2023 W. Haywood Burns Chair Welcome: Vince Warren & Janai Nelson in Conversation

September 18, 2023 | CUNY School of Law

2023 Burns Chair Vince Warren and Janai Nelson discuss their work as lawyers and leaders fighting against current civil rights challenges. Their wide-ranging conversation touches on transformative leadership, the impact of efforts to ban Critical Race Theory, and the role of progressive lawyers in today’s political arena at CUNY School of Law. Opening remarks are provided by Dean Sudha Setty; Jennifer Dohrn, Haywood’s life partner; and Professor Emeritus Victor Goode, Haywood’s colleague, and friend. Mr. Warren is the Executive Director of the Center of Constitutional Rights and Ms. Nelson is the President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.