Discussion on Governmental Immunity to be Held May 17 at UB School of Law
May 13, 2005
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With whistle-blowing gradually being codified in both the public and private sectors, there often is a need to consider the reasons for and limits of governmental immunity. That topic will be the subject of the University of Baltimore School of Law’s next a.m. Law event, on Tuesday, May 1,7 beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the School’s Venable Baetjer Howard Moot Court Room.
This month’s speakers will be Laura McWeeney and Cynthia Pelzman, both assistant attorneys general in the Office of the Maryland Attorney General. McWeeney and Pelzman (the latter also serves as counsel to the Maryland state treasurer) will discuss distinctions between bringing state tort versus constitutional claims; immunities codified under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; and differences between immunities for state and federal constitutional claims.
McWeeney and Pelzman will speak following a complimentary breakfast.
The a.m. Law event is part of the law school’s Ginsberg Seminar Series. Now in its 20th year, the Ginsberg Seminar Series was developed to present interesting and informative programs on current issues in the practice of law in Maryland. The series honors two University of Baltimore School of Law educators and brothers, Hyman and Isadore Ginberg, who together left a legacy of 100 years of teaching at the School of Law.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, contact the School of Law’s Office of External and Alumni Relations at (phone) or ear@ubalt.edu.
The University of Baltimore is an upper-division, graduate and professional university. UB—the state’s career-minded university—is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Robert G. Merrick School of Business.