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  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Appellate Advocacy: Some Reflections from the Bench by Lawrence W. Pierce

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Appellate Advocacy: Some Reflections from the Bench

    Lawrence W. Pierce

    Lecture by Judge Lawrence W. Pierce of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1981-1995) regarding advocacy skills.

    Date: November 1992

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Advocate: Should He Speak or Write? by James Mackay

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Advocate: Should He Speak or Write?

    James Mackay

    Lecture by Lord Chancellor James Mackay of Great Britain (1987-1997) regarding advocacy skills. Document includes a speaker introduction and handwritten notes.

    Date: April 1991

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Legal Remedies Against the Council's Failure to Act by Ole Due

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Legal Remedies Against the Council's Failure to Act

    Ole Due

    Lecture by President Ole Due of the European Court of Justice (1988-1994), regarding judicial activism in Europe and the United States. Includes biography and speaker introduction.

    Date: November 1990

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Bill of Rights by John J. Gibbons

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Bill of Rights

    John J. Gibbons

    Lecture by Chief Judge John J. Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1987-1990), regarding historical examples of the progression of political "fictions" as justifications for government power. Includes speaker introduction.

    Date: November 1989

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Invisible Prince by Francis T. Murphy

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Invisible Prince

    Francis T. Murphy

    Lecture by Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy of the New York State Appellate Division (1977-1997), regarding Machiavellian qualities in the legal profession. Includes copy with handwritten editing notes.

    Date: November 1988

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Invisible Prince by Francis T. Murphy

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Invisible Prince

    Francis T. Murphy

    Lecture by Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy of the New York State Appellate Division (1977-1997), regarding Machiavellian qualities in the legal profession. Includes speaker introduction and handwritten notes.

    Date: November 1988

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Constitution is Alive and Well by Sol Wachtler

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Constitution is Alive and Well

    Sol Wachtler

    Lecture introduction to Chief Judge Sol Wachtler of the New York Court of Appeals (1985-1992).

    Date: November 1987

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Advocacy: Has It a Future? by Thomas A. Finlay

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Advocacy: Has It a Future?

    Thomas A. Finlay

    Lecture introduction to Chief Justice Thomas A. Finlay of the Supreme Court of Ireland (1985-1994). Handwritten notes are included.

    Date: March 1986

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Office of Chief Judge of a Federal Court of Appeals by Wilfred Feinberg

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Office of Chief Judge of a Federal Court of Appeals

    Wilfred Feinberg

    Lecture introduction to Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1980-1988). Handwritten notes are included.

    Date: October 1984

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Supreme Court of the United States: Managing its Caseload to Achieve its Constitutional Purposes by William T. Coleman Jr.

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Supreme Court of the United States: Managing its Caseload to Achieve its Constitutional Purposes

    William T. Coleman Jr.

    Lecture by William T. Coleman, Jr., partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and former United States Secretary of Transportation (1975-1977), regarding the United States Supreme Court's heavy caseload and the resulting repercussions. Includes speaker introduction.

    Date: May 1983

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Barristers and Judges in England Today by Robert Megarry

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Barristers and Judges in England Today

    Robert Megarry

    Lecture by Vice-Chancellor Robert Megarry of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (1976-1985), regarding the inside workings of the English Barrier System. Includes speaker biography and introduction.

    Date: April 1982

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Intelligence Gathering and the Law: Conflict or Compatibility? by Benjamin R. Civiletti

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Intelligence Gathering and the Law: Conflict or Compatibility?

    Benjamin R. Civiletti

    Lecture by U.S. Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti (1979-1981) discussing how intelligence law should advance in order to maintain a balance between attaining national security and protecting constitutional rights. Document includes a speaker introduction and handwritten notes. A published version of this lecture can be found under Articles.

    Date: January 1980

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Proportionality Rule by William Hughes Mulligan

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Proportionality Rule

    William Hughes Mulligan

    Lecture by Judge William Hughes Mulligan of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1971-1981) and Dean of Fordham University School of Law (1956-1971) regarding the relationship between the judiciary and the legislature in the application of the Eighth Amendment. Document includes a speaker introduction and handwritten notes.

    Date: January 1979

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Attorney General: The Federal Government's Chief Lawyer and Chief Litigator, or One Among Many? by Griffin B. Bell

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Attorney General: The Federal Government's Chief Lawyer and Chief Litigator, or One Among Many?

    Griffin B. Bell

    Speaker introduction to a lecture by U.S. Attorney General Griffin B. Bell (1977-1979) and United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1961-1976). A published version of this lecture can be found under Articles.

    Date: March 1978

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Most Lustrous Branch: Watergate and the Judiciary by Leon Jaworski

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Most Lustrous Branch: Watergate and the Judiciary

    Leon Jaworski

    Lecture by Leon Jaworski of Texas firm Fulbright and Jaworski, former President of the American Bar Association (1971-72) and Watergate Special Prosecutor, regarding the duty of a lawyer in the midst of a publicly scrutinized trial. A published version of this lecture can be found under Articles.

    Date: February 1977

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Minnesota Plan: Mandatory Continuing Education for Lawyers and Judges as a Condition for the Maintaining of Professional Licensing by Robert J. Sheran

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Minnesota Plan: Mandatory Continuing Education for Lawyers and Judges as a Condition for the Maintaining of Professional Licensing

    Robert J. Sheran

    Lecture by Chief Justice Robert J. Sheran of the Supreme Court of Minnesota (1973-1981) regarding mandated continuing education for attorneys as a response from the legal profession to criticism of attorney competence. Includes speaker introduction, as well as handwritten notes.

    Date: December 1975

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Compleat Advocate: Continuing the Dialogue on the Making of the Trial Lawyer by John Widgery

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Compleat Advocate: Continuing the Dialogue on the Making of the Trial Lawyer

    John Widgery

    Lecture by Lord Widgery, Lord Chief Justice John Widgery of England and Wales (1971-1980), regarding the beneficial aspects of medical knowledge to lawyers working as client advocates. Includes speaker introduction.

    Date: January 1975

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Special Skills of Advocacy by Warren E. Burger

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Special Skills of Advocacy

    Warren E. Burger

    Lecture by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of United States Supreme Court (1969-1986) regarding the legal training and the successes of the English legal system. This document is a bound copy of the lecture.

    Date: November 1973

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Special Skills of Advocacy by Warren E. Burger

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Special Skills of Advocacy

    Warren E. Burger

    Lecture by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of United States Supreme Court (1969-1986) regarding the legal training and the successes of the English legal system. Includes speaker introduction, as well as handwritten notes.

    Date: November 1973

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Prison: The Judge's Dilemma by Irving R. Kaufman

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: Prison: The Judge's Dilemma

    Irving R. Kaufman

    Lecture by Judge Irving Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1961-1980) providing his perspective on the role of U.S prison system as well as possible solutions for improvement. Document includes a speaker introduction.

    Date: November 1972

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Role of the Judge by Cearbhall O'Dalaigh

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Role of the Judge

    Cearbhall O'Dalaigh

    Lecture by Judge Cearbhall O'Dalaigh of the Supreme Court of Ireland (1961-1974) and President of Ireland (1974-1976) discussing the various elements of the role of the judge. Document includes a speaker introduction.

    Date: January 1971

  • John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The New Advocacy by Tom Clark

    John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The New Advocacy

    Tom Clark

    Lecture by Justice Tom Clark of the Supreme Court of the United States (1949-1967) and U.S. Attorney General (1945-1949) providing criticisms and solutions to strengthen both the legal profession and education system. Document includes a speaker introduction and handwritten notes.

    Date: January 1970

 
 
 

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