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Date:
February 11, 2014
Start:
11:45am
End:
1:45pm
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Location:
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Event type:
Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
For more info:
Please contact Rachel Sidopulos in the William Wayne Justice Center at 512-232-6277 or rsidopulos@law.utexas.edu.

Vincent Warren is the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York, a national legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Sheffield Room

Warren will speak from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. about the CCR’s work leading the New York stop-and-frisk case. From 12:45-1:45 p.m., he’ll speak more informally about his life in the law. Attend one or both sessions. Lunch served at 11:45 and 12:45.

RSVP by Monday, February 10, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Warren oversees CCR's groundbreaking litigation and advocacy work which includes using international and domestic law to hold corporations and government officials accountable for human rights abuses; challenging racial, gender and LGBT injustice; and combating the illegal expansion of U.S. presidential power and policies such as illegal detention at Guantanamo, rendition and torture.

For more information, see http://ccrjustice.org/about-us/staff-board/warren%2C-vincent.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law
  • Career Services

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.