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Apr 14 2009
Tuesday 12:00 a.m.    

The Future of the Second Ammendment

Speakers:
Mark DeForrest • Nadine Faird • Alan Gura
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Gonzaga Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 13 2009
Monday 12:00 a.m.    

The Second Amendment After DC v. Heller

Speakers:
Alan Gura • James MacDonald
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Idaho Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 7 2009
Tuesday 6:30 p.m. PDT    

The Future of Gun Control and the Second Amendment After Heller

Thousand Oaks
Speakers:
Alan Gura • Chuck Michel • Lawrence Rosenthal • Adam Winkler
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Gold Coast Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 6 2009
Monday 12:00 p.m.    

The Second Amendment after DC v. Heller

Speakers:
Alan Gura
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
McGeorge Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 2 2009
Thursday 12:00 a.m.    

The Second Amendment after Heller

Speakers:
Alan Gura • Julie Nice
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
San Francisco Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 1 2009
Wednesday 12:00 a.m.    

DC v. Heller and the Future of Gun Control Legislation

Speakers:
Alan Gura
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Santa Clara Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 31 2009
Tuesday 12:00 p.m.    

Second Amendment Rights

Speakers:
David L. Faigman • Alan Gura • Calvin R. Massey • Joel Paul
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
UC College of Law, San Francisco (formerly UC-Hastings)
  • In-Person Event
Mar 9 2009
Monday 12:00 a.m.    

DC v. Heller and the Future of the Second Amendment

Speakers:
Jon Dyke • Alan Gura
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Hawaii Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 3 2009
Tuesday 12:00 p.m.    

The Second Amendment

Speakers:
Alan Gura
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
San Diego Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Feb 24 2009
Tuesday 12:30 p.m.    

The Heller Case and the Future of the Second Amendment

Speakers:
Alan Gura
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Georgia Student Chapter
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Mark DeForrest

Gonzaga University School of Law

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Nadine Faird

Gonzaga University School of Law

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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James MacDonald

University of Idaho College of Law

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Chuck Michel

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Lawrence Rosenthal

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Adam Winkler

Adam Winkler

Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

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Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law. His book We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights was the winner of the 2018 Scribes Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Bar Association's Legal Gavel Award, and the California Book Award. He is also the author of Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America, which did not win any awards but was the subject of a question on the game show Jeopardy!. He is one of the twenty most cited active law professors in judicial opinions, and his writing has appeared in Wall Street Journal, New York Review of Books, Atlantic, and Scotusblog. Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, he clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, practiced law in Los Angeles, and was a John M. Olin fellow at USC Law School.
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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

Biography

Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

Biography

Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Julie Nice

University of San Francisco School of Law

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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David L. Faigman

University of California, Hastings College of Law

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Calvin R. Massey

Calvin R. Massey

Professor, University of California Hastings College of the Law

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Calvin R. MasseyProfessor Calvin R. Massey joined the Hastings faculty in 1987. Prior to teaching at Hastings, he practiced law in San Francisco.

B.A., Whitman College
M.B.A., Harvard University
J.D., Columbia
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Joel Paul

University of California, Hastings College of Law

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Jon Dyke

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

Biography

Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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Alan Gura

Alan Gura

Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Free Speech

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Alan joined the Institute for Free Speech as Vice President for Litigation in February 2021. In this role, Alan directs the Institute’s litigation and legal advocacy, leads our in-house legal team, and manages and works to expand our network of volunteer attorneys.

Prior to joining the Institute, Alan litigated complex federal matters for twenty years, in his own practice and as a partner in various Washington-area firms. He argued and won landmark constitutional cases in the United States Supreme Court and has appeared before numerous appellate and district courts throughout the country. Alan often speaks at law schools and continuing legal education seminars. He also teaches strategic/public interest litigation as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Alan began his career clerking for the Hon. Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, a litigation associate at the Washington office of Sidley Austin, and as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Alan earned his J.D. at Georgetown (1995) and his B.A. at Cornell University (1992). He is an active member in good standing of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and California bars, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district court bars.

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