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Bennett
presents
UM law lecture
One
of the country's most prominent political
newsmakers will present the fifth installment of the William
B. Jones and Judge Edward A. Tamm Judicial Lecture Series
at UM.
William
J. Bennett, former U.S. education secretary and drug czar,
will speak at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Montana
Theatre. His lecture is titled "Why We Fight: War and
Morality in the 21st Century."
The
Jones-Tamm Lecture Series is presented by UM's School of
Law to enhance understanding of the judicial system. Previous
speakers have included FBI Dir-ector Louis Freeh and U.S.
Supreme Court associate justices Sandra Day O'Connor and
Clarence Thomas.
Bennett
served as secretary of education and chair of the National
Endowment for the Humanities under former President Ronald
Reagan and as director of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy under former President George Bush.
In
1993 Bennett co-founded Empower America, a nonprofit organization
that encourages free markets and individual responsibility
through direct action with the media and government.
Bennett has written and edited 14 books, including "The
Book of Virtues," "The Children's Book of Virtues"
and "The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault
on American Ideals." His next book, "Why We Fight:
Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism," will be released
in April.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Bennett earned a bachelor's
degree from Williams College, a doctorate from the University
of Texas and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School.
The
Jones-Tamm Lecture Series honors the memory of two former
Montanans who had distinguished careers on the federal bench
in Washington, D.C. Both Jones and Tamm were trial judges
on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia;
Tamm also served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The
two judges had strong ties to Montana and its law school.
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