This is the schedule of PCLP speakers for the Fall of 2008.  All events except as noted will be Wednesday at 12:00 in Room 156.  Events are free and open to the University community, legal community, and the public.  Pizza will be served at 12:05 p.m., the talk will start at 12:20 p.m., and end by 1:20 p.m.  This schedule is subject to change; for the latest information, please consult http://uacj.typepad.com.  CLE credit for Arizona attorneys.

August 27. Scott Greene, Evidence Solutions.  Forensic Examination of Computers in Criminal Cases.

September 3. Geoff Cheshire, ’97, Deputy Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona. Criminal Law and the Border.  Co-Sponsored with the Bacon Immigration Law Program.

September 10. Shelley Clemens, AUSA, District of Arizona.  The Nuts and Bolts of Immigration Prosecution. Co-sponsored with the Bacon Immigration Law Program.

September 17.  NO MEETING.  (The Constitution Day event will take place in the Area Auditorium from 1 to 4, featuring Kenneth Starr, and Dean Massaro and Professors Marcus and Sally Rider)

FRIDAY, September 19. SPECIAL EVENT.  Appellate Courtroom, 12:15 p.m.  Tom Jacobs ’90, defendant’s counsel in Arizona v. Gant, will do a moot argument before a panel of faculty.  He argues in the U.S. Supreme Court on October 7.   Here's the question presented:   THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI IS GRANTED LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: DOES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DEMONSTRATE A THREAT TO THEIR SAFETY OR A NEED TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE CRIME OF ARREST IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY A WARRANTLESS VEHICULAR SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST CONDUCTED AFTER THE VEHICLE'S RECENT OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND SECURED? Briefs here: http://uacj.typepad.com/university_of_arizona_cri/2008/08/supreme-court-a.html

September 24. Mike Polakowski, Ph.D., Professor, Eller College of Management, School of Public Administration and Policy.  The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.

October 1. Michael Moore, Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Chair, Co-Director, Program in Law and Philosophy, University of Illinois College of Law. The Limits of Liberty on the Reach of Criminal Legislation. (related to the paper Freedom, 29 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 9 (2005)).Co-sponsored with the Federalist Society.

October 8.  Patricia Breen, J.D., South Carolina, Ph.D. Student, Maryland. Is there a Trial Penalty/Plea Discount in Military Sentencing?

October 15. Kara Hartzler, Florence Immigration Project. Intersections in Immigration and Arizona Law:  How Possession of Paraphernalia Could Ruin the Phoenix Suns' Chance for a 2009 NBA Championship. Co-Sponsored with the Bacon Immigration Law Program.  Recent Testimony Here.

October 22. Professor Joshua Guetzkow, University of Arizona (Sociology).  The Causes and Consequences of Mass Imprisonment.

October 29. Kristen Kelly, ’03, Deputy Pima County Attorney. Prosecuting Sex Crimes.

TUESDAY, November 4. ARES AUDITORIUM (ROOM 164).  Professor Stephanos Bibas, University of Pennsylvania. Originalism and Formalism in Criminal Procedure: The Triumph of Justice Scalia, the Unlikely Friend of Criminal Defendants? (paper available here) Co-Sponsored with the Federalist Society. (No Wednesday meeting this week).

November 12. Lindy Funkhouser, Assistant Pima County Administrator for Justice and Law Enforcement.  Financing the Criminal Justice System.

November 19. Jerry Landau, Government Affairs Director, Arizona Supreme Court-Administrative Office of Courts.  Reorganizing the Arizona Criminal Sentencing Code. (link to bill summary here).

November 26.  No Speaker.   Thanksgiving Break.

December 3. U.S. Border Patrol Section Chief Robert Gilbert. Progress in Motion: The Evolution of Border Security in Arizona.  Co-Sponsored with the Bacon Immigration Law Program.

For more information about the series, please contact Roger Hartley at rhartley@eller.arizona.edu, 520.621.3788, or Gabriel “Jack” Chin at jack.chin@law.arizona.edu, (520) 626-6004.