Speakers and Events

Please join us in the fall for a new series of speakers. Details will be announced as they become available. All events are free and open to the public and refreshments are provided.

Past Events

April 9
"Using U.S. Courts to Protect Human Rights Abroad: A Community Discussion of Sexual Minorities Uganda v. Scott Lively."
Presented by Attorney Pam Spees, Center for Constitutional Rights, discussed the pending case and the emerging role of U.S. courts as a venue for protecting human rights abroad. With an introduction by Professor Matthew Charity.

April 3
"Gay Marriage and the Supreme Court: Reflecting on the Oral Arguments.”
Excerpts from the gay marriage oral arguments, as well as the virtual presence of Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, a renowned scholar of Constitutional Law, who presented his analysis and took questions.

March 13
“Gay Marriage and the Supreme Court: A Public Discussion” (video)
A panel of experts from the law school discussing the complex and exciting issues in the two marriage equality cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term: Hollingsworth v. Perry (California's Proposition 8) and United States v. Windsor (the Defense of Marriage Act). 

January 23
“Telling Amy’s Story”
a documentary about domestic violence presented by Detective Deirdri Fishel of State College, PA. Hosted in conjunction with Hampden County District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni L'89.

October 3, 2012
Bullying in Schools: How Should the Law Protect Students?
Panelists: Anne Littlefield and Kevin Roy, Attorneys in Shipman & Goodwin's School Law Practice Group • Gabrielle Viator, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Alexander Rosas, Professor of Political Science, Western New England University

September 28, 2012
Building the Arc of Justice: The Life and Legal Thought of Derrick Bell Symposium
Watch a video of the symposium.

Co-hosted with the Clason Speaker Series:
"You're telling me it's wrong to do to the prisoners what the Army does to its own soldiers?" Gender Performance Requirements of the U.S. Military in the War on Islamic Terrorism"
Mary Anne Case
March 6, 2012
Watch a video of her talk.

Co-hosted with the Clason Speaker Series:
"Campus Rape, Title IX and the New Guidelines: New Clarity and New Controversies"
Wendy Murphy
January 19, 2012
Watch a video of her talk.

Massachusetts’s New Transgender Rights Law: Strategies for Compliance and Advocacy (PDF)
February 14, 2012
Watch a video of the panel.