On Friday, March 1, at 12 pm, UW Law's ACS Chapter will host Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin, who will deliver a presentation entitled "Distorting The Reconstruction: Forced Pregnancy and The Path To Dobbs.” The lecture will be held in Room 2260 in the Law School, and lunch from Casetta will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis to attendees.
Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin is a highly visible thought-leader, podcast host, professor, and frequent commentator on MSNBC, lending her expertise on matters of constitutional law, reproductive justice, and the state of American democracy. She is a distinguished professor at Georgetown University, holding the prestigious Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professorship of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy. Dr. Goodwin is one to the most cited health law scholars in the world and a highly regarded public intellectual with commentaries appearing in the NY Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, the L.A. Times, Newsweek, Ms. magazine and other publications. She has testified before state and federal legislators on matters of health and reproductive justice. Dr. Goodwin is the author of six books and over 100 articles and commentaries on matters of law, medicine, reproductive health, and biotechnologies. She is the 2022 recipient of the American Bar Association’s Margaret Brent Award and in 2023 she was honored by the California Women’s Law Center with their prestigious Pursuit of Justice Award. Dr. Goodwin is author of the award-winning book, Policing The Womb: Invisible Women and The Criminalization of Motherhood. She is the Executive Producer at Ms. Studios
Friday, March 1
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT
University of Wisconsin-Madison
975 Bascom Mall, RM 1160
Madison, WI 53706
Featured speakers: Dean Andre Cummings, Dean Todd Clark, Professor Steven Ramirez, Professor Abita Ellis, and Michelle Meekins-Davis.
Michelle Meekins-Davis will give opening remarks. Professor Ramirez will speak on Mass Incarceration and discuss his research about the impact of Mass Incarceration on the United States economy as well as the affects of mass incarceration on minority communities. Abita Ellis will talk on Election law and the impact of the latest court cases on Article II of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Dean Andre Cummings and Dean Todd Clark will touch on trauma, police brutality, and psychological effects on people of color. A Q&A style panel to follow.
ACS will be in the quad with donuts on March 1. Please come by and chat with us to talk about exec positions for next year and about how to get involved. We will also be handing out ACS stickers!
Join ACS, BLSA, CSEL, and FILM Society in hosting a screening of the film, How to Sue the Klan: The Legacy of the Chattanooga Five. Featuring Director John Beder and Professor Randy McLaughlin.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/ps4DhZ8VKGkGSoPV8
Join us in SLB 128 this Thursday for a conversation with Stuart Delery, co-hosted by YLDems and OutLaws. Stuart was the White House Counsel for President Biden from 2022-2023 and was the first openly gay person to serve in that role. The NYTimes wrote this about Stuart: "Mr. Delery, a low-key and studious Yale Law School graduate, was among the legal architects of some of Mr. Biden’s most important initiatives, including strategies to distribute Covid-19 vaccines, to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars of student debt and to revamp immigration after the expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era measure.
Mr. Delery also oversaw a drive to install as many judges as possible. During his tenure, 20 nominees were confirmed to federal appeals courts and 51 to federal district courts. The slate of new judges has been the most diverse in history."
Stuart graduated from Yale Law School and the University of Virginia. Stuart clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Byron White and for Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
