Due to unforeseen circumstances, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
Professor Deborah N. Archer of New York University School of Law will present the
David C. Baum Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
“The Power and Persistence of Racism”
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
12-1 p.m.
Max L. Rowe Auditorium, Law Building
Professor Archer will broadly address racial justice, touching on housing, voting rights, and criminal legal system reform.
Free and open to the public.
A limited number of lunches will be available for lecture attendees.
Deborah Archer is the Margaret B. Hoppin Professor, Associate Dean of Experiential Education and Clinical Programs, and Director of the Community Equity Lab at New York University School of Law. Deborah is also the president of the ACLU and a nationally recognized expert on civil liberties, civil rights, and racial justice. She is an award-winning teacher and legal scholar whose articles have appeared in leading law reviews. Before full-time teaching, Deborah worked as an attorney with the ACLU and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., where she litigated voting rights, employment discrimination, and school desegregation. She previously served as chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s oldest and largest police oversight agency, and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. She is also the author of the forthcoming book "Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality."
About the David C. Baum Lecture
The family and friends of David C. Baum endowed the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights not only in his memory, but at his request.
Deep concern for the dignity and rights of all people was central to Professor Baum’s character and activities. After receiving his undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University, Professor Baum served as law clerk for Justice Walter V. Schaefer of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1959-60. He then practiced law with the Chicago firm of Ross, McGowan, Hardies and O’Keefe until he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois College of Law in 1963.
Professor Baum was an inspiration to his student and colleagues, not only because of the excellence of his teaching, scholarship, and public service, but because of his remarkable human qualities. Conscientious and judicious, blending passion for justice with dispassionate objectivity, he inspired the highest level of discourse and endeavor in all who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.
It is hoped that the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights will constitute a fitting memorial to a man whose unrelenting intellectual vigor and moral commitment made his presence in the world of law invaluable.