On Wednesday, April 30, the Courthouse Lyceum will present its third lecture at 2 p.m. at the historic Cochise County Courthouse in Bisbee.

The lecturer will be Toni Massaro, Dean of the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona and a Regents’ Professor who holds the Milton O. Riepe

 Chair in Constitutional Law,  Dean Massaro’s lecture, “The United States Supreme Court and Religion – The Accommodation and Neutrality Conundrum,” will offer description and analysis of the Court’s approach to legal/religious issues in recent decades and its impact on public dialogue and policy.

Presiding Superior Court Judge Wallace R. Hoggatt inaugurated the Courthouse Lyceum last spring as a forum to explore the relationship of the judiciary with the rest of American life.

According to Judge Hoggatt, “I wanted to establish a continuing series of lectures to allow citizens of this county to learn more about their judicial system. We’d like our presentations to be accessible to all audiences – experts and ordinary citizens alike.”

    Judge Hoggatt is pleased that Dean Massaro was able to accept the invitation to give the next lecture. “Those of us who have been privileged to hear Dean Massaro speak in the past know that we can expect an informative, enlightening, and accomplished lecture,” he said.

    Dean Massaro’s lecture coincides with another important event at the courthouse: the sixth annual celebration of Law Day. The Law Day ceremony will be held on the courthouse steps beginning at 10:00 a.m. on April 30. The featured speaker is Judge James L. Conlogue, whose topic will be “The Rule of Law”.

    Both the Law Day celebration and the Courthouse Lyceum lecture will be open to the public at no charge.