Wayne Law COVID-19 Town Hall Series

Wayne State University Law School is hosting a series of virtual town halls related to the COVID-19 pandemic. After each event, a recording of the program will be posted here for public viewing. We'll also list upcoming programs as they are announced.

Past events

Structural Racism and COVID-19: What Determines the Social and Economic Determinants of Health

May 13, 2020

  • Speaker: Peter J. Hammer, A. Alfred Taubman Endowed Chair and Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, Wayne State University Law School
  • Moderator: Jon Weinberg, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development, Wayne State University Law School

Constitutional Law and the Coronavirus: From Abortion Rights to Quarantines

April 15, 2020

Panelists: 

  • Lindsay Wiley, Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law and Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law
  • Anthony Kreis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
  • Moderator: Jon Weinberg, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development, Wayne State University Law School

COVID-19, Disability Civil Rights and Health Care Rationing

April 8, 2020

Panelists

  • Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
  • Mary Crossley, John E. Murray Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  • Moderator: David Moss, Associate Professor (Clinical) of Law and Director of the Disability Law Clinic, Wayne State University Law School

COVID-19: What can we do? What should we say? 

April 1, 2020

Panelists

  • Lance Gable, Associate Professor, Wayne State University Law School
  • Matthew Seeger, Dean, WSU College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts
  • Moderator: Kathryn Smolinski, Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Law and Director of the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer Clinic, Wayne State University Law School

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