National President of ACLU to Speak
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American Civil Liberties Union national president Nadine Strossen, the first woman and youngest person to hold the position, will speak at the University of San Diego this month.
Strossen, a law professor at the law school of New York University, has been active in human rights organizations, including the the Coalition to Free Soviet Jews and the Middle East Watch. She also serves on the board of directors of the Fund for Free Expression and the National Coalition Against Censorship.
The National Law Journal included Strossen in its “Profiles in Power: The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” and Jaycees International awarded her one of the 10 Outstanding Young People of the World awards.
Forthcoming articles by Strossen include: “Justice Harlan and the Bill of Rights,” which will appear in the New York University Law School Law Review and “Defining Civil Liberties,” which will appear in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.
Strossen will speak at 4:30 p.m. March 16 in the Grace Courtroom on the USD campus.
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