Speakers
True Crime & Criminal Narratology – Ethical Innocence with Ralph Grunewald
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)What is truth? Who is innocent? Ralph Grunewald, Professor of English and Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins us to talk about his research on true crime media and criminal narratology. Through an examination of storytelling on the witness stand and social attitudes about crime, Professor Grunewald lends us his insight into the...
Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)Join the Reproductive Justice Graduate Student Working Group for a panel discussion about third-trimester abortion, the national landscape for abortion care, and local abortion advocacy. The event will feature third-trimester abortion provider Dr. Shelley Sella, abortion story-teller Robin Utz, and the Missouri Abortion Fund. This event is also supported by the Center for Humanities and...
Career Paths Panel Discussion: Employee Benefits
Jordan Foundation Classroom (Room 204)Do you like the design and implementation of big plans? Come learn about this in-demand niche practice market: Employee Benefits. In this panel discussion, you will learn about the importance of details and definitions, empowering employee savings, and balancing the intersection of employee health and welfare, government regulation, and employer economics. Speakers: Sponsored by: The...
Fireside Chat with Calvin Butler, JD ’94 and Bob Viets, JD ‘69
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)Join Nickerson Dean Stefanie Lindquist in conversation with WashU Law alumni Calvin Butler, JD ’94, President and Chief Executive Officer of Exelon, and Bob Viets, JD ’69, retired President and CEO of CILCORP, Inc., a non-regulated holding company which is the parent of Central Illinois Light Company. The discussion will be centered on the careers...
Revolutions of Rights: The U.S. Declaration and the French Declaration in Conversation
Sumers Welcome CenterOpening Remarks: His Excellency Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France to the United States. Keynote Lecture: Vivian Curran, Vice President of the International Academy of Comparative Law and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh Roundtable Discussion:Leila Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, WashU LawIver Bernstein, Professor of History, African and African-American Studies,...
FedSoc | The Donroe Doctrine: Is Donald Trump Promoting Peace or Demanding Domination?
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)Speaker: Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute
TPLS – Your Body, Your Data: Privacy Rights in Reproductive Justice
Brown Seminar Room (A-B Hall, Room 203)Join the Technology & Privacy Law Society in collaboration with If/When/How for a timely conversation on reproductive justice in the digital age. Sapna Khatri, Executive Director at the Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice, will explore the intersection of technology, privacy, and reproductive rights, highlighting the ways data and digital tools impact reproductive freedom.
NLG – Righting Environmental Wrongs: An EJ Practicum
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)Righting Environmental Wrongs: An EJ PracticumCome join NON-Lawyers (!) in a conversation about their efforts to right environmental injustices in the city we call home. Chantelle Jones will speak about how she stepped up to support the communities decimated by cancer due to radioactive waste in North St. Louis, and grassroots organizers from the Missouri...
ACS | Missouri ACLU Panel
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)We will have three attorneys from the local ACLU chapter on campus to discuss the realities of impact litigation and career paths with the ACLU Speakers:Jamie Sgarro, Skadden Legal Fellow at MO ACLUJonathan Schmid, Policy Counsel at MO ACLUKristin Mulvey, Staff Attorney at MO ACLU
BLSA | Demystifying the Bar & MPRE
Cullenbine Classroom (A-B Hall, Room 305)C&F/bar prep/MPRE Lunch & Learn with John Drake and Margaret Samadi.
Fedsoc | A Conversation with Judge Stephen R. Clark
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)Speaker: Judge Stephen R. Clarke, Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri
ACS – The Imperial Presidency and Elections
Cullenbine Classroom (A-B Hall, Room 305)The Imperial Presidency and Elections A discussion with Professors Travis Crum and Andrea Katz on the expansion of executive power, voting rights, and the intersectionality of these issues under the current administration.