The 2023-2024 Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series features an outstanding line-up of judges, lawyers, social scientists, authors, and academics with expertise in public interest law and policy. The year-long, interdisciplinary series brings to Washington University nationally and internationally prominent experts in such areas as civil rights, racial justice, capital punishment, international human rights, government public service, and pro bono private practice. This popular series is now in its twenty-fifth year. Each program is free of charge and open to the public. All events will be on Zoom unless otherwise noted. Most talks provide 1.0 hours of Continuing Legal Education credit unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Karen Tokarz at 314.935.6414.

See below for the upcoming speakers for the 2023-2024 season.

Spring 2024

 

New Directions in Negotiation, Diversity, Inclusion, & Leadership

 

Thursday, April 11, 2024
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ct
In-person & Zoom

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2.0* MO CLE (including 1.0* ethics/bias) *pending approval
SEMINAR PRESENTED BY:
Washington University School of Law – Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program, United States Arbitration & Mediation, Association of Missouri Mediators
CO-SPONSORED BY: WashULaw Public Interest Law & Policy Speaker Series, WashU Law & Business Society, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy

 


 

The Sum of Us: Moving Beyond the Myth of Equity as a Zero-Sum Game

Heather McGhee, 2024 WashU Distinguished Visiting Scholar; Author, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,”

Thursday, February 1, 2024
6:00 p.m. | Graham Chapel (Danforth Campus).

Presented by the WashU Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, sponsored in part through funding from the Office of the Provost. Co-sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy; the Clark-Fox Policy Institute and the Center for Social Development


Public Policy Forum on Education Policy

Please join us to hear faculty experts from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Washington University examine education policy. Topics to be addressed will include suburban inequality and why it matters.


Fall 2023

The Politics and Process of State Legislatures: What Makes Government Work

MCLE 1.0 hours

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Co-sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government & Public Policy; the Gephardt Institute for Civic & Community Engagement; and the Political Science Department

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Patchwork Apartheid: Private Restriction, Racial Segregation, and Urban Inequality

MCLE 1.0 hours

Monday, November 6, 2023

Co-sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government & Public Policy; the Brown School; the Clark-Fox Policy Institute; the Gephardt Institute for Civic & Community Engagement; the Political Science Department; the Black Law Students Association; and the SBA Diversity & Inclusion Chair.

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Why Poverty and Inequality Undermine Justice in America

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Co-sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.

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Legal Ethics Developments Every Lawyer Should Know

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Co-sponsored by the WashULaw Office of the Dean and the Public Interest Law and Policy Speaker Series.

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Constitution Day 2023: U.S. Supreme Court Review

MCLE 1.0 hours

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Join WashULaw professors for an in-person discussion of recent, notable Supreme Court decisions concerning the First Amendment, affirmative action, student loans, voting rights, and more.

Co-sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.

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Reproductive Justice After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Co-sponsored by WashU Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; If/When/How Student Chapter; Med Students for Choice.

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