Magna Carta

Pace Law School and the New York State Judicial Institute are honored to serve as official hosts of "Magna Carta: Enduring Legacy 1215-2015." Sponsored by the Law Library of Congress and the American Bar Association, the exhibit honors the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta and will be open to the public at the New York State Judicial Institute on the Pace Law School campus from October 13-26, 2015.

Pace Law School has also prepared accompanying exhibits that may be viewed in the lobby of Ottinger Hall and the lobby of the Pace Law Library during regular hours. Special events related to this exhibition are listed below:

October 13, 3:30 p.m.     "Environmental Enforcement-- Giving the Law Teeth," the Gilbert and Sara Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law, Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Ottinger 202

October 19, 5 p.m.           A conversation with constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt III, author of the novel "Allegiance"; reception to follow; Preston Hall Tudor Room

October 20, 3 p.m.           "Magna Carta: the Forest Charter and Animal Rights," Pace Law Professors David Cassuto and Nicholas Robinson; Ottinger 201

October 20, 5 p.m.          "Magna Carta: Alive and Well at 800," Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt; reception to follow; New York State Judicial Institute Lecture Hall

October 21, 2 p.m.           "Magna Carta-- William Blackstone and the Law's Partnership with Law Libraries," Pace Law Professors Marie Newman and Nicholas Robinson; Law Library Problem Room

October 21, 4:30 p.m.     "Magna Carta in Westchester County: Perspectives of History," Richard Gardella, Esq.; New York State Judicial Institute Lecture Hall

October 22, noon             "Magna Carta and Women's Rights Today," Cindy Kanusher, director of Pace Women's Justice Center; New York State Judicial Institute Lecture Hall

October 22, 5 p.m.           "The Roots of Environmental Law in Magna Carta and The Forest Charter," Professor Nicholas Robinson; New York State Judicial Institute Lecture Hall

Pace Law School thanks our co-sponsors, The Historical Society of the New York Courts, the New York State Bar Association, and the Westchester County Bar Association.