central european university

cordially invites you to a Rector’s Lecture Series event co-hosted by Department of Legal Studies, Department of Gender Studies and Human Rights Students Initiative

delivered by Judge Nancy Gertner United States District Court for the District of on Crime, Race and Justice: A Gendered Perspective

Introduction: Judge Nancy Gertner graduated (BA, 1967) and (JD and MA, John Shattuck Political Science, 1971). After decades as a lawyer, she was appointed to be a United States President and Rector District Court Judge. She was recently presented Professor of Legal Studies with the prestigious Thurgood Marshall Award of the American Bar Association, in honor of her distinguished career as both a lawyer and judge. Moderator: The only other woman to receive this honor was Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg. Renata Uitz Judge Gertner has combined academic and judicial careers, including teaching at Chair, Comparative Constitutional (since 1998) and (in 2011). She has published articles, Law Program, Professor, books and book chapters, including The Law of Juries, (with Judith Mizner) (Thompson Reuters, 2010) and a memoir, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of Department of Legal Studies an Unrepentant Advocate (Beacon Press, 2011), which focuses on the period during her work as a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer before joining the Federal bench in 1994. Date: Among numerous other important issues, she has examined how the law relates to women and minorities and has been a leader in trying to stop the Wednesday, December 1, 2010 practice of racial profiling by police. She also recently made a major judicial decision about reducing the penalty to be paid to Sony Corp. by a student who downloaded copyrighted content from the Internet. In addition, she has lectured Time: widely on women’s rights, criminal justice and human rights—teaching judges from the former Soviet Union (ABA‑CEELI Institute) and judges, lawyers and 5:00 p.m. students in Turkey, Israel, Vietnam, Cambodia, Liberia and Japan. She travels yearly to China with Yale’s China Project and the Wellesley Centers for Women. “Nancy Gertner is a courageous pioneer and brilliant jurist whose life lessons will Venue: interest anyone who has ever stood in a courtroom, fought for a cause, or juggled a demanding career and loving family.” —Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business Popper Room (CEU, Nador u. 9) School professor and author of The Change Masters, Confidence,and SuperCorp

RSVP by Monday, November 29, 2010: Followed by a reception Katalin Lassu Phone: 1-327-3065, E-mail: [email protected]