Professor Ted Shaw to Deliver Annual Dreyfous Lecture

This event has been postponed. Rescheduling details are forthcoming.

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Tulane Law will host the annual George Abel and Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous Lecture on April 1, featuring Theodore “Ted” M. Shaw, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

Shaw is an expert on civil rights who has spent a large part of his litigating career as fifth Director-Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF). During his time at LDF, Shaw played a vital role in cases across the country and the U.S. Supreme Court, including Missouri v. Jenkins, one of the last school desegregation cases.  

 Shaw has worked with several organizations around the world where he has advocated for equal protections and human rights. He has held faculty appointments at the University of Michigan Law School, Columbia University Law School, and currently at the University of North Carolina School of Law where he is the Director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights. 

Shaw’s lecture, titled “The Second Redemption: Racism in the Age of Trump” will be held in the Wendell H. Gauthier Moot Court Room 110 at 5 p.m. with a reception to follow in the Marian Mayer Berkette Multipurpose Room. 

The George Abel & Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous Lecture is dedicated to the study of civil liberties and human rights. The lecture was established in 1965, to honor George Abel Dreyfous and later, his wife, Mathilde Schwab. Dreyfous was a pioneer in civil liberties and founded the Louisiana Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mathilde Schwab was involved in a myriad of civic initiatives across New Orleans, including the New Orleans League of Women Voters.