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Robert W. Kastenmeier
This lecture is supported by the fund established to honor Robert W. Kastenmeier, an outstanding graduate of University of Wisconsin Law School, who served with great distinction in the United States Congress from 1958–1990. During his tenure, Congressman Kastenmeier made special contributions to the improvement of the judiciary and to the field of intellectual property law. He drafted the rules for the House Committee on the Judiciary that were used for the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon, as well as the articles of impeachment against Judge Harry Claiborne. In 1985, Congressman Kastenmeier received the Warren E. Burger Award, presented by the Institute for Court Management, and the Service Award of the National Center for State Courts. In 1988, American Judicature Society honored him with its Justice Award for his contributions to improving the administration of justice.
The Kastenmeier Fund was created to recognize these contributions by fostering important legal scholarship in the fields of intellectual property, corrections, administration of justice, and civil liberties. It is a fitting tribute to the leadership of Robert W. Kastenmeier in these areas.
Planning Committee: Peter Carstensen and Anuj Desai
Supreme Court of the United States
4 p.m., Thursday, September 8, 2016
Shannon Hall
Wisconsin Union Theater
800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
Questions? Contact Kimberly Raether at 608-890-0140.
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Biography
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954, in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. She earned her bachelor’s degree in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude, the university's highest academic honor. In 1979, she earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. From 1979 to 1984, she served as assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. She then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia & Harcourt, where she served as an associate and then partner from 1984 to 1992. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, and she served in that role from 1992 to 1998. She served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998 to 2009. President Barack Obama nominated her as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role on August 8, 2009.
Previous Kastenmeier Events
| 2015 | Lecture: A History of the USA FREEDOM Act Congressman James Sensenbrenner |
| 2014 | Lecture: Just Mercy: Confronting Mass Incarceration and Excessive Punishment in America Mr. Bryan Stevenson |
| 2013 | Lecture: Crossing the Line: Watergate, the Criminal Law and Ethics Mr. John Dean |
| 2012 | Lecture: Software Patents and the Return of Functional Claiming Professor Mark A. Lemley |
| 2011 | Lecture: Bridging the Divide between Congress and the Courts The Honorable Barbara Crabb |
| 2010 | Lecture: Afghanistan: What Are We Fighting For? Mr. Bob Herbert |
| 2009 | Lecture: Re-Imagining Criminal Justice: Implications for Practice, Research and Teaching Professor Walter Dickey Professor Cecelia Klingele Professor Michael Scott |
| 2008 | Lecture: Economic Injustice The Honorable David Obey
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| 2007 | Lecture: The National Security Constitution in a Time of Terror
Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Congressman Tom Petri,
and Senator Russ Feingold |
| 2006 | Lecture: The Law in Action: What the Bayh-Dole Act Means to the University of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin and an Effective National Science Policy Dr. Carl Gulbrandsen
With remarks from The Honorable Birch Bayh |
| 2005 | Lecture: The Iraq War: Lessons from the Past The Honorable George McGovern
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2004 | Lectures: Civil Rights Act of 1964: Hopes and Promises
Professor Frank Tuerkheimer
Bob Kastenmeier and 1960s Civil Rights Legislation: Leadership Through Commitment and Foresight Professor Roger Wilkins
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2003 | Lecture: The Forgotten Balance of Robert Kastenmeier Professor Lawrence Lessig
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2002 | Lecture: Civil Liberties in a Time of Terror Mr. Anthony Lewis
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| 2001 | Colloquium: Sentencing Criminals: After a Quarter Century of Reform, Where Are We? Professor Douglas Berman, Professor Michael Smith, The Honorable John Steer, led by moderator Mr. Thomas W. Hutchison |
| 2000 | Colloquium: From the Bill of Rights to the Internet: Protecting Privacy Rights and Interests in the New Millennium Mr. Martin Abrams, Professor Deirdre Mulligan and Professor Paul Schwartz, led by moderator Mr. Robert Gellman |
| 1999 | Colloquium: From Watergate to the Present: Impeachment, Presidential Accountability, and the Separation of Powers David Broder Panel: The Honorable Robert F. Drinan, Professor Michael Gerhardt, Professor Stanley Kutler, and Professor Frank Tuerkheimer |
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1997 | Lecture: The Transformation of American Copyright Law Professor Paul Goldstein
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1996 | Lecture: Political Extremism: Is It New, Is It Worse, Is It Curable? The Honorable Abner J. Mikva
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1995 | Symposium: Is Effective Crime Policy Possible? |
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1993 | Symposium: Computer Software Protection: Reinventing Intellectual Property |
| 1992 | Lecture: Seen in a Glass Darkly: The Future of the Federal Courts Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
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Audio & Video of Previous Events
Kastenmeier Lecture 2007
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Kastenmeier Lecture 2006
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Kastenmeier Lecture 2005
