Constitution Day 2008

"The Courts and Executive Power"

Wednesday, September 17

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Ceremonial Moot Court Room, University of Maryland School of Law

(500 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201)

Co-sponsors: University of Maryland School of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore, League of Women Voters of Maryland, and the League of Women Voters Education Fund.  This event is supported (in part) by a grant from the Program on Constitutional and Legal Policy of the Open Society Institute.

Agenda: Welcomes, Introductions, Panel Presentations, Q & A Session, Reception.

Moderator: Michael Van Alstine, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law, UMD School of Law

Panelists (All from University of Maryland School of Law):

· Michael Greenberger, Law School Professor and Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security

· Peter Quint, Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutional Law

· Jane Singer, Professor of Law 

· Gordon Young, Marbury Research Professor of Law.

RSVPs; Required. RSVPs (include name, contact info, local League, and car driver name) should be sent to andreagruhl@aol.com by Sept. 11. The room has 100 seats. Our $ 500.00 LWV Education Fund grant requires 50 - 80 non-League attendees. UMD School of Law students will be the attendees along with 30 Leaguers.  Each Local League across Maryland is asked to have one representative attend.  The LWVMD Executive Board will be seated. Remaining League seats open. Substitutes OK. Optional waiting list.  Some grant money will be used to prepay parking garage fees ($8 for 3 hours) for League drivers.  Mileage will be partially reimbursed.  Carpools are urged. 

Directions:  From Route I-95 (North or South): Take Route. 395 (downtown Baltimore) and exit onto Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., staying in the right lane. At the fourth traffic light, turn right onto Baltimore St.; turn left at second traffic light onto Paca St.; turn right into the entrance for the Baltimore Grand Garage (visitor parking).