Hot Topics: Cool Talk
Hot Topics: Cool Talk is a unique series that fearlessly explores Catholic positions and other perspectives on provocative issues of law and politics. Upcoming and past programs are listed below. Most programs are videotaped and can be viewed by clicking on the link found in the event listing under past programs. If approved, Continuing Legal Education event codes are listed on the event site, too.
Hot Topics: Cool Talk Series Upcoming Events
Hot Topics: Cool Talk Series Past Events
Gun Ownership for Self Defense? Is It the Right Thing to Do?
Featuring School of Law Professors Julie Jonas and Greg Sisk Read More
MSL 235
Legalizing Recreational Marijuana: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives
Featuring George Realmuto, M.D., University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus and Rep. Jessica Hanson, Minnesota House of Representatives Read More
MSL 235 + Livestream
Qualified Immunity: What is It? And is It Good or Bad Law and Policy?
Featuring Professor Gregory Sisk, University of St. Thomas School of Law and Professor Christopher Walker, University of Michigan School of Law Read More
MSL 235 + Livestream
Hot Topics: Cool Talk- Physician Assisted Suicide
Featuring John Kelly, Second Thoughts Director and Professor Thaddeus Pope, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Professor Read More
Webinar
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - Who Matters? Who Cares? Disability-Based Rationing of Health Care
Featuring Charlie Camosy, Associate Professor of Theology at Fordham University and Barnett Rosenfield, Supervising Attorney at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid/Minnesota Disability Law Center Read More
Livestream Webinar
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - Should the U.S. Tax System Be Used as a Tool to Address Income Inequality?
Scott Taylor, distinguished fellow at the School of Law, and Robert Kennedy, prof. of Catholic Studies, debate whether the U.S. tax code ought to be used as a tool to address income inequality. Read More
MSL 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis Campus
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - Should We Take Mission Trips Off The Bucket List?
Theologians John O'Keefe and Gerald Schlabach share ideas for how to pack for an ethically responsible mission trip. Read More
MCH 100
McNeely Great Hall
Saint Paul campus
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - Should Medicaid Be Converted to a Block-Grant Program?
Lucas Swanepoel, Sr. Director Government Affairs Catholic Charities USA, and David Vang, Prof. of Finance, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, debate Medicaid block-granting. Read More
MSL 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis Campus
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - What Should We Do About Confederate Monuments?
Deans Robert Vischer (School of Law) and Yohuru Williams (College of Arts and Sciences) will tackle the complex issues presented in the national debate over the fate of Confederate monuments. Read More
MCH 100, St. Paul campus.
Approved for 1.0 continuing legal education credit (event code: 247562)
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - What Should We Do About Confederate Monuments?
Deans Robert Vischer (School of Law) and Yohuru Williams (College of Arts and Sciences) will tackle the complex issues presented in the national debate over the fate of Confederate monuments. Read More
MSL 235, School of Law, Minneapolis campus
Christianity and Politics in the U.S. Today: A Conversation with Ross Douthat and Cornel West
Video of this remarkable event is now (finally!) available. Click on the link below to view it. Read More
Woulfe Alumni Hall, Anderson Student Center
Approved by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits (event code 234701).
Will the Executive Orders on Immigration Hold Up in Court?
University of St. Thomas General Counsel and law professors form a panel to explore the implications and legality of President Trump's executive orders on immigration. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
If the U.S. supported women, children, and families more fully - as they do in Europe - should elective abortion be further restricted?
Charlie Camosy and Robin Marty debate further abortion restrictions. Read More
Room 235, School of Law, Minneapolis Campus
Immigration Reform: Economic and Pastoral Perspectives
Immigration Reform: Economic and Pastoral Perspectives is part of The St. Thomas Law Journal Spring 2016 Symposium examining the legal, moral, and issues surrounding sanctuary cities. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
70x7 Times? On Hate Speech and Forgiveness
Robert Kahn and Kimberly Vrudny will explore legal and theological approaches to hate speech. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
Celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy
Reverend Larry J. Snyder, Vice President for Mission at the University of St. Thomas, will offer insights into how we might celebrate the Pope Francis' Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis Campus
Is Physician Assisted Suicide an Act of Mercy?
Featuring Jennifer Lahl, RN, MA, and Pres. of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, and Dr. David Mayo, prof.of Phil. and board member of the Death with Dignity Political Action Fund. Read More
Room 235, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
Federal Narcotics Sentences: Too High?
Featuring Hon. Richard Sullivan, Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and UST professor of law, Mark Osler. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
The Architecture of an Apology
Featuring Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati, professor emeritus of history at Macalester College and Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
Should Executive Clemency Play a Regular Operational Role in the Criminal Justice System?
Featuring Margaret Love and Mark Osler (UST Law) Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
Un-Nuke Now! Should We Heed the Pope's Call?
UST law professor, Robert Delahunty, and his former student, Joseph Grodahl Biever, will discuss the Catholic Church's position on the possession and use of atomic weapons. Read More
Room 235, UST School of Law
Minneapolis Campus
Just Wages: Catholic Social Thought and Economic Perspectives
Professors will engage in a vigorous dialogue on the role of government in securing just wages for workers in light of Gospel teaching. Read More
Room 235, School of Law
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus
Cross-Border Joint Ventures: Cultural, Business, and Legal Perspectives
Featuring Siarhei Lukin (Fulbright Scholar, Economics, Belarus State University, Minsk), Dobrina Georgieva (Finance, UST), and Edward Hayward (Partner, Oppenheimer, Wolff, and Donnelly LLP) Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Should Justice or Agape Love Be the Organizing Principle of Civil Law?
Featuring Robert F. Cochran Jr and David VanDrunen as expert speakers and Thomas Berg as moderator. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis campus
RESCHEDULED: What Should Progressives Think About Religious Freedom?
Laura Underkuffler and Thomas Berg will discuss how far courts should go to make accommodations for religious objectors to social welfare laws and regulations. Read More
Room 235, University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis Campus
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - Should We Have a Regulated System of Incentives for Living Organ Donations?
Arthur Matas, prof. & kidney transplant surgeon (U of M) and Paul Wojda (UST Theo.) will offer medical, ethical, and legal considerations to a regulated system of incentives for living organ donations Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Green Thomism and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's)
Professors will discuss the environmental policies surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) from theological and scientific perspectives. Read More
Room 235
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis campus
Wall Street, the Financial Crisis, and Prosecutorial Underreach: Two Views
Two former Assistant U.S. Attorneys, debate whether prosecutors reached far enough into Wall Street's executive suites to administer justice in the wake of the financial crisis. Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235
Is Legal Abortion Necessary for Sexual Equality in the United States?
Professors and professionals argue constitutional Law and feminist legal theory and author of "Embodied Equality: Debunking Equal Protection Arguments for Abortion Rights” Read More
Room 235, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis Campus
Is the Supreme Court Threatening Religious Groups?
Fifth program in the 2012-2013 Hot Topics: Cool Talk discourse series which focuses this year on Religious Liberty issues around the world. Read More
Room 235, School of Law
The Romeike Asylum Case: Does Germany's Ban on Homeschooling Count as Religious Persecution?
It will explore Catholic positions and other perspectives on provacative issues of law and policy, focuses this year on the challenges to religious freedom in the United States and around the world. Read More
Room 235, School of Law
The Dangers of Anti-Sharia Laws: Muslim and Catholic Perspectives
They explored Catholic positions and other perspectives on provocative issues of law and politics, will focus this year on the many challenges to religious freedom around the world. Read More
O'Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium
Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Freedom: The View from Europe
The Murphy Institute's first event of the 2012-2013 Hot Topics: Cool Talk series is a special public lecture by Bishop Charles Morerod, OP. Read More
O'Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium, St. Paul Campus
Vatican II on Religious Freedom: European and American Perspectives
The first Hot Topics: Cool Talk luncheon program of the 2012-2013 series. Read More
Room 235, St. Thomas School of Law
Minneapolis Campus
Hot Topics: Cool Talk - How Should a Catholic Vote?
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Camupus
John Roach Center Auditorium, Room 126
Punishment Theory
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Schulze Grand Atrium
Religious Liberty and the Contraception Coverage Mandate
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235
Immigration Policy
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235
Health Care Reform
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235
Balancing the Budget
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235
Embryo Rights and Stem Cell Research
Part of the HOT TOPICS: COOL TALK series Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235
Same Sex Marriage Amendment
Part of 'HOT TOPICS: COOL TALKS' Read More
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Room 235