“That Important Trust”: Suffrage and Citizenship 100 Years After the Nineteenth Amendment

Join the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network for a half-day symposium celebrating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, which states that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged based on sex.

8:30-9:00 a.m.: Check-in and Breakfast
9:00-9:15 a.m.: Welcome Remarks
9:15-10:45 a.m.: Panel 1: Historical Perspectives on Citizenship and the Nineteenth Amendment
10:45-11:00 a.m.: Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Panel 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Citizenship and Equality
12:30-12:45 p.m.: Break
12:45-2:00 p.m.: Lunchtime Discussion and Conclusion

Historical Perspectives on Citizenship and the Nineteenth Amendment - 9:15-10:45 a.m. (0.5 Diversity CLE credit, 1 Areas of Professional Practice credit)
Rabia Belt, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Martha Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
Adrienne LaFrance, Executive Editor, The Atlantic
Elaine Weiss, Author, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Moderated by Deborah Malamud, AnBryce Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

Contemporary Perspectives on Citizenship and Equality - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (0.5 Diversity CLE credit, 1 Areas of Professional Practice credit)
Sarah Brafman ’16, Senior Policy Counsel, A Better Balance
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Diana Kasdan ’01, Director, Judicial Strategy, Center for Reproductive Rights
Julie Suk, Dean for Master’s Programs & Professor of Sociology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Wendy Weiser, Vice President, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
Moderated by Reva Siegel, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Lunchtime Discussion & Conclusion - 12:45-2:00 p.m. (1.5 Areas of Professional Practice CLE credits)
Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate; Host, Amicus podcast
in conversation with Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, NYU School of Law

This event offers a maximum of 1 CLE credit in the Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias category, and a maximum of 3.5 CLE credits in the Areas of Professional Practice (New York State only). While the event is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys, the Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias credit is intended for experienced attorneys. Newly admitted New York attorneys (attorneys admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or fewer) cannot earn CLE credit in the category of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias, but are encouraged to attend.

Registration is required (including for NYU Law students). Kindly register by Thursday, January 30, 2020.