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Chief Justice John Roberts
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the Dwight D. Opperman Lecture in Constitutional Law at Drake University on Thursday, Oct. 2.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will start at 3 p.m. in the Drake Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave., Des Moines.
Dwight D. Opperman, a 1951 Drake Law School graduate, endowed the lecture series in 1988 to recognize the importance of constitutional law to the nation and enhance its emphasis at Drake Law School. Nine current or former Supreme Court justices have delivered Opperman Lectures. Justice Antonin Scalia is the only justice who has given two Opperman Lectures.
As part of the lecture, Justices interact directly with students by teaching a law class, engaging in off-the-record question-and-answer sessions or meeting with small groups of student leaders.
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