Nadine Strossen

Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), professor at New York School of Law, and co-author of Hate Speech, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will present the civil libertarian perspective.

Strossen has written, lectured and practiced extensively in the Areas of constitutional law, civil liberties and international human rights. In 1991, she was elected president of the ACLU, the nation’s largest and oldest civil liberties organization.

Strossen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College (1972) and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (1975), where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Before becoming a law professor, she practiced law for nine years in Minneapolis—her hometown—and New York City.

The National Law Journal has twice named Strossen one the “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.” Frequently called upon to comment on legal issues in the national media, she has been a regular guest on ABC’s Politically Incorrect and a weekly commentator on the Talk America Radio Network.

Strossen’s writings have been published in many scholarly and general interest publications. Her book, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights (Scribner 1995), was named by The New York Times a “notable book” and was republished in October 2000 by NYU Press with a new introduction by the author. Her co-authored book, Speaking of Race, Speaking, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (NYU Press 1995), was named an “outstanding book” by the Gustavus Myers Center for the study of Human Rights in North America.

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