Law and the Gospel of Life II (5/31/2013)

Fri, 31 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/31/2013	Start Time:	6:00 PM
End Date:	5/31/2013	End Time:	8:00 PM

Lincoln Center Campus - Fordham University School of Law
Room: James B.M. McNally Amphitheatre

After the inaugural lecture delivered by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the series continues this year, with Erika Bachiochi to offer an approach to sexual equality and reproductive justice inspired by Catholic principles of embodiedness, sexual equality in difference, and solidarity.

"The "feminist" question is at the heart of much debate in law and politics today, with ever-rancorous division on the issues of abortion, contraception, the role of women and men in the family and wider society. Bachiochi will explore the respective presuppositions of secular feminists and "new (Catholic) feminists", discuss trends in abortion law and sexual economics, and consider common goals and potential opportunities for collaboration.

Speaker:
Erika Bachiochi

A legal scholar on American Constitutional Law and feminist legal theory. She has a JD magna cum laude from Boston University School of Law, and an MA with distinction from Boston College, where she was a Bradley Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Religion and Politics. She obtained her BA magna cum laude in Political Science and Sociology from Middlebury College. Bachiochi has been published in leading scholarly publications such as the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Oxford University journal, Christian Bioethics. In addition, in 2004, Bachiochi published The Cost of Choice: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion, and in 2010, Women, Sex & the Church: A Case for Catholic Teaching. She has lectured at Harvard, Harvard Law, Princeton, Dartmouth, and other colleges and law schools throughout the country.

Response: Adjunct Professor Kathleen Scanlon, Fordham University School of Law

Scanlon is the founder and principal of the Law Offices of Kathleen M. Scanlon, PLLC in New York, NY. Ms. Scanlon is an experienced litigator and advocate representing clients in a broad-range of matters, including business disputes and ethical responsibility matters. Ms. Scanlon was lead counsel for Plaintiffs in the Application of FEMINISTS CHOOSING LIFE OF NEW YORK, INC., et al v. EMPIRE STATE STEM CELL BOARD, and RICHARD F. DAINES, M.D., as COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Prior to founding her own firm, Ms. Scanlon practiced law with major law firms in New York City. Ms. Scanlon is a long-standing Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law School where she teaches International Arbitration, ADR and Professional Responsibility courses. Ms. Scanlon is a graduate of Brown University (A.B. Economics, 1981, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1986, cum laude) where she was an Associate Editor of the Fordham law Review.

Free and open to the public.

CLE credits: you can pay at the door (by check or cash) or send your check to Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer's Work, Fordham Law School, room 407, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023

CLE: $65 ($55 for Fordham Law alumni and public interest attorneys) to receive 2 non-transitional professional practice credits. Fordham has a hardship policy for this course. To apply, please submit a written request to: Director of Public Programming & CLE, Fordham Law School, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 | F: 212-636-6984

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