University of Wisconsin–Madison

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2021 Thomas Fairchild Lecture

“My name is Dan Tokaji. I’m the Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, and I’m delighted to welcome you to the first Thomas Fairchild Lecture of my deanship and our first virtual Fairchild Lecture… We have an extraordinary speaker for this evening, David Maraniss… David is an acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author who has in his various books chronicled American life through the lens of sports figures, U.S. Presidents, and everyday heroes. He’s an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt. He’s won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times.”

Volume 2015, No. 1

Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture: Protecting the Fourth Amendment So We Do Not Sacrifice Freedom for Security By Collins T. Fitzpatrick After I was invited to speak, I gave a lot of thought to a topic that Judge Fairchild would want discussed. Let me tell you about my thought process and three experiences that brought me …

Volume 2014, No. 1

Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture: The War on Drugs By The Honorable William J. Bauer I was addicted to one drug and it was nicotine. From the time I was fourteen until I was fifty-something, I smoked the damn things. Now, I was under no illusion that I was doing my health any good. They used …