Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness Within the Law

Authors

Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative

Event Date

3-27-2013

Abstract

Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., presented “Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness Within the Law” as Georgia Law’s 109th Sibley Lecturer. Also a law professor at New York University, Stevenson discussed the dynamics of social justice lawyering, mass incarceration, racial and economic history, and the tactics, strategies and tools for using the law to advance reform.

At the speaker's request the presentation is not available online. A DVD is available for viewing in the Law Library.

Repository Citation

Stevenson, Bryan, "Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness Within the Law" (2013). Sibley Lecture Series. 83.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/lectures_pre_arch_lectures_sibley/83