2023 Fred T. Korematsu Lecture
Please join us for the 2023 Fred T. Korematsu Lecture, a lecture series founded in 2000 as a forum for Asian American perspectives on the law and to honor Asian Americans who have substantially contributed to the development of the law while challenging the status quo. This year, the Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association of NYU Law is excited to host Ambassador Christopher P. Lu.
The 2023 Fred T. Korematsu Lecture will be held on Monday, April 3rd, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in Greenberg Lounge, located within Vanderbilt Hall at 40 Washington Square South. The Korematsu Lecture will also be live streamed via Zoom.
If you plan to attend the Korematsu Lecture in Greenberg Lounge, please RSVP using this Google form.
If you would like to stream the lecture on Zoom, please click here. A Zoom link will be sent to all who register to attend virtually.
The event is co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Live captioning for this event will be provided. For more information, please contact Ian Luo (ian.luo@nyu.edu) and Addison Yang (aky2017@nyu.edu).
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Chris Lu was sworn in as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform on January 4, 2022, as well as Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations. He was nominated by President Biden on April 27, 2021.
During his public service career, Chris has worked in all three branches of the federal government. From 2014 to 2017, he served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor. In this role, Chris was the chief operating officer of a department with 17,000 employees and a $12 billion budget. The son of immigrants, Chris was only the second Asian American in history to become a deputy secretary of any cabinet department.
From 2009 to 2013, he served as White House Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President, where he was President Obama’s primary liaison to the federal agencies. At the end of the first term, Obama said: “Through his dedication and tireless efforts, Chris has overseen one of the most stable and effective cabinets in history – a cabinet that has produced extraordinary accomplishments over the past four years.”
During the Obama Administration, Chris also co-chaired the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, as well as the Diversity and Inclusion in Government Council.
Prior to his service in the executive branch, Chris was Legislative Director and Acting Chief of Staff for then-Senator Obama. The day after Election Day 2008, Chris was named Executive Director of the Obama-Biden transition planning efforts.
A lawyer by training, Chris began his career as a law clerk for Judge Robert E. Cowen on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a litigation attorney at Sidley Austin. He also spent eight years as Deputy Chief Counsel of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Outside of government, Chris has been a senior advisor at FiscalNote, a global technology company, and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center. He is the co-editor of the book, Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Congress, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Chris is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from MacMurray College and the Department of Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.