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.

Fall 2023

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

MCLE 1.0 hours

Monday, November 6, 12:00 p.m. CT
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310

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

MCLE 1.0 hours

Thursday, November 9, 12:00 p.m. CT
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310

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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PAST FALL 2023 EVENTS

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

Wednesday, September 6, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.CT
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310

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

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Constitution Day 2023: U.S. Supreme Court Review

MCLE 1.0 hours

Tuesday, September 26, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310

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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Legal Ethics Developments Every Lawyer Should Know

Thursday, October 5, 4:00 p.m. CT

Legal Ethics MCLE 1.0 hours I Zoom Event

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

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Why Poverty and Inequality Undermine Justice in America

Thursday, October 12, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310

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

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