CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION

@ Chautauqua August 26, 2010 / Hall of Philosophy / 3:30 p.m.

Previous CLSC author and Duquesne University law professor Ken Gormley returns to Chautauqua in 2010 to present his latest book, The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr on August 26. A revealing analysis of the events leading to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, The Death of American Virtue, released in February 2010, features exclusive interviews with the scandal’s key players, including Clinton, Kenneth Starr, Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones.

A member of the Duquesne School of Law faculty since 1994, Gormley specializes in constitutional law and is a renowned expert on the Watergate scandal. His Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation, published in 1997, was a 1998 CLSC selection and won the 1999 Bruce K. Gould Book Award for outstanding publication related to the law. Gormley’s writing has appeared in the Stanford Law Review, the Michigan Law Review and several newspapers around the nation. He has also testified twice before the United States Senate and appeared as a legal commentator on national radio and television broadcasts.

Gormley previously clerked for U.S. District Judge Donald E. Ziegler, taught at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, engaged in private practice and served as executive director of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission. He presently serves on the Board of Governors of the Allegheny County Bar Association. Gormley earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his law degree from Harvard Law School.