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  LAPA and the Princeton University Public Lecture Series are pleased to bring to Princeton University, "A Conversation with US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Princeton Provost Chris Eisgruber." The event will be held Thursday, 23 October 2008. Join us!

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.

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