Invitation to the inaugural Life of the Law conversation

“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., US Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1902-1932

Lost amidst the headlines of Supreme Court decisions are the people at the heart of these cases. We will present their stories in a series of conversations titled Life of the Law, and are delighted to invite you to the inaugural conversation on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in Greenberg Lounge.

Sixty and fifty years ago, the Supreme Court issued landmark decisions related to religion and public schooling: Engel v. Vitale (1962) and Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972). The decisions held respectively that school-sponsored prayers in public school were unconstitutional, and that states could not require parents to educate their children past eighth grade when schooling conflicted with their religious beliefs. The decisions also affected the victorious parties in ways good and bad, and they will share their stories with Pulitzer-Prize-finalist Joshua Prager, author of The Family Roe.

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Important COVID-19 message: In accordance with University guidelines, for all NYU-affiliated events, attendees are expected to be fully up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations, including booster.