FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2005

CONTACT: Daniel Finney, (515) 271-2833, daniel.finney@drake.edu

GEORGETOWN ASSOCIATE LAW DEAN TO SPEAK AT DRAKE UNIVERSITYity

Vicki Jackson, associate dean for research and academic programs at Georgetown University Law Center, will deliver a speech titled “What Does Proportionality Have to Do with Constitutional Law? Or, What Do Hate Speech Bans and National Security Laws Have in Common?” on Wednesday, March 2 at the Drake Law School.

Jackson earned her law degree from Yale Law School, clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court and practiced law before joining the Georgetown faculty. She teaches courses in constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, federal courts, the Supreme Court and on gender-related subjects. Jackson has published numerous articles and books on these subjects.

The speech, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in Cartwright Hall room 213, 27th Street and Carpenter Avenue.

Jackson’s speech is the last in the 2004-2005 Distinguished Lecture Series presented by the Constitutional Law Center at the Drake Law School. For more information, contact the Drake Law School at (515) 271-2988.

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