Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl A. Racine delivered the 2021 Joseph L. Rauh Jr. Lecture in March, in which he focused on the office’s efforts in affordable housing, worker rights, juvenile justice and combating hate. Following his remarks, Racine took questions from the virtual audience of more than 100 […]
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Debo Adegbile named Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Civil Rights
The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law) is excited to announce that Debo Adegbile will serve as the 2019-2020 Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Civil Rights. Adegbile is a member of the Government and Regulatory Litigation group at WilmerHale. He was chosen as the newest Rauh […]
Read MoreRichard L. Trumka talks history, future of unions and labor at 27th Annual Rauh Lecture
On Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka delivered the 27th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture, linking the history and future of labor rights and reminding the audience of Joseph L. Rauh’s role in paving the way for union democracy. Trumka’s long-time mentor and friend Joseph “Chip” […]
Read More“Despair is the Luxury of the Privileged:” 26th Annual Rauh Lecture by Vanita Gupta
On Tuesday, Nov. 27, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Vanita Gupta delivered the twenty-sixth annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture to a rapt audience at UDC Law.
Read MoreStephen Bright talks death penalty, debtors’ prisons, mass incarceration at 25th Annual Rauh Lecture
On Nov. 29, Stephen B. Bright delivered the 25th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture, titled “Race & Poverty in the Criminal Courts: The Death Penalty, Debtors’ Prisons, Mass Incarceration and Other Injustices,” to a packed house at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law.
Read MoreSen. Cory Booker Delivers Energetic 24th Annual Rauh Lecture
On Nov. 16, barely a week after the 2016 Presidential Election that left many reeling, Sen. Cory Booker visited the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL) to deliver the 24th Annual Rauh Lecture.
Read MoreBryan Stevenson Delivers Captivating, Inspiring Rauh Lecture
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, delivered a motivating and inspiring speech to a crowded auditorium at the University of the District of Columbia for the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture.
Read MoreTom Perez delivers 22nd Annual Rauh Lecture
The 22nd Annual Joseph L. Rauh Jr. Lecture was delivered on April 4, 2014, by U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez. After a welcome from DC School of Law Foundation Board Chair Mike Rauh and introduction of the Rauh Professor of Public Interest Law, Wade Henderson, by Dean Shelley Broderick, […]
Read MoreSenator Elizabeth Warren: 21st Rauh Lecturer
On October 2, 2013, in the UDC Theater of the Arts, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivered 21st Annual Joseph L. Rauh Jr. Lecture to a crowd of over 500 students, staff, faculty alumni and friends of the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. Senator Warren – often cited […]
Read More19th Rauh Lecture with Harold Koh, Legal Adviser of the Department of State
On November 22nd, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law held its 19th annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture. This year’s featured speaker was Harold Hongju Koh, the 22nd Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State, a former Yale Law Dean, and Martin R. Flug ’55 Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
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