Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

The Rapoport Center is committed to interdisciplinarity. Lawyers and law students work side by side with scholars and practitioners across disciplines that include anthropology, sociology, government, fine arts, and public policy. The Center’s motto is “Partners for Change at the Intersection of Academics and Advocacy,” representing its unique position as an academic center that not only works across disciplines, but also collaborates with communities outside the academy with the aim of producing innovative and enduring change in the lives of marginalized individuals and groups.

Upcoming Events

Rapoport Center: Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State Colloquium

Monday September 21, 2026
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

This speaker series, titled “Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State,” considers the criminalization of reproduction—historical and contemporary, local and global—largely through the lens of reproductive justice.

Rapoport Center: Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State Colloquium

Monday October 5, 2026
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

This speaker series, titled “Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State,” considers the criminalization of reproduction—historical and contemporary, local and global—largely through the lens of reproductive justice.

Rapoport Center: Valena Beety (Indiana): "Reproductive Wrongful Convictions: The Making of “Unfit” Mothers"

Monday October 19, 2026
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

This speaker series, titled “Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State,” considers the criminalization of reproduction—historical and contemporary, local and global—largely through the lens of reproductive justice.

Rapoport Center: Michele Goodwin (Georgetown): Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State Colloquium

Monday November 2, 2026
4:00pm - 6:00pm
TNH 2.111 Sheffield-Massey Room

This speaker series, titled “Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State,” considers the criminalization of reproduction—historical and contemporary, local and global—largely through the lens of reproductive justice.

Rapoport Center: Agustina Ramón Michel (Palermo and CEDES, Argentina): "Conscientious Objection to Abortion: Comparative Legal Frameworks and Debates" 

Monday November 16, 2026
4:00pm - 6:00pm

This speaker series, titled “Reproductive Justice, Criminal Law, and the Carceral State,” considers the criminalization of reproduction—historical and contemporary, local and global—largely through the lens of reproductive justice.