Launch Event - The Michael Tigar Papers

September 20, 2018

Schedule

September 20, 2018

Time Session Information
3:30 – 4:00

Registration

Joseph D. Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)

4:00

Welcome & Introduction

Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas School of Law; Founder & Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

  • Don Carleton

    Executive Director Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Video Message

Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

The Right Honourable Jeremy Corbyn MP
Leader of the Labour Party, United Kingdom

Roundtable

Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

Moderator

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas School of Law; Founder & Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Panelists

  • Fernando Chávez

    Founder Chávez Law Group

  • Bernardine Dohrn

    Founder & Former Director, Children and Family Justice Center; Co-founder, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth Northwestern University School of Law

  • Sivakumaren (“Robin”) Mardemootoo

    Managing Partner; Founder, SPEAK Human Rights & Environmental Initiative Mardemootoo Solicitors

  • Wayne Reaud

    Founder Reaud, Morgan & Quinn

  • Jordan Steiker

    Judge Robert M. Parker Endowed Chair in Law; Director, Capital Punishment Center The University of Texas School of Law

Reading from Michael Tigar’s "Haymaker: Whose Name the Few Still Say with Tears"

Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

Adapted by

  • Neville Hoad

    Associate Professor of English The University of Texas at Austin

  • Roger Reeves

    Associate Professor of English The University of Texas at Austin

Interview with Michael Tigar

Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

  • Lois Romano

    Former Senior Editor, The Washington Post; Co-chair, Board of Directors Women's Foreign Policy Group

Launch of the Michael Tigar Papers

Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

  • Don Carleton

    Executive Director Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas School of Law; Founder & Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

7:00

Reception

Sheffield Massey Room, TNH 2.111

Including toasts from:
  • Judge Patrick Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Katie McQueen, MD (Michael's daughter)
  • Debra L. Meeks, Major/USAF-Retired
  • Elizabeth Torrey Tigar (Michael's daughter)
  • Ron Woods, Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas