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Fellows Lunch
LAPA Fellows Lunch
September 11, 2008, 12 - 1:30 PM, by invitation only
Each Thursday, the LAPA fellows meet to discuss the current work of a LAPA fellow, Princeton faculty member, or invited guest. Attendance at the lunch is by invitation only.
Student Forum
Student Forum
Information table at the Student Activities Fair
September 12, 2008, 12 - 3 PM, location TBA
Student Forum, a group composed of LAPA Undergraduate Associates, will be hosting an information table at the Student Activities Fair on September 12, 2008. Students interested in getting involved with Student Forum are encouraged to attend.
LEGS Seminar
LEGS Welcome Dinner
Law-Engaged Graduate Students
September 15, 2008, Special time: 6:00 PM, location TBA
We will start the LEGS year with an orientation meeting to welcome the incoming graduate students with law-related interests and to have a social occasion to meet up with each other again. Please plan to come!
Co-sponsored Event
Constitution Day Lecture
Thomas Jefferson and the Rights of Citizens
September 17, 2008, 4:30 PM, Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Barbara Oberg, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor in History and General Editor, Papers of Thomas Jefferson will deliver the 2008 Constitution Day Lecture. The topic of her presentation is Jefferson's changing understanding of citizenship.
Fellows Lunch
LAPA Fellows Lunch
September 18, 2008, 12 - 1:30 PM, by invitation only
Each Thursday, the LAPA fellows meet to discuss the current work of a LAPA fellow, Princeton faculty member, or invited guest. Attendance at the lunch is by invitation only.
Special Event
The Fourth Annual LAPA Retreat
at Mountain Lakes House
September 19, 2008, 9 AM through dinner, by invitation only
As usual, the Retreat will be held at the Mountain Lakes House and will feature good company, intellectual excitement and a lovely setting. As in past years, we will feature faculty papers for discussion throughout the day, introduce our new fellows to the LAPA community and provide a time for LAPA-associated faculty and graduate students to renew their ties to LAPA and with each other.
Special Event
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
September 24, 2008, 4:30 PM, location TBA
Jane Mayer's new book is an account of the secret CIA detention program and the strategies White House officials used in the campaign against Al Qaeda. She argues that while agency techniques produced information, the price was high: the techniques were not only unconstitutional, but they in many cases produced bad information, which only hampered efforts to pursue Al Qaeda.
Co-sponsored Event
Leigh Bienen
Life, Times and Work of Florence Kelly, the First Female Factory Inspector in the US
September 24, 2008, 12 - 1:30 PM, Dickinson 210
The American Studies Program at Princeton is delighted to host a lunchtime talk by Leigh Bienen on the "Life, Times and Work of Florence Kelly, the First Female Factory Inspector in the US, and the First Factory Inspector in Illinois." LAPA and the Program in Women and Gender Studies are co-sponsoring the talk.
Fellows Lunch
LAPA Fellows Lunch
September 25, 2008, 12 - 1:30 PM, by invitation only
Each Thursday, the LAPA fellows meet to discuss the current work of a LAPA fellow, Princeton faculty member, or invited guest. Attendance at the lunch is by invitation only.
Fellows Lunch
Fellows Lunch
October 2, 2008, 12 - 1:30 PM, by invitation only
Each Thursday, the LAPA fellows meet to discuss current work of a LAPA fellow, Princeton faculty member, or invited guest. Attendance at the lunch is by invitation only.
LAPA Seminar
Malcolm Feeley, LAPA Fellow and UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall)
Where Have All the Women Gone? The Decline of Women in the Criminal Justice Process
October 6, 2008, 4:30 - 6 PM, Kerstetter Room, Marx Hall
In this week's LAPA seminar, Malcolm Feeley will discuss a paper he is working on with Hadar Aviram called "Where Have All the Women Gone? The Decline of Women in the Criminal Justice Process." Join us for an interesting discussion about the changing representation of women among criminal defendents between the 17th and 19th centuries.
LEGS Seminar
LEGS Seminar
October 13, 2008, 4:30 - 6 PM, Kerstetter Room, Marx Hall
LEGS, or "Law-Engaged Graduate Students," meets once every two weeks during the academic year to discuss a work in progress by one of our Graduate Associates. Academic papers, dissertation proposals, and dissertation chapters are presented at these meetings, to an audience of fellow graduate students.
Co-sponsored Event
A Book Event with Philip Bobbitt
Terror and Consent
October 15, 2008, 4:30 - 6:00 PM, location TBA
Philip Bobbitt is the Herbert Wechsler Professor of Jurisprudence at Columbia Law School, former Counselor on International Law at the State Department, former Legal Counsel to the Senate Iran-Contra Committee, and former director of a variety of programs at the National Security Council (in several different administrations).
Fellows Lunch
Fellows Lunch
October 16, 2008, 12-1:30, by invitation only
Each Thursday, the LAPA fellows meet to discuss current work of a LAPA fellow, Princeton faculty member, or invited guest. Attendance at the lunch is by invitation only.
LAPA Seminar
LAPA Seminar
October 20, 2008, 4:30 - 6 PM, Kerstetter Room, Marx Hall
The LAPA Seminar series brings LAPA fellows, faculty and students with law-related interests, and visitors from other universities together for a presentation by an author of a current work of legal scholarship.
Co-sponsored Event
A Conversation with US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
and Princeton Provost Chris Eisgruber
October 23, 2008, 4:30 PM, location TBA
LAPA is pleased to cosponsor Justice Ginsburg's visit to Princeton with the University Public Lecture Series. Details will be posted as they become available.
Fellows Lunch
Fellows Lunch
October 23, 2008, 12 - 1:30, by invitation only
Each Thursday, the LAPA fellows meet to discuss current work of a LAPA fellow, Princeton faculty member, or invited guest. Attendance at the lunch is by invitation only.
