The Presidential Election and Judicial Appointments
Sacramento Lawyers Chapter
Speaker:
- Professor David Stras, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Speaker:
- Professor David Stras, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Professor David Stras teaches and writes in the areas of federal courts and jurisdiction, constitutional law, criminal law, law and politics, and law and economics. His current research focuses on the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a frequent television and radio commentator on issues relating to the federal judiciary, particularly with respect to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is also an adjunct faculty member of the University of Minnesota Political Science Department. Professor Stras also recently became a co-director of the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota. Professor Stras received his B.A. degree, with highest distinction, and his M.B.A. from the University of Kansas. He received his law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1999, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Criminal Procedure Edition of the Kansas Law Review. Following law school, Professor Stras clerked for The Honorable Melvin Brunetti of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then for The Honorable J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2001 to 2002, he practiced white-collar criminal and appellate litigation with the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. Following his year in practice, he clerked for The Honorable Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Cost: $20.00 ($10.00 for law students) for lunch and 1 hour of MCLE credit.
Entrée Options: Beef, Chicken, or Vegetarian (specify one)
RSVP: Eric Grant (916-691-0362) or [email protected]
Mail Checks: Federalist Society, P.O. Box 189422, Sacramento, CA 95822
