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Monday, August 17, 2009
Law - Prof. Dawn Johnsen to teach course this semester at IU Maurer School of Law
So reports The Blog of Legal Times this afternoon. A quote:
Dawn Johnsen is making a tentative return to the classroom after seven months of waiting for the Senate to confirm her to one of the most politically sensitive posts in the Justice Department.Johnsen, nominated in January to head the Office of Legal Counsel, will teach a seminar this fall at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. She will commute weekly from Washington to Bloomington, Ind., while she continues to wait for confirmation, said Debbie O’Leary, a spokeswoman for the law school. * * *
Johnsen had hoped to begin months ago at the Office of Legal Counsel, even moving with her family to Washington over the summer, friends and colleagues say. She worked in the Office of Legal Counsel during the Clinton administration, serving for a year as acting head of the office, and has taught at Indiana University since 1998.
“Since she’s still on faculty, why not teach?” O’Leary said.
The seminar, which Johnsen has taught before, is aimed at 2Ls and 3Ls. It’s titled “Sexuality, Reproduction and the Law.” According to the course description, students will “explore governmental regulation of sexuality and reproduction in the United States. We will focus on regulation aimed at sexual activity, reproduction and sexual orientation, with particular attention to the constitutional protections afforded in those areas.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 17, 2009 03:33 PM
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