This event launches ASU Law’s Civil Rights, Migration, and Workplace Law Initiative, led by Professor David Lopez, a national leader in civil rights and the longest-serving General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has also served as co-dean of Rutgers Law School–Newark and taught at Harvard, Yale, NYU, and Georgetown. Hear from top thought leaders and engage in a timely discussion about workplace equity, justice, and the law.
The featured guests for this event are Stacy Leads, the Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor at ASU Law, and Fatima Goss Graves, the President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center.
This event includes an expert panel on the evolving legal frameworks around gender-based workplace protections, moderated by Professor Michael Selmi. It will also include a fireside chat with Dean Stacy Leeds on civil and workplace rights. Light food and a bar provided!
Christina Lynch from the Cook County Assessor's Office will discuss the office's work, and careers in county-level public service broadly.
Join the American Constitution Society (ACS) and former Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Professor Sarah Bloom Raskin, for a conversation about the importance of the Federal Reserve's independence. The conversation will focus on recent actions by the Executive Branch that threaten the Fed's autonomy, such as the attempted removal of Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook. Professor Raskin will also explore the legal and economic consequences of undermining the Fed's independence, from destabilizing markets to weakening the separation of powers.
In collaboration with the Immigration Law Society and the Hispanic Law Society, this panel will bring together Professor Gerard Magliocca and Rachel Van Tyle of Exodus Refugee Immigration to explore the constitutional foundations and policy implications of birthright citizenship in the United States.
ACS and Lawyers Defending American Democracy (LDAD) present a conversation with Professor Mitt Regan on the role of lawyers and law students in defending democracy. Lunch will be provided.
Are our institutions fundamentally broken? How can a country so divided govern itself? Join us for a discussion with author Osita Nwanevu on his new book "The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding."
