boalt faculty in 1993. He later clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court and served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995-96. From 2001 to 2003, he served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2001, Yoo was awarded the Paul M. Bator Award for excellence in legal scholarship and teaching from the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy. He has published articles in a number of the nation’s leading law journals, and in 2005 he authored the book “War, Peace, and the Constitution.” The debate is free and open to the public. For information or to
register, call 713-743-2201 or WHO: Susan Estrich and John Choon Yoo WHAT: Fifth Annual Andrews Kurth Debate: Considering Civil Rights in Times of Terror WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 19 WHERE: Krost Auditorium, UH Law Center. For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom. |
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