Center for Ethics to Host Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen
The Muhlenberg College Center for Ethics welcomes Nadine Strossen, former president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU), as a speaker for their series Politics, Ethics & Citizenship.Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:22 AM
Her talk, “President Obama and the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen,” will be held on Tuesday, February 17 in Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, at 7:00 p.m. This event, co-sponsored by the department of political science and the Lectures and Forums Committee, is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
A Professor of Law at New York Law School, Strossen has written, lectured and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights. An accomplished lawyer, author, professor and speaker, she is committed to using the law as a tool to protect American civil liberties.
From 1991-2008, Strossen served as the first female president of the ACLU, the nation’s largest and oldest civil liberties organization. In that capacity, she gave more than 200 public presentations every year before diverse audiences, including on more than 500 college campuses and in many foreign countries. She has also appeared on almost every national news program, frequently commenting on legal issues in the national media.
The National Law Journal has twice named Strossen one of “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.” In 1996, Working Woman Magazine listed her among the “350 Women Who Changed the World 1976-1996.” In 1997, Upside magazine included Strossen in the “Elite 100: 100 Executives Leading the Digital Revolution.” In 1998, Vanity Fair magazine included her in “America’s 200 Most Influential Woman.” In 1999, Ladies Home Journal included Strossenin “America’s 100 Most Important Women.”
Strossen’s writings have been published in many scholarly and general interest publications. She has more than 250 published works. Her book, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights (Scribner 1995), was named by the New York Times a “notable book” of 1995. Her co-authored book, Speaking of Race, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (NYU Press 1995), was named an “outstanding book” by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America.
In 1996, Strossen became one of the first three women to receive the U.S. Jaycees’ “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” Award; she was also the first American woman to win the Jaycees International’s “The Outstanding Young Persons of the World” Award.
Strossen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College in 1972 and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1975, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She then practiced law for nine years in her hometown of Minneapolis and New York City.
For more information on this event or other Center for Ethics programs, please visit www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/ethics.
Muhlenberg College gratefully acknowledges the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation’s support of the Center for Ethics.
