Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
We have no further events planned for the spring semester. Enjoy the summer, and we hope to see you again in the fall!
PAST EVENTS
Justice Speaks Lunch
Political Extremism and Reproductive Justice
Wednesday, April 21,
2010, 12:50pm–1:50pm
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here for more information.
Documenting Change:
Preview of Till Death Do Us Part with Alumna and Filmmaker Carra
Greenberg
Tuesday, April 20, 6:00–9:00pm
On
Tuesday, April 20, Stonewall and the Justice Action Center hosted alumna
Carra Greenberg in a presentation of clips from her upcoming documentary,
Till Death Do Us Part. This movie, currently in production,
follows the legal battle over same-sex marriage in California from the
passage of Proposition 8 on November 4, 2008, to the highest court the
fight reaches. As the court battle is still on-going, so is the
documentary’s production, but Ms. Greenberg joined us on the 20th to
discuss her transition from law school graduate and social justice activist
to documentary filmmaker.
The Education of Shelby
Knox—Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Shelby Knox
Monday, April 19, 6:00–8:30pm
The Justice
Action Center and LSRJ welcomed to the Law School guests Shelby Knox and
Aimee Thorne-Thomsen of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project for this
exciting event. Shelby and Aimee discussed the ongoing debate over the
issues concerning federally funded abstinence only sex education from 6:00
to 7:00pm. We then screened Shelby's ground-breaking film, The
Education of Shelby Knox, from 7:00 to 8:30pm.
Justice
Action Center Open House
Wednesday, March 17,
2pm–6pm
JAC Office, 40 Worth St. 9th Floor
Justice Speaks Lunch
From Jungle Gyms to Jail
Cells: Policing in the Schools
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
12:50pm–1:50pm
Room W320
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here for more information.
Seventh Annual Adoption
Conference
Permanency for Children
Friday, March 5, 2010
Auditorium and Events Center
Details
available at www.nyls.edu/adoption.
Justice Speaks Lunch
Terrorism Today: A State of
Fear?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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here for more information.
Criminal Law: A
Comparison
Scottish Barister Martin Marrow discusses
Scotland's legal system with a focus on criminal justice.
Co-sponsored with the Center for Professional Values and Practice
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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here for more information.
Justice Speaks Lunch
Crime, but Why Punishment? An Examination of Modern Justice
November 18, 2009
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here for more information.
Justice Speaks Lunch
The
Prognosis for Healthcare Reform
October 14, 2009
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here for more information.
Justice Speaks Lunch
Little Adults: Minors, the Law, and Changing Sexual Mores
September 16, 2009
Cynthia Godsoe, Professor, Brooklyn Law
School
Marjorie Heins, Founder, Free Expression Policy Project
Moderated by: Doni Gewirtzman, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law
School
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here for more information.
Justice Speaks Lunch
Series:
Social Justice Policy: Crafting a To-Do List
April 22, 2009
Somjen Frazer, Senior Policy Activist,
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Johanna E. Miller, NYLS
’08, Public Policy Counsel, New York Civil Liberties Union
Erica Kagan, Brooklyn Law ‘08
Moderated by: Anne Goldstein,
Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School
Symposium:
Challenging the School-to-Prison Pipeline
April 1,
2009
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here for more information.
Watergate Lecture
Series
March 23, 25, 30, & April 1, 2009
Frank
Tuerkheimer presented a four part lecture on Watergate. He narrated the
essence of the Watergate story based largely on the public record coupled
to a degree by his "insider" knowledge of the events as an
Associate Special Watergate Prosecutor. Taken together, these lectures
were essentially about abuse of power and the response to such abuse by
the institutions of a healthy democracy working independently but as part
of a larger system of checks and balances.
Justice Speaks
Lunch Series:
President Obama Signs Fair Pay Act: What It
Means To YOU!
March 11, 2009
Beverly Cooper Neufeld,
Coordinator, Equal Pay Coalition NYC; Co-Chair, New York Women’s
Agenda, Government Affairs
Lisa Lipman, Pro Bono Attorney, Equal Pay
Coalition NYC, New York Women's Agenda
Deborah Vagins, Policy Counsel
for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, American Civil Liberties Union,
Washington Legislative Office
Moderated by: Carlin Meyer, Professor
of Law, New York Law School
Sixth Annual Adoption
Conference
International Adoption, the United States and the
Reality of the Hague System
March 6, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.
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here for details.
The Legacy of an Unfinished Trial:
The Prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic, According to the Record of His
Trial
February 17, 2009
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, English
barrister who did two spells prosecuting at the ICTY, most recently
between 2001 and 2006 when he led the prosecution of Slobodan
Milošević. Sir Geoffrey has returned to private practice but
retains links with international humanitarian law as occasional media
commentator and author of articles. He is currently appearing for citizen
groups of Sudan in respect of efforts to indict its President, El
Bashir. Nena Tromp Vrkić, part-time academic (University of
Amsterdam) and Researcher in the Leadership Research Team of the Office of
the Prosecutor, ICTY since 2001, who worked as principle researcher for all
aspects of the Milosevic case. Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor
of Comparative Law, moderated.
Justice Speaks Lunch
Series:
Let's Talk About Sex: A Discussion on the Constitutionality
and Effectiveness of Government-Funded Abstinence-Only Education
Programs
February 5, 2009
Joan Bertin, Executive
Director, National Coalition Against Censorship
Dr. John Santelli,
Pediatrician, Adolescent Medicine Specialist, and Chairman, Heilbrunn
Department of Population & Family Health, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University
Bonnie Scott Jones, Deputy Director,
Domestic Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights
Moderated by:
Elise Boddie, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law
School
Street Law Project
Student Training
Session
November 20, 2008
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here for information on Street Law.
Safe Passage CLE
Training
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
October 1,
2008
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here for information on Safe Passage.
Justice Speaks
Lunch Series:
A Suspect Classification: The Path to Recognizing
Same-Sex Marriages
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Ross
D. Levi, Esq, Director of Public Policy & Education, Empire State
Pride Agenda
Stephen Newman, Professor of Law, New York Law School
Moderated by: Arthur Leonard, Professor of Law, New York Law
School
Justice Speaks Lunch Series:
Alternatives to
Incarceration Programs: Punishment, or Get Out of Jail Free?
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
James Lee Feck, Juvenile Defense
Attorney, Bronx NY
Kai Livramento, former Courtroom Advocate, Fortune
Society and 1L, New York Law School
Harvey Weineg, Senior Director of
Courtroom Advocacy, Fortune Society
Moderated by: Eugene Cerruti,
Professor of Law, New York Law School
Justice Speaks Lunch
Series:
PIPE(line) DREAMS: Solving the Puzzle of Energy
Independence
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
James Van
Nostrand, Executive Director, Energy & Climate Center, Pace Law
School
Lawrence P. Schnapf, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law,
New York Law School
Fifth Annual Adoption Conference
Waiting in America: Foster Care to Adoption
Friday, April
25, 2008
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here for details.
Fourth Annual Tony Coelho Lecture in
Disability Employment Law & Policy
Monday, April 14,
2008
Guest Lecturer Senator Richard Durbin
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here for details.
Righting the Vote: Fighting
Restrictions on Voter Registration
Tuesday, April 10,
2008
Cosponsored with the American Constitution
Society
Justice Speaks Lunch Series:
The Bronx
Defenders: A Holistic Approach to Defense
Wednesday, April
9, 2008
Robin Steinberg, Executive Director, Bronx Defenders
Moderated by: Professor Mariana Hogan, Director, Externship
Program
Justice Speaks Lunch Series:
The FCC’s
Power to Limit Freedom of Speech Within Media
Wednesday,
February 27, 2008
Robert Corn-Revere, Partner, Davis Wright
Tremaine
Moderated by: Professor Nadine Strossen, President,
ACLU
Justice Speaks Lunch Series:
The Effect of
“Sanctuary Cities” on Immigration Policy
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Udi Ofer, Advocacy Director, New York
Civil Liberties Union
Matilde Roman, General Counsel, Mayor’s
Office of Immigration Affairs
Moderated by: Associate Dean Lenni
Benson
