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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 10, 2005
CONTACT: Professor Mark Kende, (515) 271-3354, mark.kende@drake.edu
Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu
RENOWNED SCHOLAR, LAWYER TO DISCUSS HOLOCAUST LITIGATION
Burt Neuborne, one of
the nation's leading constitutional law scholars and lead settlement counsel
in the litigation against Swiss banks arising out of the Holocaust, will give
a lecture on "Holocaust Litigation in American Courts: An Assessment"
at Drake University Law School on Thursday, Oct. 20.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public as part of the Drake Constitutional Law Center Distinguished Lecture Series, will start at 3 p.m. in room 213 of Cartwright Hall, 27th Street and Carpenter Avenue. One hour of continuing legal education (CLE) credit has been applied for.
As lead settlement counsel, Neuborne argued the legal issues and participated in the negotiations that led to the final $1.25 billion settlement with Swiss banks. He also served as a principal lawyer in the litigation against German corporations involving claims of slave labor during World War II that resulted in the establishment of a $5.2 billion German Foundation designed to compensate Holocaust victims. He serves as a United States representative on the German Holocaust Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Neuborne teaches at New York University Law School, where he is the Inez Milholland professor of civil liberties and legal director of the Brennan Center for Justice, which addresses emerging legal issues affecting democracy, poverty and the criminal justice system. He has written numerous books, including "Political and Civil Rights in the United States," and has been one of the country's most active civil liberties lawyers, serving as national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1982-1986. In addition, he was co-counsel to Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold in defense of Congress’s efforts to implement campaign finance reform.
Neuborne earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his law degree from Harvard Law School. He received a Distinguished Teaching Medal from New York University in 1990 and has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The schedule for the rest of the 2005-06 Constitutional Law Center Distinguished Lecture Series is listed below:
The Drake Constitutional Law Center is one of four centers established at American universities by Congress in 1987 to encourage study of the American Constitution, its roots, its formation, its principles and development.
Mark Kende, the James Madison chair professor of constitutional law at Drake Law School, directs the center. He earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Yale University and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to entering academia, he clerked for a federal judge and litigated employment, civil rights and constitutional cases for a Chicago law firm.
For more information about the Drake Constitutional Law Center Distinguished Lecture Series, call (515) 271-2988.
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