A Latin inscription above Harvard Law School’s Langdell Hall reads “Not under man, but under God and the law.”
University of Texas Law School professor and noted constitutional scholar Sanford Levinson will explore the meaning of that phrase—and its wider implications for the rule of law and religion in public life—during the David Cobin Memorial Lecture Thursday, March 28, at 6 pm, in the Mitchell Hamline Auditorium. Mitchell Hamline Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Clifford Greene will moderate the discussion. A 5 pm reception will be held before the event.
This lecture series honors the legacy of David Cobin, a professor at Hamline Law for 33 years who passed away in 2011. David was the founder and director of the Hamline-Hebrew University Joint Program in Law, a summer program that later became Conflict Resolution from Religious Traditions, a program that Mitchell Hamline’s Dispute Resolution Institute still operates today. His wife Susan described that work was “the most important and most rewarding part of his career”.
Mitchell Hamline professor Marie Failinger says the lecture series is a fitting tribute to Cobin, who loved learning from everybody, including his students. “We keep his spirit alive by engaging—in this lecture series—the complicated problems in Jewish Law and Constitutional Law that he so delighted in discussing.”
Tickets are $15 for those seeking CLE credit. Tickets are free for all others not seeking CLE credit, although registration is still required.