Inaugurated in 1983, the Edith House Lecture Series brings outstanding female legal scholars and practitioners to Athens. Edith Elizabeth House, a native of Winder, Ga., was one of the first female graduates of the University of Georgia School of Law. She graduated in 1925 and was co-valedictorian of her class. House enjoyed a distinguished career in public service, which spanned over 30 years. This lecture series is sponsored by the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers UGA Chapter (formerly the Women Law Students Association).
Lectures from 2024
41st Edith House Lecture with Janet Judge, Janet Judge and Darrice Griffin
Lectures from 2023
40th Edith House Lecture with Lisa Monaco, Lisa Monaco
Lectures from 2022
39th Edith House Lecture with Kiran Ahuja, Kiran Ahuja
Lectures from 2021
A Fireside Chat with Supreme Court Justices McMillian and Warren, Carla Wong McMillian and Sarah Hawkins Warren
Lectures from 2019
Rising Through the Ranks, Audrey Boone Tillman
Lectures from 2018
A Conversation With Distinguished Lecturer from Government at Georgetown Law Sally Q. Yates, Sally Quillian Yates
Lectures from 2017
Reflections on My Journey as a Mother and a Judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson
Lectures from 2016
The Voice of a Woman Lawyer: Why It Matters and How to Use It, Stacey Godfrey Evans
Lectures from 2015
Long Pants or Short Skirts: Fitting In, Fighting Back or Finding Your Own Way, Kelly Caffarelli
Lectures from 2014
It’s Time to Try Defying Gravity – One Woman’s Thoughts on Having it All, Teresa Wynn Roseborough
Lectures from 2013
Why the Constitution Matters and Why Women Should Care, Edith H. Jones
Lectures from 2012
Winning or Winning with Integrity? A Lawyer's Role in the Corporate World, Leslie M. Turner
Lectures from 2011
Women and the Law: We've Come a Long Way ... Maybe, Carol W. Hunstein
Lectures from 2010
Wise Women? What Women Bring to the Bench and How to Talk About It Like Gentlemen, Dahlia Lithwick
Lectures from 2009
Are We Our Mother's Law Students?: Women's Law School Experiences and an Agenda for Action, Felice J. Batlan
Lectures from 2008
Freedom and Justice for Some: Federal Judicial Review for Guantanamo Bay Prisoners, Shirley M. Hufstedler
Lectures from 2007
Disability Rights: A Liberation Movement for All People, Harriet McBryde Johnson
Lectures from 2006
Some Leaders Are Born Women, Sarah Weddington
Lectures from 2005
Women in the Law, Jean H. Toal
Lectures from 2004
Naturalizing Anti-discimination Law, Linda Hamilton Krieger
Lectures from 2003
Using Legal Strategies to Promote Women’s Reproductive Rights: Achievements and Challenges, Kathy Hall-Martinez
Lectures from 2002
Securing Justice for Women in the United Nations International War Crimes Tribunals and Beyond, Kelly Dawn Askin
Lectures from 2001
Missing Voices: Black Mothers and the Politics of Child Welfare, Dorothy Roberts
Lectures from 1999
Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge, Susan Oki Mollway
Lectures from 1998
Roe v. Wade: 25 Years Later, Sarah Weddington
Lectures from 1997
Sex and Guilt, Anne Coughlin
Lectures from 1996
What's In It For Me? Why Don't White Women Support Affirmative Action?, Martha S. West
Lectures from 1995
Why Are We Here?, Dorothy Toth Beasley
The First Amendment and Sexual Harassment at School and at Work, Mary E. Becker
Lectures from 1994
Private Practice/Public Service - Reminiscences About the Women's Rights Movement, Brooksley E. Born
Lectures from 1992
Banished Bodies (Part 1), Patricia J. Williams
Banished Bodies (Part 2), Patricia J. Williams
Lectures from 1991
Towards a Feminist Theory Interconnecting Subordinations, Mari J. Matsuda
Lectures from 1990
A Postmodern Feminist Critique of Equal Protection Doctrine, Patricia A. Cain
Lectures from 1989
Diversity: Gender, Religion and Race, Martha Minow
Lectures from 1988
International Affairs and the Implausibility of Democracy, R. Lea Brilmayer
Lectures from 1987
Beyond Negotiation: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antonia Handler Chayes
Lectures from 1985
Justice and Juror, Shirley S. Abrahamson
Positive (Affirmative) Action within the European Economic Community, Eliane Vogel-Polsky
Lectures from 1984
The Crisis in Child Support, Gladys Kessler