Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law
Schedule
Fri Mar 27 2026 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
365 5th Ave | New York, NY
through biography and memoir and how this shapes our understanding of thelaw.
About this Event
All are welcome to this one-day event, co-sponsored by the Touro Law Review, exploring how personal narratives shape our understanding of law, justice, and ethics across history and culture.
Featuring:
- Kai Bird on his forthcoming biography of Roy Cohn (American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn and the World He Made)
- Judge and Yale Law Professor Guido Calabresi in conversation of Professor Norman Silbur on the oral history of his life
- Judge David Tatel on his memoir Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
- Brenda Wineapple on her study of the Scopres trial (Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation)
- Judge Gary Stein on his biography Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham
- Professor Asma Bint Shafiq on her biogrpahy A Social Justice Lawyer in Bangladesh: The Pioneering Work of Salma Sobhan
- Professor John Q. Bartlett on his biography of Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert Black
Where is it happening?
365 5th Ave, 365 5th Avenue, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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