Friday, October 23 · 12:45–2:00 PM CST

University of Iowa College of Law · Boyd Law Building · Levitt Auditorium

Keynote Presentation · Penny Andrews

Professor Andrews is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law and Director of the Racial Justice Project at New York Law School. She has held visiting appointments at law schools across the U.S. and internationally and senior leadership posts, including serving as the first Black Dean at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law and the first female Dean and President of Albany Law School.  She has authored books and articles focusing on comparative constitutional law, gender and racial equality, human rights, the judiciary, and legal education.   From 2019 to 2021 she served a two-year term as the President of the Law and Society Association. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Rome, a member of the National University of Ireland Galway’s External Advisory Group on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and the Advisory Committee of the South African Research Chair in Teaching and Learning at the University of Johannesburg.

Adrien Wing and Ubuntu: Reflections from a Fellow Feminist

Introduction by: Nihitha Valluru, University of Iowa College of Law '27, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems Vol. 36 Symposium Editor