Nan Aron, founder and president of Alliance for Justice, will present a lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., in the Red Pit, KJ. The lecture is sponsored by the Sociology Department and is free and open to the public.
Aron is nationally recognized for her expertise in public interest law, the federal judiciary and citizen participation in public policy. She is the author of Liberty and Justice for All: Public Interest Law in the 1980s and Beyond and has appeared as an expert in such media outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Vanity Fair and National Public Radio.
Prior to founding Alliance for Justice, Aron was a staff attorney for the ACLU’s National Prison Project, where she challenged conditions in state prison systems through lawsuits in federal and state courts. As a trial attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she litigated race and sex discrimination cases against companies and unions in federal and district courts.
Alliance for Justice (AFJ) has been a leading progressive voice on matters related to the federal judiciary and as an unrivaled expert on the legal framework, importance, and assessment of nonprofit advocacy activities since 1979. AFJ has identified and recruited candidates for federal judgeships, paving the way for confirmations of hundreds of federal judges and justices. Alliance for Justice has also led the effort to ensure the federal judiciary reflects the diversity of the legal profession and everyday Americans.
