Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers

The year-long Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series brings to Washington University nationally and internationally prominent experts in such areas as civil rights, racial justice, capital punishment, immigration, government public service, and pro bono private practice. Initiated by the Clinical Education Program in 1998 as part of the 25th anniversary of the program, this popular series is now in its fifteenth year. The 2012-13 series features an outstanding line-up of judges, lawyers, authors, and academics with expertise in public interest law and policy. Each program is free of charge and open to the public. Each talk will be in Anheuser-Busch Hall, with the exception of the talk on November 1, 2012, which will be held in Graham Chapel. Each talk provides MCLE 1.0, with the exception of the talk on November 1, 2012. For more information, contact Karen Tokarz at 314.935.6414 or tokarz@wulaw.wustl.edu.

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2012-2013 Speakers

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Monday, September 17, 2012
	Speaker: MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUELLAR Stanford University Law School Topic: Immigrants, Citizens, and American Law Co-Sponsors: Supported by the Office of the Provost - Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, Assembly Series, Gephardt Institute for Public Service, Immigration Law Society, and the American Constitution Society Event Video: [view]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
	Speaker: HON. GOODWIN LIU Supreme Court of California Topic: Federal Law in State Court: Handling Conflicts over Arbitration, Immigration, and Constitutional Rights Co-Sponsors: American Constitution Society, South Asian Law Student, and the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Event Video: [view]
Thursday, October 4, 2012
	Speaker: CHAI FELDBLUM Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Georgetown University Law Center Topic: How Law, Policies in Practice, and Social Norms Create Social Change: Disability and LGBT Rights Co-Sponsors: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital, Labor & Employment Law Society, OUTLAW, and the Women's Law Caucus Event Video: [view]
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
	Speaker: MARILYN BERGER Seattle University Topic: "Out of the Ashes": Exploring the Legal and Emotional Ramifications of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Film and Discussion Co-Sponsors: Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program Event Video: [view]
Thursday, November 1, 2012
	Speaker: BILL McKIBBEN 350.org and Middlebury College Topic: 350: The Most Important Number in the World Co-Sponsors: University Office of Sustainability, Assembly Series, and the Energy and Environmental Law Society Event Video: [view]
Monday, November 12, 2012
	Speaker: HANS CORELL United Nations Topic: Reflections on International Criminal Justice: Past, Present, and Future Co-Sponsors: Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the International Law Society
Thursday, February 7, 2013
	Speaker: ARLIE HOCHSCHILD University of California, Berkeley, Sociology Department Topic: The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times Co-Sponsors: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital, and Law & Social Work Society Event Video: [view]
Monday, February 25, 2013
	Speaker: KAREN BROWN George Washington University Law School Topic: *Tax and Development: Using Tax Law for Social Good - The Caribbean Example* Co-Sponsors: Tax Law Society and Real Estate & Economic Development Law Association Event Video: [view]
Thursday, March 28, 2013
	Speaker: CHRIS WOLF Future of Privacy Forum and Hogan Lovells, LLP Topic: Privacy: Does U.S. Law Provide Adequate Protection? Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (No. 310) Co-Sponsors: Intellectual Property Law Society
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
	Speaker: LAWRENCE LESSIG CANCELLED, will be rescheduled.