Legacies of Lincoln Conference

This year marks the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and, of particular regional interest, the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's remarkable speech on free-labor ideology at the Wisconsin State Fair (this speech was delivered in Milwaukee on
September 30, 1859). To commemorate these events, Marquette University is pleased to convene a conference featuring prominent historians and lawyers who will address Lincoln in the context of politics, the Constitution, and his legal career.

The conference will begin Thursday, October 1, with the Department of History's annual Klement Lecture. Renowned Lincoln historian Allen C. Guelzo, of Gettybsurg College, will address Colonel Utley's Emancipation: The Strange Case of President Lincoln and His Bid to Become a Slaveowner. The lecture, preceded by a reception, will take place in the Monaghan Memorial Ballroom of the Alumni Memorial Union (6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. lecture).

The next day, Friday, October 2, features at the Law School three panels led by distinguished scholars, focusing on Lincoln and Politics (led by Heather Cox Richardson of the University of Massachusetts), Lincoln and the Constitution (led by Michael Les Benedict of The Ohio State University), and Lincoln the Lawyer (led by Mark Steiner of the South Texas College of Law).

The public is warmly invited to attend this conference, which will appeal not only to Lincoln enthusiasts but those generally wishing to learn more about this lawyer, politician, and statesman whose thoughts, words, and deeds still deeply resonate in American society.

Thursday, October 1

Klement Lecture

Annually presented by the Marquette University Department of History
Monaghan Memorial Ballroom, Alumni Memorial Union
Marquette University
1442 West Wisconsin Ave.

Reception 6 p.m.

Program begins 6:30 p.m.

Colonel Utley's Emancipation: The Strange Case of President Lincoln and His Bid to Become a Slaveowner
Allen C. Guelzo
Luce Professor of Civil War Era Studies and Professor of History, Gettysburg College

Friday, October 2

Legacies of Lincoln - SOLD OUT

Marquette University Law School
Sensenbrenner Hall, Third Floor
1103 West Wisconsin Ave.

Registration 8:30 a.m.

Welcome 9 a.m.
Joseph D. Kearney
Dean and Professor of Law, Marquette University

Lincoln and Politics 9:15 a.m.

Heather Cox Richardson
Professor of History, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Alison Clark Efford
Assistant Professor of History, Marquette University

James Marten
Professor of History, Marquette University

There will be a break around 10:50

Lincoln and the Constitution 11 a.m.

Michael Les Benedict
Professor Emeritus of History, The Ohio State University

Stephen Kantrowitz
Professor of History, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Kate Masur
Assistant Professor of History, Northwestern University

Lunch 12:30 p.m.

Lincoln as Lawyer 1:15 p.m.

Mark E. Steiner
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law

Joseph A. Ranney
Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette University; Partner, DeWitt Ross & Stevens

Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette University; Partner, Foley & Lardner

CLE
4.5 hours applied for (Friday conference)

Registration
Registration is required.
You may register here, fax your response to
(414) 288-7361, or mail the attached reply card to: Legacies of Lincoln
Conference, Law School, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

Cost
No cost: Klement Lecture and Friday conference
$40 per person for lawyers seeking CLE credit
(please make check payable to Marquette Law School)

Parking
Klement Lecture parking
$5, 16th Street Structure (between Wisconsin Ave. and Wells St.)

Friday parking
$5, Wells Street Structure (between Wells St.
and 12th and 13th St.)

For more information please contact
Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, Law School Assistant
Dean for External Relations, at (414) 288-3167 or
christine.wv@marquette.edu