Facilitator: Juli Burell

Facilitator: Dennis Turner
Is the filibuster a guardian against unwise legislation or a roadblock undermining the democratic process?
Dennis Turner is an Emeritus Professor for the University of Dayton School of Law. Before teaching in the law school, Professor Turner was an Assistant County Prosecutor and a Magistrate Judge. He was one of the original five faculty members at the UD law school when it was reopened in 1974. Over that time Professor Turner has taught a wide variety of courses many of which focused on litigation. He has served as Assistant Dean, Acting Dean, Director of the Clinic, Director of the Legal Profession Program, Director of the Standardized Client Program, Mock Trial and Moot Court coach. For two Sabbaticals, he worked with English barristers trying criminal cases. He has taught in the University of Notre Dame London Program and has taken students on excursions to study law in Italy and England. He has been chosen outstanding faculty member of the year several times by UDSL students, and was given the university-wide Award for Teaching. He was also named by the University as a Master Teacher.

Facilitator: Wil Brooks
It’s Different When It Strikes Close to Home. We explore opioid addiction from the inside out. Wil, a retired family physician with nearly forty years of clinical experience, has studied the issue of drugs in America since 2005 and participated with two others in presenting a six week course at UDOLLI dedicated to the opioid overdose crisis. He and his associates have looked also at other countries for ways to bring it under control. Many of those are a hard sell and even considered fringe – probably they shouldn’t be. (Note: We welcome Wil and are glad to reschedule this Salon topic, originally scheduled for August 8.)

Facilitator: Nancy Tepfer