The Role of the Courts in Our Democracy

This event, moderated by Associate Professor of Philosophy Anna Gotlib, will feature the following speakers: Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, co-host of Strict Scrutiny podcast, MSNBC legal analyst, and Robert L. Hess Scholar-in Residence 2025; Deborah N. Archer, president, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Clinical Law and associate dean, experiential education and clinical programs at NYU Law School; Lee Gelernt, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and director of the project’s Access to the Courts program, and adjunct professor at Columbia Law School; and Leah Litman, professor of law at University of Michigan Law School and co-host of Strict Scrutiny.

Sponsored by the Frederic Ewen Civil Liberties and Academic Freedom Lecture and the Department of History at Brooklyn College.