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Expert Speaks on Role of Vice Presidency in Presidential Elections - Senator Muskie’s 1968 Candidacy Viewed as Pivotal

April 2, 2008

Renowned presidential scholar Joel K. Goldstein from St. Louis University School of Law will speak on Wednesday, April 23 from 12 – 1 p.m. at the University of Maine School of Law on the USM Portland Campus.  The lecture, “A Presidential Vice President: Lessons from the 1968 Muskie Campaign,” is free and open to the public.

Perhaps best known for his work on the vice presidency, Goldstein has consulted on vice presidential selection and is frequently interviewed on the subject. Goldstein currently holds a joint appointment as a visiting research professor at the USM Muskie School of Public Service and University of Maine School of Law. During the 2008 spring semester, he is researching former Maine governor, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of state and vice-presidential candidate Edmund S. Muskie.

Over the years, Goldstein has written books as well as numerous chapters and articles on the executive branch, constitutional law and admiralty law for prestigious legal journals. His doctoral dissertation grew into his first book, “The Modern American Vice Presidency: The Transformation of a Political Institution” (Princeton University Press 1982).

Goldstein received a doctorate in political science at Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar, and a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was a note editor of the “Harvard Law Review.” After law school he was a law clerk for Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. of the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, and practiced admiralty law for 12 years at Goldstein and Price in St. Louis.

Information about the lecture is available on the USM Muskie School web site at www.muskie.usm.maine.edu or call Jennifer Hutchins at 207-780-4150.

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