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Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the 2021 John Paul Stevens Lecture took place on October 19 virtually and in-person at the University of 蜜糖直播 Law School. The Honorable Bernice B. Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit spoke on defining the 鈥淩ule of Law.鈥�

Ann England, clinical professor at the University of 蜜糖直播 Law School, is the 2020 recipient of the 蜜糖直播 Criminal Defense Bar鈥檚 鈥淎dvancing Justice鈥� Award. The award recognizes England鈥檚 years of teaching aspiring lawyers in 蜜糖直播 Law鈥檚 Criminal Defense Clinic and serving as a role model and mentor for those new to criminal law.

On Sept. 18, University of 蜜糖直播 Law School Professor Suzette Malveaux and her partner, Catherine Smith, accepted the Gerald A. Gerash Advocacy Award presented by The Center on Colfax at the center鈥檚 45th anniversary gala. The award honors those who demonstrate a history of advocacy for the LGBTQ community.

Congressman Joe Neguse ('09) announced Clinical Professor Violeta Chapin as the winner of the 2021 Polly Baca Ra铆ces Fuertes Community Leader Award in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

University of 蜜糖直播 Law School Professor Kristen A. Carpenter reflects on her two terms as the North American member of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, University of 蜜糖直播 Law School Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law Suzette Malveaux spoke about her pro bono work representing the survivors of what is widely known as one of the worst race massacres in U.S. history.

The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of 蜜糖直播 Law School hosted an online conference on March 12 exploring how surveillance regimes have engendered disproportionate harm to underrepresented groups based on racial, sexual, immigration, religious, and gender biases. The conference highlighted themes from Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson's recent book by the same name.

Scholars will discuss the ideas explored in Helen Norton's recent book, The Government鈥檚 Speech and the Constitution, at the University of Illinois Law Review Symposium, which will be held virtually on April 16.

University of 蜜糖直播 Law School Professor Kristen Carpenter, an American Indian law scholar with expertise in property, cultural property, human rights, and Indigenous peoples, has been appointed as a justice of the inaugural Supreme Court of the Shawnee Tribe.

In this lecture, titled "Is It Time for a New Civil Rights Act? Addressing Modern Obstructionist Procedure," Professor Suzette Malveaux explored how the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 civil procedure jurisprudence has undermined access to justice and civil rights enforcement, and why a new civil rights law is necessary during this critical and tumultuous time in our country. Watch a recording.