UM Law School Events Celebrate 50th Anniversary of ³Ô¹ÏÍø Constitution
MISSOULA – The ³Ô¹ÏÍø Law Review at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law will host a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Constitution.
Named after UM alum and former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Ninth Circuit, “The Honorable James R. Browning Symposium” will take place Sept. 15- 16, on the UM campus. The symposium is a part of UM’s celebration of Constitution Day. It is open to the public. .
“The ³Ô¹ÏÍø Law Review could not be more excited to welcome an incredible lineup of academics, judges, practitioners and citizens to the law school for a celebration of ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s constitution,” said Blake Koemans a UM law student and member of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Law Review. “What our fellow citizens crafted for us all in 1972 stands as first among equals and is a model for the nation and the world in protecting individual rights, freedoms and dignities.
“All ³Ô¹ÏÍøns should know, understand, and engage with this document because it is the legal underpinning of the values we should hope to protect for this and future generations in ³Ô¹ÏÍø.”
On Sept. 15, the symposium will kick off with a panel that includes a dynamic lineup that includes delegate to the 1972 ³Ô¹ÏÍø Constitutional Convention Mae Nan Ellingson, legendary ³Ô¹ÏÍø political journalist Chuck Johnson, Constitutional Convention researcher Rick Applegate and retired Justice of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Supreme Court Jim Nelson. President Seth Bodnar and Acting Dean of the Law School Elaine Gagliardi will give opening remarks. Keynote speakers for the following day are former ³Ô¹ÏÍø Gov. Marc Racicot and Chief Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Jeffrey Sutton.
Panel members for the events also include distinguished faculty members from across the country, as well as members of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø legal community. Experts in voting rights, election law, reproductive rights, liberty interests, substantive due process, environmental law and many other topics will discuss ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s unique constitutional culture and how the law will change over the next 50 years.
Attorneys interested in the symposium can register for CLE credit for the event. A full schedule of symposium events also is available online.
The ³Ô¹ÏÍø Law Review is a legal periodical published twice a year. Established in 1940 and composed of second- and third-year law students, the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Law Review serves as a primary resource of legal scholarship in the State of ³Ô¹ÏÍø.
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Contact: Blake Keomans, ³Ô¹ÏÍø Law Review, 406-243-5258, blake.koemans@umconnect.umt.edu.