Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers Series 2010-2011

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, clinical legal education, 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 thirteen year. The 2010-11 series features an outstanding line-up of speakers, with a superb mix of clinical law faculty, public interest 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 provides MCLE 1.0. For more information, contact Elizabeth Mott at 314.935.8598 or emott@wulaw.wustl.edu.

2010-2011 Speakers

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
	Speaker: BRIDGETTE CARR Profile: Director, Human Trafficking Clinic, University of Michigan Law School Topic: Examining the Realities of Exploited Children and Child Trafficking in the U.S. Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital, the Immigration Law Society, the International Law Society, and the Women's Law Caucus
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
	Speaker: ARSALAN IFTIKHAR Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (No. 310) Profile: The Muslim Guy Topic: Islamic Pacifism Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Assembly Series, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, International Law Society, and the Muslim Law Student Association
Thursday, September 16, 2010
	Speaker: T. J. STILES Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (No. 310) Book signing immediately following. Profile: Pulitzer Prize-winning Biographer Topic: "The Tyrants of Modern Society": Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Rise of the Modern Corporation and Modern Capitalism Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Law & Culture Initiative
Thursday, September 23, 2010
	Speaker: KEVIN WASHBURN Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Trial Courtroom (No. 309) Profile: Dean, New Mexico School of Law Topic: Improving Criminal Justice for American Indians Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School of Social Work, the Assembly Series and the Native American Law Student Association
Monday, October 4, 2010
	Speaker: NICHOLAS KRISTOF Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Washington University, Graham Chapel Profile: Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, New York Times Topic: Half the Sky: From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Assembly Series, Brown School of Social Work, and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
Thursday, November 4, 2010
	Speaker: Dawn Johnsen Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (No. 310) Profile: Professor of Law, Indiana Law School Topic: Reflections on Promoting Liberty and the Rule of Law Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the American Constitution Society and Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
	Speaker: Van Jones Time: TBA Location: Graham Chapel, Danforth Campus Profile: Center for American Progress/Princeton University/Senior Policy Advisor, Green for All Topic: Beyond Green Jobs: The Next American Economy Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: Green Action and Law & Culture Initiative, in collaboration with the Assembly Series, Energy & Environmental Law Society, and Black Law Student Association
Thursday, February 3, 2011
	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Speaker: Bryan Stevenson Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (No. 310) Profile: Co-director, Equal Justice & Capital Defender Clinic, N.Y.U. Law School/Executive Director, Equal Justice Institute Topic: Poverty, Incarceration, and Injustice in America Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Black Law Student Association
Monday, March 7, 2011
	Speaker: Corynne McSherry Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Trial Courtroom (No. 309) Profile: Senior Staff Attorney and Kahle Promise Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation Topic: Defending Free Speech and Fair Use Online Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Program
Friday, March 25, 2011
	Speaker: Susan Fiske Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (No. 310) Profile: Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Princeton University Topic: Envy up, Scorn Down: How Social Status Divides Us Video: [view]
Co-sponsored with: the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital; Women’s Law Caucus; and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program