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Professor of Law and Professor of African & African American Studies and
- Executive Director of Clinical Education and Professor, School of Law
Expertise: alternative dispute resolution, civil rights mediation, clinical legal education, law of employment discrimination, elderlaw, legal education
Bio:
Karen Tokarz is a leader in both national and international clinical education, as well as an expert in civil rights mediation and the law of employment discrimination. She was instrumental in building the School of Law's top ranked clinical legal education program, which she has directed since 1980. Tokarz was awarded the Israel Treiman Faculty Fellowship for 2000-01 for which she worked at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa on the development of clinical legal education in South Africa.
WUSTL Contact Information:
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Education:
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B.A. in Social and Behavioral Science at Webster College
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J.D. at Saint Louis University
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LL.M. at University of California at Berkeley
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Public interest law series begins Sept. 12
Law school speakers to focus on access to justice
Aug. 31,
2007 -- Presentations about Guantanamo and the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy are among the highlights of the School of Law's tenth annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series, which begins Sept. 10. All lectures will be held at noon in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. They are free and open to the public.
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Convicted, executed but not guilty?
Wrongful executions to be examined at WUSTL law conference Nov. 17
Nov. 8,
2006 -- The WUSTL School of Law's Clinical Education Program and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies will host the sixth annual Access to Equal Justice conference Nov. 17 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will focus on "Examining the Risks of Wrongful Executions and the Role of Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, Academia and the Press." Panelists will examine four criminal cases that many critics believe ended in the executions of innocent defendants.
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Access to Justice
WUSTL law school speaker series focuses on public interest
Sept. 19,
2006 -- A lead counsel in the Guantanamo Bay detainees U.S. Supreme Court case, an expert on pornography in feminism and law, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his work in international criminal justice are part of the fall lineup for the School of Law's ninth annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.
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The Way We Weren't: Debunking notions of modern marriage
Historian Stephanie Coontz tackles the modern concept of marriage
Jan. 23,
2006 -- Family historian Stephanie Coontz will debunk popular myths about marriage and the family in her Assembly Series/School of Law lecture, "Courting Disaster? The World Historical Transformation of Marriage." The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m.Wednesday, February 1 in Graham Chapel.
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'Crime, Prison and the Death Penalty'
Renowned capital punishment opponent Stephen B. Bright to deliver Assembly Series and School of Law joint lecture
Oct. 24,
2005 -- Nationally recognized attorney and human rights advocate Stephen Bright will discuss his views on the death penalty and the current state of the U.S. prison system in a talk entitled, "Crime, Prison, and the Death Penalty: The Influence of Race and Poverty." The talk, part of Washington University's Assembly Series and the School of Law's "Access to Justice" series, will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall.
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Additional Background: Tokarz is a past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Education Section and past president of the Clinical Legal Education Association (U.S.). She is an honorary member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy, a regional project director for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), and a member of the Standards Review Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar for 2000-2003. She is the co-author of Elderlaw: Advocacy for the Aging (2d ed., West 1997; Supp. 1998-2001) and contributing author of The Law of Amateur and Professional Sports (Clark Boardman Callaghan 1988 & Supp. 1991-2000).
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