Best-selling author, CNN legal analyst to visit University Park
University Park, Pa. - Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," will visit Penn State's Dickinson School of Law, University Park, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in 112 Kern Building. The event, which is free to the public, will be teleconferenced to 254 Advantica Building in Carlisle. A reception and book signing will follow.
(Media-Newswire.com) - University Park, Pa. — Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," will visit Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law, University Park, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in 112 Kern Building. The event, which is free to the public, will be teleconferenced to 254 Advantica Building in Carlisle. A reception and book signing will follow.
A legal analyst for CNN, Toobin has written about numerous pivotal legal events of our time. His most recent book, "The Nine," explores the state of the U.S. Supreme Court in the wake of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's departure and the "conservative counterrevolution" in the United States.
"We are very excited about Mr. Toobin's visit," said Penn State Dickinson Professor Kit Kinports, who once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. "He has written a terrific book that really lives up to its title. Not only does he give the reader an inside view of the Supreme Court, but he does so in a very accessible and entertaining way."
Toobin is also the author of "Too Close to Call: The 36-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election" about the Supreme Court decision that halted the Florida recount and "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President." His coverage of the Elian Gonzalez case earned him an Emmy in 2000.
He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine since 1993 and has covered issues ranging from "The CSI Effect" to Martha Stewart's trial and conviction to the practical aspects of funding capital defenses in criminal cases. Prior to his career in journalism, Toobin was an associate in the Office of Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh and served as assistant U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
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