Overlawyered » live in person http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fordham Law School tomorrow http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/fordham-law-school-tomorrow/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/fordham-law-school-tomorrow/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:38:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27545 I’ll be speaking about my book Schools for Misrule tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30 at Fordham Law School in New York City. The Federalist Society is sponsoring, and Prof. Zephyr Teachout will provide critical commentary. The event is open to the public, so feel free to introduce yourself afterward as an Overlawyered reader.

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Feb. 14 Fordham (NYC)
Feb. 22 Brooklyn Law School (midday)
Feb. 22 Yale (New Haven; evening)
Feb. 27 Syracuse
Feb. 28 Cleveland/Marshall
Mar. 1 Pitt
Mar. 7 Emory (Atlanta)
Mar. 19 Boston U.
Apr. 11 Vanderbilt (Nashville)

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/my-spring-speaking-schedule/feed/ 0 Coming Carolina and Colorado appearances http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/coming-carolina-and-colorado-appearances/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/coming-carolina-and-colorado-appearances/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:18:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26006 Today I’m talking to state legislators courtesy of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Next week I head off for luncheon talks about my new book Schools for Misrule before Federalist Society lawyers’ chapters in Greenville, S.C. on Wed. Dec. 7, and Charlotte, N.C. on Thurs. Dec. 8. And then the following week I keynote the annual luncheon of the Colorado Civil Justice League Dec. 13 in Denver. If you’re in the audience, do introduce yourself!

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To book me for a speech at your group, contact Diane Morris at dmorris – at – cato – dot -org or contact me directly at editor – at – overlawyered – dot – com.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/upcoming-midwest-speeches/feed/ 0 Fall speaking (and your chance to book): Chicago, S.C., Denver… http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/fall-speaking-and-your-chance-to-book-chicago-s-c-denver/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/fall-speaking-and-your-chance-to-book-chicago-s-c-denver/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:02:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24944 I’m currently planning speaking trips that will take me to Chicago Nov. 7-8, Greenville, S.C. Dec. 7, Denver Dec. 13, and possibly Phoenix Dec. 1. If you’ve got a speaker’s series or organization that’s in one of these places or an easy travel jump away, consider saving on travel expenses by booking me for a talk around these dates. You can contact me directly at editor – [at] – overlawyered – dot – com or Diane Morris at the Cato Institute: dmorris – [at] – cato – dot – org.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/fall-speaking-and-your-chance-to-book-chicago-s-c-denver/feed/ 0 Upcoming speeches: Washington & Lee, University of Virginia http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/upcoming-speeches-washington-lee-university-of-virginia/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/upcoming-speeches-washington-lee-university-of-virginia/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:30:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24726 I’ll be speaking this week at two law schools in Virginia, courtesy of the local Federalist Society chapters, about my new book Schools for Misrule. At noon Wednesday I’ll be talking to students at Washington & Lee in Lexington, Va., and then at noon Thursday I’ll speak at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, with Prof. J. Gordon Hylton slated to respond. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my past visits to both schools and expect that these will be a treat as well. If you’re in the area, consider dropping by.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/live-stream-tomorrow-morning-supreme-court-briefing/feed/ 0 Law school appearances: AU, Dickinson http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/law-school-appearances-au-dickinson/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/law-school-appearances-au-dickinson/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:11:05 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22438 Following my swing last week through Colorado, Wyoming and McGeorge (Sacramento), I’m speaking at lunchtime today at American University-Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. And — this one a new last-minute booking — on Monday I’m scheduled to speak at Dickinson/Penn State in Carlisle, Pa. (simulcast at the State College campus). Events are sponsored by the Federalist Society and I’ll be discussing Schools for Misrule, my new book on law school progressivism.

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I was joined on March 3 by Roger Pilon, who directs Cato’s project on law and the Constitution, and by distinguished federal judge Douglas Ginsburg of the D.C. Circuit, who commented. You can also watch it (possibly in a larger format) at the Cato site.

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