Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law

Women’s reproductive rights are under attack. So far this year, nine states have passed laws to outlaw abortion or forbid the procedure past a certain point in pregnancy. In their recent book, Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories, legal experts Melissa Murray, Reva Siegel, and Kate Shaw will discuss the significance of key reproductive rights and justice cases. What policy changes would be most effective in protecting women’s health? To what extent are abortion bans a form of social control? What will happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned?

Speakers: Melissa Murray, Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Kate Shaw, Professor of Law and Codirector of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law School; Reva Siegel, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School; and Rebecca Traister, Writer at Large, New York magazine

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m.— 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law

American democracy urgently needs repair. In his new book, Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig charts the ways in which the fundamental institutions of our democracy respond to narrow interests rather than to the needs and wishes of the nation’s citizenry.

Speakers: Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, host of the podcast Another Way, cofounder of Creative Commons, and author of They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming our Democracy; Victoria Bassetti, Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice

Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Location: Furman Hall, NYU School of Law

The Brennan Center’s Liberty & National Security Program and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund will host a day focused on racial justice issues raised by modern surveillance technologies such as facial recognition, predictive policing, and social media monitoring tools.

Speakers: Expert panelists, including law enforcement representatives, policymakers, advocates, and technologists, to be announced