Miscellaneous

Short-Notice Event Alert!

By Anne Skove, Esq.

• Decision 2008: November 4 and Beyond, Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 8:15 p.m. Georgetown Law Forum, Washington, D.C. Wolf Blitzer moderates (he also has a blog!). Panelists include E.J. Dionne, Jr.; Charles Krauthammer; strategist Celinda Lake; Clarence Page; and Byron York. For those who can't attend (and we assume that's pretty much everybody at this point), a webcast will be available.


• Bloggers, unite! W&L Law celebrates National Freedom of Speech Week, October 20-26.


• Disparity in Connecticut: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading?, Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Welte Auditorium, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut. Harvard's Professor Ogletree provides the keynote.


• Kickoff reception for the Washington Initiative for Diversity Governing Council, October 23, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Temple of Justice, Chief Justice's Reception Room, Olympia, Washington. Washington Supreme Court Justice Barbara Madsen, who chairs the state's Gender and Justice Commission, and Justice Charles W. Johnson, who chairs the state's Minority and Justice Commission, "will call upon law firms to make measurable progress to increase diversity in [Washington] state's legal profession."


• You can spend Saturday morning watching cartoons (or, rather, complaining to your kids about how all the good cartoons are gone), or at Humanities Day 2008, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., University of Chicago (various locations), Chicago, IL. The day includes a talk about The Real Costs of Teen Pregnancy; a talk by Vivian Barrett from the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health; Race, Literature and Sociology at the University of Chicago, a talk by Kenneth Warren at the fabled Reg; and a ton of goings-on at the Smart Museum. If you're in the neighborhood, check out Phantom of the Opera (the silent movie version, not the goofy musical version) with live organ accompaniment in Rockefeller Chapel!


• So short-notice it's already over, but thanks to the magic of the Googlenet you can listen to Election Day Scenario Plays Out in Mock Court, Pam Fessler, Morning Edition (October 21, 2008). The story covers an event held this past Monday.

Send us your event and we'll try to post it before it actually happens!

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).