Melissa Murray Lecture

NYU Law professor and legal expert Melissa Murray, in conversation with reporter and GLS alum Julianne McShane (GLS ‘17), will discuss reproductive rights with a global focus. Drawing on their combined expertise on the intersections of gender, inequality, and reproductive health, the discussion will feature the potential of student and activist action.

This is an NYU Women Lead and Liberal Studies Global Lecture Series event co-sponsored by the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center and the Women’s Leadership Presidential Forum.

Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU and faculty director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center. She is a leading expert in family law, constitutional law, and reproductive rights and justice. Murray’s award-winning research focuses on the legal regulation of intimate life. Her publications have appeared in the California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Pennsylvania Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and Yale Law Journal, among others. She is an author of Cases on Reproductive Rights and Justice, the first casebook to cover the field of reproductive rights and justice, and a co-editor of Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories.

Date and Time: Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 5-7PM ET

Location: Hemmerdinger Hall, 31 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003 

Contact: lsdeansoffice@nyu.edu