U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia
to Present McClure Lecture
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia visits the
Law School April 10 to deliver his third James McClure Memorial Lecture
in Law. Justice Scalia's address, as yet untitled, is scheduled at 4 p.m.
in the School of Education Auditorium on the Oxford campus. The public
is invited to attend the lecture and reception to follow. The justice
also is expected to hold informal sessions with students and faculty.
Scalia was the guest speaker in the McClure Lecture series first in 1993
and again in 1999. This third appearance continues the tradition that
the McClure endowment established in 1979, said Dean Samuel M. Davis.
"Having a member of the U.S. Supreme Court to speak is a tremendous
opportunity for our students and faculty," Davis said. "We are
indebted to Justice Scalia and to the McClure family as together they
again fulfill the purpose of the series-to attract renowned jurists and
legal scholars."
This marks the sixth time for the McClure series to be filled by a U.S.
Supreme Court justice. Others are Justice Harry Blackmun in 1982, Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor in 1988, and Justice Clarence Thomas in 1995.
Known for his scholarly opinions and vigorous, incisive writing, Scalia
was nominated by President Ronald Reagan as an associate justice on the
nation's highest court, beginning his tenure there in 1986. For six years
prior to that, he had served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia, after also being nominated by President Reagan.
The James McClure Memorial Lectures in Law series was established in 1979
by James McClure Jr. ('53 ) of Sardis and Mrs. Tupper McClure Lampton
of Columbia to honor the memory of their late father, James McClure ('17),
a longtime Sardis attorney and alumnus of the Law School.