PILPSS 2019-20
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Fall 2019
Nadine Strossen | John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law | New York Law School
“HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech, Not Censorship” In conjunction with the Washington University Common Reading Program. Reception and book signing immediately following the talk.
Nicole Garnett | John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law | University of Notre Dame
“The Value of Educational Pluralism”. In conjunction with the Carver Project, and the 2019 First-Year Common Reading Program
Lee Epstein | Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished Professor; Adam Liptak | Journalist, New York Times; and Greg Magarian | Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law
“Constitution Day: 2018-19 Supreme Court Review” Co-sponsored with the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement; the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy; and the American Constitution Society.
Dan Tokaji | Associate Dean for Faculty and Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of Constitutional Law | Ohio State University,
“Voting Rights, Gerrymandering, and the Uncertain Future of Democracy.” Co-sponsored with the Washington University Weidenbaum Center Forum and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Diversity
George Sanchez | Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity, and History | University of Southern California
“James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education” In conjunction with the Washington University Center for Humanities.
Diane Orentlicher | Professor of International Law, American University | Former Deputy for War Crimes | U.S. Department of State
“Memories of Judgment: Constructing the ICTY’s Legacies” In conjunction with the Washington University School of Law Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Symposium on Bosnian War Crimes, co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Diversity and PILPSS.
Lara Bazelon | Associate Professor of Law and Director | Criminal Juvenile Justice & Racial Justice Clinical Programs | University of San Francisco
“Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction.” Event is co-sponsored with the Washington University Prison Education Project and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Diversity and the Clark Fox Family Foundation.
Melissa Murray | Professor of Law and Co-Faculty Director | Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network | NYU
“Sex and the Supreme Court.” Event is co-sponsored with the Washington University Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Diversity, and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
Asma T. Uddin | Senior Scholar | Religious Freedom Center at the Freedom Forum Institute in Washington, DC
“When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom.” Event is sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
Pidgeon Pagonis | Intersex Activist and Filmmaker’s
“Increasing Intersex and Non-Binary Awareness.” Event is in conjunction with the Washington University Transgender Conference and is co-sponsored with the Washington University Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Diversity and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department.
Michelle Oberman | Katharine and George Alexander Professor of Law | Santa Clara University
“Her Body, Our Laws: On the Frontlines of the Abortion War from El Salvador to Oklahoma.” Event is in conjunction with the Washington University Global Health Center, Institute for Public Health, Global Health Week and co-sponsored with the Washington University School of Law Whitney Harris World Law Institute; the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Diversity, and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
Spring 2020
Erwin Chemerinsky | Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC, Berkeley; Lyrissa Lidsky | Dean and Judge C.A. Leed, Profesor of Law, University of Missouri
The Future of Free Speech – Recorded Session
Michael McConnell | Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law and Director, Constitutional Law Center, Stanford University
Freedom of Association: Campus Religious Organizations
Brandon Garrett | L. Neil Williams, Jr. Professor of Law, Duke University
End of its Rope: Lessons from the Death Penalty Decline of Criminal Justice
Jennifer Hirsch | Professor, School of Public Health, Columbia University
Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power and Assault on Campus
Mahnaz Malik | Barrister and Arbitrator, Twenty Essex
What Happens Before and After International Arbitration In conjunction with the Third Annual International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Symposium