Law Women's Caucus to Host Helen Hamilton DayHow the American Legal and Constitutional Culture Has Placed Women and Children at Risk April 21, 2008 LEADING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLAR TO SPEAK AT UND “How the American Legal and Constitutional Culture Has Placed Women and Children at Risk” is the theme of Helen Hamilton Day 2008, sponsored by Law Women’s Caucus and the Multicultural Awareness Committee at UND. Marci Hamilton, one of the country’s leading constitutional law scholars, will give two presentations on the topic - at 10 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. on Monday, April 21, in the Baker Courtroom of the Law School. Both events are free and open to the public. A lunch will be served outside the Baker Courtroom at 12:30 p.m. Hamilton is frequently asked to advise Congress and state legislatures on the constitutionality of pending legislation. She is a visiting professor and senior research fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She has authored “Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children” and “God Vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law.” She has also appeared on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Bio
Professor Hamilton holds the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and the Founding Director of the Cardozo Intellectual Property Law Program. She is the author of Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children (Cambridge 2008) and God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press 2005, 2007). She is also a columnist on constitutional issues for www.findlaw.com, where her column appears every other Thursday. Professor Hamilton is frequently asked to advise Congress and state legislatures on the constitutionality of pending legislation and to consult in cases involving important constitutional issues. She is the First Amendment and constitutional law advisor for victims in many clergy abuse cases involving many religious institutions, including the federal bankruptcies filed by the Portland Archdiocese, Spokane Diocese, and San Diego Diocese. She also advises cities and neighborhoods in cutting edge cases dealing with the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. She was lead counsel for the City of Boerne, Texas, in Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), before the Supreme Court in its seminal federalism and church/state case holding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act unconstitutional. Professor Hamilton clerked for Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the United States Supreme Court and Judge Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. She also received her M.A. in Philosophy and M.A., high honors, in English from Pennsylvania State University, and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University.
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Marci A. Hamilton is one of the United States’ leading constitutional law scholars, specializing in church/state and representation issues. During the academic year 2007-08, she is a Visiting Professor of Public Affairs and the Kathleen and Martin Crane Senior Research Fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. 
