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N E W S FROM THE FACULTY
Constitutional T h e o ry at the Un i versity of
Oklahoma College of Law, the Wi t k i n
L e c t u re on the Su p reme Court at the
California State Bar in San Diego, and a
l e c t u re on federalization of criminal and civil
law matters at the Federal Bar Association
c o n vention in Cleveland. He participated in a
day-long conference on the Su p reme Court at
Pe p p e rdine Law School, spoke on the
Su p reme Court and federalism at a confere n c e
at Oklahoma City Un i versity Law School,
and delive red a paper on the symbolic value of
the jury at a Brooklyn Law School confere n c e .
In Oc t o b e r, he spoke to federal public
defenders about the recent Su p reme Court
ruling in Ap p rendi v. New Je r s e y. He also spoke
about professional responsibility at the
National Conference of Ba n k ruptcy Judges in
Boston and discussed constitutional law at the
Practicing Law Institute and at a gathering of
New Yo rk appellate judges. In Nove m b e r, he
l e c t u red on constitutional law to Fl o r i d a
appellate judges and on free press—fair trial
issues to a Florida meeting of the
Organization of Court Public In f o r m a t i o n
Of ficers. He spoke on sove reign immunity to
the New Yo rk attorney general’s office and at
a national workshop for bankruptcy judges in
Atlanta, and he participated in a symposium
on the federal appointments process at
William and Ma ry Law School. In addition,
he spoke on recent Su p reme Court decisions
at Federal Judicial Center workshops for
federal judges in Washington, D.C., and
s e veral Circuit Court s .
David B. Cruz
David Cruz published “‘The Sexual Fre e d o m
C a s e s’? Contraception, Ab o rtion, Ab s t i n e n c e
and the Constitution” in the Ha rva rd Ci v i l
R i g h t s - Civil Li b e rties Law Re v i e w, Vol. 35
(2000). He presented “Civil Marriage as a
Symbolic In s t i t u t i o n” at the joint confere n c e
of the Asian Pacific American Law Fa c u l t y
and the Western Regional Law Teachers of
C o l o r, Justice and the Rainbow in Ha w a i i ,
and “Religious Speech, Government Sp e e c h
and Marriage as Sp e e c h” at the Na t i o n a l
Lesbian and Gay Law Association’s annual
c o n f e rence, Lavender Law 2000, in
Washington, D.C.
Mary L. Dudziak
Ma ry Du d z i a k’s book, Cold War Civil Rights:
Race and the Image of American De m o c ra c y,
was published by Princeton Un i versity Pre s s .
Her article “Josephine Ba k e r, Racial Pro t e s t
and the Cold Wa r,” which originally appeare d
in the Jo u rnal of American Hi s t o ry, was
included in Global Critical Race Feminism: An
In t e rnational Re a d e r ( New Yo rk Un i ve r s i t y
Press, 2000). She published another art i c l e ,
“ Giving Capital Offense: How America’s
Addiction to the Ultimate Punishment is
Un d e rcutting its Criticism of Injustice in
Other Countries,” in the Oc t o b e r / Nove m b e r
issue of Civilization Ma g a z i n e. In Se p t e m b e r,
Professor Dudziak presented “Bi r m i n g h a m ,
Addis Ababa and the Image of America:
International Influence on Civil Rights
Reform During the Kennedy Ye a r s” at the
annual meeting of the American Po l i t i c a l
Science Association in Washington, D.C. Sh e
was a panelist at the annual meeting of the
American Studies Association, where she
discussed how James Bl u e’s film “T h e
Ma rch,” a propaganda piece about the 1963
civil rights Ma rch on Washington, helped
shape international opinion on race in
America. She also chaired a panel on
“ C o n s t ructing Postwar Rights in World Wa r
II America” at the annual meeting of the
American Society for Legal Hi s t o ry in
Princeton, N.J., in Oc t o b e r. At USC,
Professor Dudziak moderated a panel discussion
on “Politics, the Su p reme Court and the
Presidential El e c t i o n” sponsored by the Law
S c h o o l’s chapters of the National Lawye r s
Guild and the Federalist So c i e t y. She was
recently appointed chair of the nominating
committee for the American Society for Legal
Hi s t o ry.
Susan Estrich
Susan Estrich, Ro b e rt Kingsley Professor of
Law and Political Science, published Sex &
Powe r ( Penguin Putnam). The book was
e xcerpted in Ne w s we e kand M s . magazine and
re c e i ved positive re v i ews in the New Yo rk
Ti m e s’ “ Sunday Book Re v i ew.” She wro t e
related articles for The Nation, The Am e r i c a n
L a w ye r, Ha r p e r’s Ba z a a r, Cosmopolitan a n d
Ge o r g e, and feature stories about the book
a p p e a red in Wo rking Woman, Go o d
Ho u s e k e e p i n gand the Chicago Tr i b u n e s y n d i-
cate. She discussed her book on the “To d a y”
s h ow, “Politically In c o r rect,” ABC, MSNBC,
CNN, CNBC and local television stations in
eight cities. In Oc t o b e r, Professor Estrich and
R i c h a rd Epstein, a professor at the Un i ve r s i t y
of Chicago Law School, engaged in an
academic conversation in the Internet magazine
Sl a t e. Their discussion focused on topics
ranging from the presidential campaign and
health care to the minimum wage and capital
punishment. Professor Estrich’s expertise in
election law was tapped by numerous national
media outlets during the presidential election.
She has joined the board of the Los Angeles
Legal Aid Foundation and served as emcee for
the foundation’s annual dinner. She also spoke
at the Fisher Institute at the Un i versity of
California, Be rk e l e y, the Atlanta Wo m e n’s
Foundation, Women of Los Angeles —
To m o r row’s Leaders To d a y, the Jew i s h
Federation of Cleveland, and to the So u t h e r n
California Guidance Counselors. In addition,
she was a campaign consultant to Jo n
C o rzine, former chairman of Goldman and
Sachs, who was elected last fall to the U.S.
Senate by New Jersey vo t e r s .
Ronald R. Garet
Ronald Ga ret, Carolyn Craig Fr a n k l i n
Professor of Law and Religion, participated in
a panel discussion moderated by Wa s h i n g t o n
Post columnist E.J. Dionne discussing the ro l e
of God and religion in the “American experi
m e n t . ”
< Left to Right:
Erwin Chemerinsky
David Cruz
Mary Dudziak
Susan Estrich
Ronald Garet
USCLAW s p r i n g 2001
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