Burns Chair Events: Resistance to Autocracy During the Trump Administration
Richard Abel, Professor Emeritus at UCLA and 2007 Burns Chair, will discuss resistance to autocracy during the Trump administration.
Richard Abel, Professor Emeritus at UCLA and 2007 Burns Chair, will discuss resistance to autocracy during the Trump administration.
In his final lecture as Burns Chair, Vince Warren will explore the local and global impact of two cases from the Center for Constitutional Rights' environmental and mass incarceration advocacy. […]
Professor James Forman Jr. , a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and expert in race and class dimensions of schools, police, and prisons will visit CUNY Law for the 2024-2025 academic year as this year's W. Haywood Burns Chair
Professor Forman and expert guests will explore how criminal justice advocates, including those who were once incarcerated themselves, are fighting to make prisons less destructive and to increase opportunity for people leaving prison.
Join Burns Chair James Forman Jr. in a wide-ranging conversation with renowned experts Paul Butler, Raj Jayadev, and Heather Pinckney on the tension public defenders experience in both working against and operating within the system.
Burns Chair Professor James Forman and experts on interventions used to reduce lengthy prison sentences and create second chances for incarcerated people
The Burns Chair’s final event of the 2025-2026 year will feature a timely and thought-provoking conversation with a progressive elected official from Tennessee, Assemblymember Justin J. Pearson, exploring the state […]
All events on this calendar are open to the public, or our students, alumni, faculty, staff, and supporter audiences.
Events are wheelchair accessible. For disability-related accommodations, contact the organizer of the event. Advance notice is kindly requested.
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