Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 Time: 6:30 p.m.— 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU Skirball

In her new memoir, Susan Rice reveals pivotal moments from her career on the front lines of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy with unflinching candor. Rice will share her personal story as well as examine the current state of foreign affairs and the challenges facing American leadership.

Speakers: Ambassador Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and author of Tough Love: My Story of Things Worth Fighting For; Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News, and Host, “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” MSNBC

Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Time: 1:00 p.m.— 2:30 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law

Despite the rapid advance of biometric technology and its widespread use, relevant analysis and guidance remains underdeveloped. Join us for a panel discussing the human rights implications of using biometric technologies in counterterrorism efforts.

Speakers: Ángel Díaz, Counsel, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice; Tomaso Falchetta, Advocacy and Policy Team Lead, Privacy International; Krisztina Huszti-Orban, Research Fellow, Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota Law School, and Senior Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights

Date: Monday, October 7, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m.— 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law

With more than two million people behind bars, the United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The cause is that the U.S. criminal justice system is designed to punish. Martha Minow explores how the law’s tools of forgiveness, amnesties, and pardons might strengthen justice, peace, and democracy.

Speakers: Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor and Former Dean, Harvard Law School, and author of When Should Law Forgive?; Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m.— 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law

Panelists will discuss the state of racial, ethnic, and gender diversity on the state and federal benches, how existing institutions pose hurdles for women and people of color advancing to the bench, and how to help build more diverse benches for the future.

Speakers: Alicia Bannon, Managing Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice; Hon. Robert A. Gordon, Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland; Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Keesha Gaskins-Nathan, Program Director, Democratic Practice–United States, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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