Monday, February 1, 2016

Center for the Study of Law and Society Speaker Series: Spring 2016

The Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California, Berkeley has announced the lineup for its Spring 2016 speaker series. Presentations that may be of interest to our readership include:
Monday, February 1
Jed Shugerman, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
“The Rise of Prosecutor-Politicians: Earl Warren, the Japanese Internment, and the 1942 Governor’s Race”

Monday, February 29
Susan Schweik, Professor of English, U.C. Berkeley
How a Ward of Women in a ‘Feeble-minded Home’ Taught Us to Teach to the Test, and Why We Don’t Know It”

Monday, March 7 
Dylan Penningroth, Professor of Law and History, U.C. Berkeley School of Law
“The Negro’s Lawyer: A History”

Monday, April 11
Scott Cummings, Robert Heningson Professor of Legal Ethics, Professor of Law, U.C.L.A. School of Law
“Movements in Progressive Legal Thought”