The Law and Social Justice Film Series
Hosted by Professor Orly Lobel

Open to the Law School Community
*** Pizza, Drinks and Snacks will be served ****
With brief commentary before the screenings (but while eating!)

October 6 (Thursday), 5:30 – [featuring guest faculty: Professor Leslie Mcallister / Professor Dan Mogin] WH 2B A Civil Action (1999) [112 minutes] Starring John Travolta: A film about environmental law, complex litigation, and causation. October 19 (Wednesday), 5:30 --[featuring guest faculty: Professors Michael Devitt and Fred Zacharias]WH 2B The Verdict (1982) [129 minutes] Starring Paul Newman: A personal injury lawyer find meaning in his practice.

October 28 (Friday), 1:15-[featuring guest faculty: Professor Frank Partnoy] WH 131 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) [109 minutes] The title says it all…they were smart… November 16 (Wednesday), 5:30 [Guest Participant: Bob Goff, USD Law 85’, President of Restore International, rescuing young girls from brothels in India]  WH 2A Born Into Brothels (2005) [85 minutes] Academy Award-winning documentary about children and prostitution in Calcutta, India.

November 30th  (Wednesday), 12:00 –[featuring guest faculty: Professor Miranda McGowan] WH 131 Philadelphia (1993)  [125 minutes] Starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, Academy Award winning about discrimination in employment, AIDS, health and benefits, sexual orientation.