Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers 2006-2007
The ninth annual, year-long, Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers Series, "Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers," brings to Washington University nationally and internationally prominent experts in such areas as international human rights, the economics of poverty, racial justice, capital punishment, clinical legal education, government public service, and pro bono private practice. [View speaker information - September - October - November -January - February - March ]
Each program is free of charge and eligible for one MCLE credit hour. Parking passes may be purchased at the door. Click here for parking map. For more information, contact Elizabeth Niehaus, Clinical Program Coordinator, (314) 935-6419 or ekniehaus@wulaw.wustl.edu.
Speakers
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Spring 2007
September - October - November -January - February - March
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Sherrilyn Ifill
"Twenty-First Century Challenges to Racial Justice Lawyering"
Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Speaker
Co-sponsored by the Black Law Students Association
View Biography • Video (Includes Part 1 and 2)
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Adrienne Davis
"Reparations as Transitional Justice"
21 February 2007 - 11:00 AM
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom
Webster Society Annual Speaker
University Distinguished Visiting Scholar
View Biography • Video (opens in a RealPlayer Window)
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Linda Greenhouse
"The New Supreme Court: Continuity and Change"
7 March 2007 - 4:00 p.m.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom
Tyrrell Williams Lecturer
View Biography • Video
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Robert A. Williams, Jr.
"Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights and the Legal History of Racism in America"
28 March 2007 - 11:00 a.m.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom
University Distinguished Visiting Professor
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Fall 2006
[September - October - November -January - February - March]
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Seymour Hersh
"Chain of Command: From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib and Beyond"
6 September 2006
Co-sponsored by the Assembly Series and the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values
View Biography • Quotes from Lecture
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Marianne Wesson
"Unquiet Grave: The Hillmon Case and the Supreme Court"
27 September 2006
Co-sponsored by the Women's Law Caucus
Web Site - [http://www.wessonbooks.com/]
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Cherif Bassiouni
"The Legal/Moral Legacy of Nuremberg and its Impact on International Criminal Justice"
29 September 2006
Keynote Speaker for Judgment at Nuremberg Conference
Co-sponsored by the Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies
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William Kovacic
"Competition Policy, Consumer Protection, and Economic Disadvantage"
4 October 2006
Co-sponsored by the Student Bar Association
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Lucas Guttentag
"Immigrants’ Rights in the Courts and Congress: Constitutional Protections and the Rule of Law after 9/11"
11 October 2006
Co-sponsored by Equal Justice Works
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Richard Epstein
"Has Modern Complex Litigation Outgrown the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: The Case of Antitrust"
31 October 2006
Co-sponsored by the Assembly Series and the Federalist Society
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Joseph Margulies
"Prisons Beyond the Law: Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power"
2 November 2006
Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Cardozo Society
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Rep. Richard Gephardt
"Addressing America’s Most Pressing Problems"
7 November 2006
Co-sponsored by the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service
View Biography • Quotes from Lecture • Video
Stephanie Wildman
"Race, Social Justice, and Democracy"
20 November 2006
Co-sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild
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Past Speakers Series
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 2005-2006
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 2004-2005
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 2003-2004
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 2002-2003
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 2001-2002
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 2000-2001
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 1999-2000
Public Interest Law Speakers Series 1998-1999
