{"id":54467,"date":"2016-12-29T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=54467"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:47:58","slug":"renowned-legal-experts-offer-public-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/29\/renowned-legal-experts-offer-public-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned legal experts offer public lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_54473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54473\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/manoa-barry-scheck-lawschool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/manoa-barry-scheck-lawschool.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/manoa-barry-scheck-lawschool-184x260.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barry Scheck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> will host outstanding legal scholars during the 2017 January-Term, January 9&#8211;13. Classes on Friday, January 13, will be free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the line-up is professor\u00a0Barry Scheck, co-founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.innocenceproject.org\/\">Innocence Project<\/a> that has been responsible for exonerating more than 300 innocent prisoners nationwide since its launch 25 years ago. Scheck is a professor of law at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardozo.yu.edu\/\">Cardozo School of Law<\/a> in New York City. Ira Rosen, a producer of <abbr title=\"Columbia Broadcasting System\">CBS<\/abbr> News&#8217; <em>60 Minutes<\/em>, will join him as they\u00a0share insights about investigative journalism and its legal implications. Scheck and Rosen present on January 13, 1:30&#8211;3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional speakers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday, January 13, 9&#8211;11:15 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kristen Stilt, the Frank Boas Visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard Law<\/a> Professor and expert on Islamic Law, will explore the range of laws that affect animals, including companion animals, farm animals and animals used in experimentation.<\/li>\n<li>Robin West, the Frederick Haas professor of law and philosophy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/\">Georgetown University Law Center<\/a>, will examine the treatment of political and legal outsiders in law and literature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, January 13, 5:30&#8211;7:45 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carol Sanger, the Barbara Aronstein Black professor of law at <a href=\"http:\/\/web.law.columbia.edu\/\">Columbia Law School<\/a>, will teach\u00a0abortion regulation, including the idea that abortion law cannot be understood without grasping various non-legal sources of support and opposition.<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Waldron, a university professor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/\">New York University<\/a>, will explore the concept of &ldquo;human dignity&rdquo; in modern constitutional and human rights law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parking is available for $5 before 4 p.m. and $6 after 4 p.m. in the parking structure.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawaii Innocence Project Fundraiser<\/h2>\n<p>Tickets are still available for the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Innocence Project Fundraiser at Caf&#233; Julia, located at the downtown <abbr title=\"Young Women's Christian Association\">YWCA<\/abbr> at 1040 Richards Street, from 5:30 t0 8:30 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Bar Foundations. Proceeds from the event will help cover the extensive costs associated with representing the wrongfully convicted in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, proving their innocence, and gaining their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>For fundraiser tickets that include pupus and entertainment, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hawaii-innocence-project-presents-2nd-annual-pau-hana-to-free-the-innocent-tickets-29905399856\">Eventbrite<\/a>. Tickets are $150.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=8343\"><em>A William S. Richardson School of Law news release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck and <em>60 Minutes<\/em> producer Ira Rosen headline law school lecture series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[9,68],"class_list":["post-54467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54467"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113295,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467\/revisions\/113295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}