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Tomorrow at 12:15 PM in Room II of the University of Chicago Law School, three local law professors — Eric Posner of the U. of C., Jide Nzelibe of Northwestern, and Matthew Lippman of the University of Illinois at Chicago — will discuss the merits of U.S. involvement there. According to his online bio, Lippman is the “leading legal expert on the Nazi holocaust.” An organizer assures me the three have differing points of view — you can read Posner’s here — so the signal-to-noise ratio should be pretty high. Sponsor: University of Chicago Black Law Students Association.
University investment policy is a live local issue, as the U. of C. group STAND (Students Taking Action Now in Darfur) has been urging university officials to disinvest from companies associated with the Darfur genocide. In a letter to the Chicago Maroon published October 24, Michael Pareles (who’s doing publicity for the two Wednesday events) and Lauren Goldenberg wrote of the group’s meeting with university president Robert Zimmer and other administrators:
