The founder of the school of “feminist jurisprudence” will be the Wake Forest University School of Law first “Conversation With …” speaker for the 2010-11 academic year.

Ann Scales is a lawyer and a law professor at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law as well as the author of “Legal Feminism,” which highlights sex discrimination in tort litigation and sexual assault in college athletic programs, among other topics.

The “Conversation With …” Ann Scales represents the 11th anniversary of the speaker series, which brings distinguished lawyers to campus for a unique conversation about their lives in the law. As part of the event, students have the opportunity to hear interesting details about the speaker’s life and career and ask questions. In recent years, the series has featured several prominent figures including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

This academic year’s “Conversation With …” series kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at noon in Room 1312 of the Worrell Professional Center. The event is open to the law school community.

The discussion will be moderated by Professor Shannon Gilreath. A light lunch will be served.

Scales has been a law professor for 30 years. Prior to taking her current post at the University of Denver, she taught at the University of New Mexico, the University of Iowa, Boston College, the University of British Columbia, the University of Colorado and the University of North Carolina.

Scales’ courses include Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Torts, Products Liability, Jurisprudence, Gender and Law as well as a seminar on Pornography and Racial Hate Speech.  She is a founder of the school of “feminist jurisprudence,” having coined the term and first published work on the topic in 1981.

Scales is no stranger to Wake Forest having spent much of her childhood around the campus community. Her father, James R. Scales, served as the president of Wake Forest University from 1968-1983. She graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School, going on to earn degrees from Wellesley College and Harvard Law School. Scales’ family lived in Oklahoma, where she was a rodeo rider, before moving to the Winston-Salem area.

“CONVERSATION WITH …” FORMER GUESTS

1999-2000

Howard Twiggs, alumnus, trial lawyer and ATLA president and lawyer of the year

Barabara Arnwine, Chair, Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, Public Interest Lawyer

2000-2001

Clarence Horton, Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, Family Law specialty

Ben Tenille, Judge, North Carolina Business Court, Corporate Law

Professor Butch Covington

2001-2002

Robert Ehrlich, alumnus, Minority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland Congressman and Governor of Maryland

Annie Brown Kennedy,  pioneer African-American woman and Winston-Salem attorney, member North Carolina Legislature

Norman Veasey, Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court, Ethics expert

Professor Charley Rose

2002-2003

Robert Merhige, retired Federal District Court Judge (Virginia}and Civil Rights School Desegregation cases

Gary Way, Sports Law, Senior Sports Marketing Counsel for Nike

Professor Rhoda Billings

2003-04

Anthony Lewis, Columnist, New York Times, Author, Gideon’s Trumpet

Daniel O’Toole, Alumnus, Captain, Navy JAG, Executive Assistant and Special Counsel to the Navy General Counsel

Rosie Abella, Justice, Court of Appeals, Ontario, Canada, Woman’s Issues

Professor Bobby Chesney

2004-2005

Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Leader, Recipient:  American Bar Association medal, Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Bonnie Brier, General Counsel, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, member, American Law Institute

Professor Ron Wright

2005-2006

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice, United States Attorney, Judge, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Advocate for Women’s Rights

Afschineh Latifi, alumnus, Intellectual Property Attorney in New York City

Professor Tim Davis

2006-2007

Chris Swecker, former Assistant Director of FBI

John Edwards, former U.S. Senator of North Carolina and presidential candidate 2004, 2008

Steve Nickles, Wake Forest University Law School Professor

2007-2008

Thomas Tighe, President and CEO of Direct Relief International and former

Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer of

Peace Corps

Charles Ogletree, Harvard University Law School Professor, Author

Blake Morant, Dean of Wake Forest University School of Law

2008-2009

Gill Beck, Assistant U.S. Attorney on Board of Governors on N.C. Bar Association

Judy Lambeth, Executive Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary of Reynolds American Inc.

Jennifer Collins, Wake Forest University Law School Professor

2009-2010

Hassan El Menyawi, the International Law and Human Rights Visiting Professor at the United Nations University for Peace

Joe Cheshire (’73), Criminal Defense Lawyer

Ahmed Taha, Wake Forest University Law School Professor

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