Nadine Strossen, one of the most influential women in constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights, will visit TJ on March 7 as part of the Steven McCollum Distinguished Speakers Series.
She will talk with TJ Upper School students during the day, and then talk with parents, faculty, and the community during a presentation at 6:30 p.m. in the TJ Concert Hall.
Her latest book, Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, has received rave reviews, and copies will be available at a book signing event after the presentation. There is no charge for this event, and copies of Strossen’s book will be available for purchase at a book-signing event.
An accomplished lawyer, author, and professor (read her NYU Law School bio here), Strossen has received countless awards for leading the fight for free speech and women’s rights. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard, and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
After practicing law for nine years, she became a professor at New York Law School, and from 1991 to 2008, Strossen served as the first woman and youngest person ever to serve as the ACLU’s president.
Twice named one of “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by The National Law Journal, Strossen draws from her two decades as president of the American Civil Liberties Union and current post as professor at New York University law school to highlight the dangers that follow efforts to serve justice by limiting civil rights.
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