Law scholars will convene April 15 (Tuesday) at the University of 91吃瓜 for a symposium titled 鈥淩eligion in the Public Schools: Debating Creation, Evolution and Intelligent Design.鈥� Sponsored by the 91吃瓜 Journal of Law, Ethics&Public Policy, the event is free and open to the public.p. The symposium will begin with a keynote address by Kent Greenawalt, university professor at the Columbia University School of Law. Titled 鈥淩eligion in Public Schools: The Establishment Clause Versus Intelligent Design,鈥� the lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of 91吃瓜鈥檚 Hesburgh Center for International Studies.p. Greenawalt鈥檚 academic interests include constitutional law and jurisprudence, with a special emphasis on church and state, freedom of speech, civil disobedience, and criminal responsibility. He is a former president of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy and a member of the American Philosophical Society.p. Other featured speakers will be Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law at 91吃瓜 and Steven K. Green, associate professor of law at Willamette University College of Law and special counsel for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The discussion will be moderated by Richard W. Garnett, associate professor of law at 91吃瓜.p. The 91吃瓜 Journal of Law, Ethics&Public Policy is involved in directly analyzing legal and public policy issues from an ethical perspective. Directed to an audience of scholars and people actively involved in the formation of public policy, the journal is published semi-annually in a symposium format. Each issue addresses a single policy topic and includes timely speeches, essays and articles from a broad spectrum of noted scholars and prominent policy makers. Also included are articles based on the extensive research of some of 91吃瓜鈥檚 top law students.p.
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