David H. Bodiker Lecture on Criminal Justice

September 24, 2009 | Noon - 1:20 p.m.

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The inaugural David H. Bodiker Lecture on Criminal Justice, featuring Michael E. Tigar, Professor of the Practice of Law at Duke Law School, will be held Thursday, September 24 at noon in Saxbe Auditorium. Boxed lunches will be provided.

Parking is available at the South Gateway Garage, accessible by East 11th or East 9th Avenues. (See Directions)

About Professor Tigar

Professor Tigar is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Thinking About Terrorism: The Threat to Civil Liberties in Times of National Emergency, Fighting Injustice, Examining Witnesses (2d ed.), Persuasion: The Litigator's Art, and Law and the Rise of Capitalism (2d ed.). He has also written three plays and dozens of law review articles.

He has argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and dozens of federal appeals. Professor Tigar has represented The Washington Post, John Connally, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Scott McClellan, Rep. Ronald Dellums, and Mobil Oil, among others.

Professor Tigar was an associate and partner at Williams & Connolly and partner in his own firm, Tigar & Buffone. Since 1996, he has been associated in law practice with his wife Jane B. Tigar. He has been acting professor of law at UCLA, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Law at the University of Texas, and holder of an endowed professorship at Washington College of Law, where he is professor emeritus. He has been a visiting professor at the Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques, Université Paul Cezanne, Aix-en-Provence.

He received his bachelor’s degree and law degree from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley.

About the David H. Bodiker Lecture Series on Criminal Justice

The David H. Bodiker Lecture Series on Criminal Justice was established at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in February 2008 to honor the spirit, dedication, and passion of David H. Bodiker, who served as the Ohio Public Defender from 1994 until his retirement in December 2007.

Bodiker, a 1963 Moritz graduate and attorney in the private practice of law for many years in Columbus, was a fierce advocate for the poor in Ohio’s criminal justice system and was singular in his tenacious and relentless advocacy for the rights of Death Row inmates.

The purpose of The David H. Bodiker Lecture Series is to promote, improve, and advance the highest level of academic and professional interest in protecting the constitutional rights of the defendant in the criminal justice system through an annual lecture series at The Moritz College of Law. Each year the featured lecturer will be a nationally known authority who will make a presentation to law students and interested professionals at The Moritz College of Law. The lecture will be published in the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law.