Chapman Dialogue Series: The Case for Originalism
Announced on October 6, 2015
The Case for Originalism: Justifying the Constraining Force of the Constitutional Text
Thursday, October 8
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Room 237 AB
Join us at the second 2015-2016 Chapman Dialogue Series installation with Lawrence B. Solum. Professor Solum is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law at Georgetown Law. He is an internationally recognized legal theorist, who works in constitutional theory, procedure and the philosophy of law. Professor Solum received his JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he worked for the law firm of Cravath, Swaine, and Moore in New York, and then clerked for Judge William A. Norris of the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
Professor Solum’s original theory of the fundamental nature and purpose of law, “Virtue Jurisprudence,” has been debated and discussed worldwide. His most recent work focuses on constitutional interpretation and construction. Professor Solum is also the editor of Legal Theory Blog, an influential blog that focuses on developments in contemporary normative and positive legal theory.
The Chapman Dialogue Series is a distinguished lecture program that includes some of the most innovative and thought-provoking scholars in the legal academy, as well as some of the nation’s most prominent practitioners.