October 26, 2015 - Ubben Lecture by Douglas Hallward-Driemeier '89 (Complete)

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, the attorney and 1989 DePauw University graduate whose arguments helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of same-sex marriage in the summer of 2015, returned to his alma mater, DePauw University, on Monday, October 26, 2015 to present a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture.

The speech, "The Power of Ideas: The Journey from East College to the Supreme Court," is presented here, along with the question-and-answer session that followed.

Hallward-Driemeier was introduced by Robert Calvert, professor emeritus of political science at DePauw, who served as his faculty adviser.

Doug Hallward-Driemeier is managing partner of Ropes & Gray's Washington, D.C. office and leads the firm's Appellate and Supreme Court practice. He has presented more than 50 appellate arguments, including 16 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

A political science major and Spanish minor at DePauw, he was named a Rhodes Scholar during his senior year and was awarded the 1989 Walker Cup.He earned a master's of philosophy in politics at Oxford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.