Showing 8 events for the week starting 10/08/2024
October 8
Tuesday • 8 events
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A Conversation with Erin Hawley on the Pro-Life Movement After Dobbs
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Erin Hawley, senior counsel to the appellate group at Alliance Defending Freedom, will discuss her time and experience fighting for life in the United States and share her thoughts on the future of the pro-life movement after Dobbs. -
Jews and Israel One Year After October 7
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Professors Noah Feldman and Derek Penslar discuss the cultural and legal realities that have unfolded in Israel since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
co-sponsored with the Center for Jewish Studies… -
Texas Legal Market Overview: Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Overview of Similarities and Differences between these markets including: Practice Area focus; Market Trends (legal market growth vs. decline); City Size, Lifestyle, and Cultural Considerations… -
Using Law in the Service of People It Wasn’t Intended to Help: Advocating as a Union Lawyer
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Wasserstein Fellow and union attorney Pamela Devi Chandran for a discussion on using law as one (important) tool in the larger fight for working people’s rights. Unionized workplaces comprise people of diverse backgrounds who are united in a struggle to improve their worklife. At a time when the contours of labor law seem bent against the labor movement, Pamela will share how lawyers must rely on strategy, advocacy, and the power of numbers to effect change – including change in the law. Open to the HLS community. Lunch provided. RSVP below. -
Alumni in Residence with ReNika Moore J.D. ’03 of the American Civil Liberties Union
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
ReNika Moore is the Director of the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program (RJP). She leads a dedicated team that uses litigation, advocacy, grassroots mobilization, and public education to dismantle barriers to equality for people of color. RJP takes on issues in a range of areas including education, housing, the economy, and the criminal justice system. Prior to joining the ACLU, Ms. Moore served as Labor Bureau Chief of the New York Office of the Attorney General. Click to register. -
International Legal Studies Coffee Hour
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join ILS staff and classmates who have lived, studied or worked abroad for a coffee, tea and snack break and informal networking among students interested in international opportunities at HLS. -
Labor Market Competition and Workers’ Rights: A Conversation with Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice Antitrust Division
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/DOJLaborAntitrust. The conversation will take place in-person from 5:00-6:15pm, followed by a reception from 6:15-7:00pm A recording of the discussion will be available online after the event.