Constitutional War Powers: Comparing the Three Branches
Join us either in person or via Zoom for this engaging discussion!
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
11:45 am - 1:00 pm PT
Chapman Law School (Kennedy Hall room 237)
1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866
Also available via Zoom
Free parking and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
Meet the Panelists:
Tom Campbell (JD '76) - Tom Campbell holds a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White and Judge George E. MacKinnon of the D.C. Circuit. Campbell served in all three branches of government, including multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and as Director of the California Department of Finance. His scholarship spans constitutional and economic legal analysis.
Nahal Kazemi (AB '02, JD '04) - Nahal Kazemi is an Assistant Professor at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, where she teaches National Security Law. A former political-military affairs officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, she served in Iraq, Morocco, Hungary, and Washington, D.C. She earned her BA magna cum laude and JD cum laude from Harvard, where she was Executive Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. Her work and writing focus on national security, the rule of law, and authoritarianism.
Celestine McConville - Celestine McConville is a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, where she teaches Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, and related subjects. She joined the faculty in 2000 and has been
honored five times as Professor of the Year. Before entering academia,
Professor McConville clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist at
the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall on the Ninth Circuit,
and Judge Donald C. Nugent in the Northern District of Ohio. She practiced law at Shea & Gardner in Washington, D.C., focusing on constitutional, labor, banking, and aviation litigation. Professor McConville holds a JD from GeorgetownUniversity Law Center and a BA from Boston University. Her scholarship centers on constitutional law and the death penalty, and she is a co-author of Understanding Capital Punishment and Federal Courts: A Contemporary Approach.
Space is limited. Zoom info will be shared with registered attendees via email prior to the event.
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We are seeking approval for 1.0 hour of California general MCLE credit for this program.