Attorney and Author
While Reason Slept: Recapturing the Founders’ Vision of a Rational Republic
Monday, March 2, 2020
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
How did we get to our current state of political acrimony? Brier, the author of While Reason Slept, will walk us through the beginning of our national politics to the present day before offering a solution for recapturing our Founding Fathers’ path to a rational Republic.
This program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues.
Biography (provided by the speaker)
Thomas F. Brier Jr. is a native of Hershey, Pennsylvania, growing up as the oldest of three boys. He is a Dickinson College graduate with a degree in philosophy. Brier went on to Penn State Law, received a juris doctor in 2017 and was selected as commencement speaker by his classmates. After graduation, he served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before joining an international law firm in Philadelphia. At the firm, in addition to working on several multi-million-dollar lawsuits, he worked closely with the SeniorLAW Center and other pro bono legal assistance organization to help low-income families. As a volunteer “Reader” in the Philly Reads Program, he spent time with local elementary school students. He continues today to volunteer with the Pennsylvania Bar Association to provide free legal services to families and individuals across the Commonwealth.