UNIVERSITY NEWS - OCTOBER 2003

MEDIA CONTACT: Stacia Smith
561-297-2971; ssmith@fau.edu

CALENDAR INFORMATION

CATEGORY: Seminar

EVENT: Constitution Day Lectures

WHEN: Wednesday, September 17, 3-5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Performing Arts Building 101
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton

COST: Free

INFORMATION: Tim Lenz at 561-297-3214

DESCRIPTION: Three lectures include:

1. Paul Rashkind, Esquire, Chief of the Appellate Section of the Federal Public Defenders Office, will discuss the right to counsel as part of the 40 year anniversary of the landmark Florida case Gideon v. Wainwright.

2. Dr. Timothy Lenz, Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic
University, will discuss the change from liberal to conservative thinking about crime, using images of law and rights in films.

3. Theodore Klein, U.S. Magistrate Judge-Designate, will discuss "The Anatomy of a Supreme Court Argument."
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