Aug. 27, 2018: Free, public lecture by legal scholar Robert Gasaway and Nobel laureate Vernon Smith

Introduction to Modern Times: A Constitutional Lawyer's Discovery Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 5 p.m. Reception | 5:30 p.m. Presentation UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Join legal scholar Robert Gasaway for a presentation focused on how modern thought can help improve our understanding of current events and constitutional controversies, including prominent decisions of the United States Supreme Court. A discussion will follow led by Nobel laureate Vernon Smith.

Presented by the UAA College of Business and Public Policy's Department of Economics. Free and open to the public. Event parking is available on the top floor of the Central Parking Garage, located on Alumni Drive between the Social Sciences Building and the Natural Science Building.

About the speakers:

Dr. Vernon L. Smith was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. His work expanded our knowledge of economic behavior and laid the foundation for the new field of experimental economics. Dr. Smith served as the first UAA Rasmuson Chair of Economics from 2003 to 2006. In this role, he made a remarkable impact at UAA, developing a new experimental economics program and encouraging faculty to incorporate experiments into their teaching and research. Today, UAA's Vernon Smith Economic Science Laboratory is recognized internationally for distinction in research and teaching. The lab continues to attract leading scholars in the field.

Mr. Robert R. Gasaway is a Washington, D.C. attorney, constitutional scholar and legal reform advocate. He has served as lead attorney for parties in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, state supreme courts, federal and state trial courts, administrative agencies and state legislatures. In addition to representing clients, Mr. Gasaway serves as Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. A University of Chicago law graduate, Mr. Gasaway began his career as a business consultant and earned two graduate degrees in intellectual history from Yale University.

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