An Afternoon with Deborah Archer at the NCRM this Saturday!
As part of our Diversity & Pre-Law Week’s programming, we are excited that attorney and professor Deborah Archer, President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), will be our keynote speaker at the National Civil Rights Museum at 2:30pm on Saturday, February 26th. Reception to immediately follow. RSVP for this event here.
This event is cosponsored by Memphis Law’s Black Law Students Association and the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association.
About Attorney Archer:
As the eighth President of the ACLU, Archer leads America’s premier civil rights and civil liberties organization. She is the first person of color to lead the ACLU and is a leading civil rights lawyer, professor, writer, and commentator. Her talks explore the intersection of race, civil liberties and the law – challenging audiences to confront America’s legacy of racism and injustice. She also helps audiences understand how systemic racism impacts all aspects of American life, from our workplaces and campuses to transportation, education, housing, economic opportunity, criminal law, and more.
In addition to serving as the ACLU President, Archer is Professor of Clinical Law at the New York University School of Law, and Faculty Director of the Law School’s Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law. Previously, she was an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the ACLU, where she litigated in the areas of voting rights, employment discrimination and school desegregation. Archer was also a member of the faculty at New York Law School and an associate at the international law firm, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. On two separate occasions, she chaired the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s oldest and largest police oversight agency.
