Events

Hosted by the Advocates for Human Rights, Binger Center for New Americans and the Human Rights Center, join us for a conversation with Cristosal Human Rights, a northern Central American human rights organization. Traveling from El Salvador, Cristosal staff will share about the current political realities in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The discussion will also center on the issues of forced migration, the rise of authoritarianism, and combating corruption.

Join four of the Law School’s distinguished faculty experts for a lively panel discussion previewing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term. The event will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2023 in Mondale Hall, room 25 (Lockhart Hall). 

The panelists are: 

Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 28, 1972. She married Jesse M. Barrett in 1999, and they have seven children – Emma, Vivian, Tess, John Peter, Liam, Juliet, and Benjamin. She received a B.A. from Rhodes College in 1994 and a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1997. She served as a law clerk for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1997 to 1998, and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1998 Term.

The Midwest Clinical Conference will be held at the University of Minnesota Law School (Walter F. Mondale Hall) on October 19-21, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year’s theme is "About Damn Time: Centering Clinical Education in the Law School Experience." The conference will focus on how law schools should center clinical education within the law school curriculum, and how we should approach and measure the impact of clinical and experiential education.