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VALERIE GORDON HUMAN RIGHTS LECTURE

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Gordon Lecture 2008

The annual Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture, established in 1993, honors outstanding lawyers, judges, scholars and advocates who work to advance human rights and social justice. Gay McDougall (above left), the first appointed United Nations independent expert on minority issues, delivered the 2008 Gordon Lecture. The lecture is named in honor of the late Valerie Gordon '93, a lawyer and advocate for human rights in the US and internationally. Her commitment to human rights and social justice shown is shared and celebrated by the Northeastern law school community.

Jaribu Hill

PAST VALERIE GORDON HUMAN RIGHTS LECTURERS

  • 2008: Gay McDougall, Independent Expert on Minority Issues, United Nations (listen to her lecture: mp3 format - 45 MB)
  • 2007: Dean Harold Koh, Yale Law School
  • 2006: Professor Carol Anderson, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • 2005: Jaribu Hill (photo, left), Executive Director and Founder, Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights
  • 2004: Professor, Gerard Quinn, National Univerity of Ireland Ireland
  • 2003: Professor Abdullahi An-Na'im, Emory University
  • 2002: Professor Professor Charles Ogletree Jr, Harvard Law School
  • 2001: Professor Makau Mutua, SUNY-Buffalo School of Law
  • 2000: Professor Adrien Wing, University of Iowa College of Law
  • 1999: Loretta Ross, Executive Director, Center for Human Rights Education
  • 1998: The Honorable Albert Louis Sachs, Constitutional Court of South Africa
  • 1997: Franic Mading Deng, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
  • 1996: The Honorable Nathaniel Jones, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • 1995: Ambassador Dessima Williams
  • 1994: Randall Robinson, Executive Director, TransAfrica

Harold Koh BLSA HUMAN RIGHTS ESSAY CONTEST

Each year, in conjunction with the Valerie Gordon Lecture, the law school's chapter of the Black Law Students Association sponsors a human rights essay contest for first-year law students. The essay topic is announced annually by BLSA, and "The Spirit of Valerie Gordon Award" is presented at the Gordon Lecture each spring.