One look at the civil rights and women’s rights movements, and it’s clear: Social movements shape the law. Professor Gerald Torres explores how law is made through the interaction between those seeking access to power and those who regulate that access. He hopes to begin a dialogue between academics, grassroots organizers, policy makers, and lawyers to understand that relationship.
Gerald Torres is co-author, with Lani Guinier, of The Miner’s Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, and Transforming Democracy. A leading figure in critical race theory, Torres is also an expert in agricultural and environmental law. Torres has served as deputy assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as counsel to then U.S. attorney general Janet Reno.
Application will be made for 1 bias CLE credit.