National Events
A Legacy of Liberty – Celebrating Lincoln's Bicentennial
Tuesday, April 28
Breakfast with the Close-Up Foundation
Teachers from around the nation will hear from professor and Lincoln scholar, Paul Finkelman.
The ABA Division for Public Education and Close-Up Foundation will co-host this event.
Wednesday, April 29
Dialogue on Lincoln
Duke Ellington School for the Arts
Washington, DC
The ABA will conduct a Dialogue with students at Duke Ellington. The Dialogue will focus on three areas of discussion: Lincoln’s life, including his career as a lawyer; his decisions as a wartime president; and the portrayal of his image in the media. For more information on conducting your own Dialogue, visit http://www.abanet.org/publiced/features/dialogues.html.
Thursday, April 30
The Leon Jaworski Public Program
Lincoln as Lawyer, Lincoln as Orator
Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC.
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For event details, visit http://www.abanet.org/publiced/jaworski.html.
For more information on Law Day, visit www.lawday.org.
In celebration of Law Day on May 1st, the Law Library of Congress will examine one of the most profound pieces of legislation to affect United States history: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. A panel of distinguished thinkers will convene to examine some of the ambiguities, the document's far-reaching effects and the man who penned it.
Moderated by The News Hour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman, the panelists will include:
The Honorable G. K. Butterfield Member of U.S. House of Representatives (D-NC)
The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr. Member of U.S. House of
Representatives (D-IL)
Dean Kurt Schmoke, Howard University
Professor Emeritus Roger Wilkins, George Mason University
The discussion will be held on Friday, May 1, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Members’ Room in the Jefferson Building, on First Street across from the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Some of the Library’s unusual copies of the Proclamation will also be on display.
The event has been sponsored by the Friends of the Law Library of Congress and is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Advance reservations are required (202-707-9834, email). ADA accommodations must be requested 5 business days in advance by calling 202-707-6362 (voice/TTY) or email.
The United States Court of Federal Claims will be celebrating its 6th Annual Law Day Observance on May 8, 2009, at the Willard Intercontinental, Washington, DC. Our special guest speaker, Lincoln scholar Chief Justice (ret) Frank J. Williams of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, is a noted author and lecturer and his talk promises to be insightful and enlightening. Please visit www.cfcbar.org for more details and registration information.
