The Koch Lecture Series Presents Dr. Michael Uhlmann

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The Koch Lecture Series Presents
The Case of the Disappearing Congress: A Constitutional Detective Story

Presented by Dr. Michael Uhlmann, Ph.D. of Claremont Graduate University

Dr. Uhlmann has had a distinguished career in government, beginning with service as a staff and committee counsel in the U.S. Senate and as Assistant General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission. In 1974, following Senate confirmation, he was appointed by the President Gerald Ford to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the Department of Justice. From 1981-84, he served as Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Associate Director of the White House Office of Policy Development. He directed legal and administrative policy for the Reagan presidential transition in 1980-81 and chaired the Department of Justice transition team for President-Elect George H.W. Bush in 1988-89.

Dr. Uhlmann has written for many leading newspapers and journals of opinion, including National Review, The Weekly Standard, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, First Things, and The Claremont Review of Books. A graduate of Yale University and the University of Virginia Law School, Dr. Uhlmann received his doctorate in government from the Claremont Graduate School. Since 2002, he has taught in the Department of Politics and Policy/SPE at Claremont Graduate University.