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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.
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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 & Policy
Washington University School of Law's 11th annual "Access to Justice" speaker series begins Sept. 23
Sept. 4,
2008 -- Terry Smith, J.D., professor of law at Fordham University and nationally recognized expert on race and politics, will kick off Washington University School of Law's 11th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series with a timely talk on "Politics and Post-Racialism: Reflections on the Meaning of a Black President" on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The fall line-up of speakers also includes an international peace negotiator, a former government environmental attorney and administrator, a renowned human rights lawyer and author, and a nationally recognized leader in the marriage equality movement.
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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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Access to equal justice
Washington University Schools of Law and Social Work to host conference on "Poverty, Wealth and the Working Poor: Clinical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives," April 1
March 24,
2005 -- The School of Law and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University will host the fifth annual access to equal justice conference, "Poverty, Wealth and the Working Poor: Clinical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives," from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 1 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will explore the many barriers to economic prosperity and well-being for America's working poor. Particular emphasis will be given to the interplay of race, gender, wealth, and power in regards to employment, welfare, housing, health care, education and the environment.
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Public interest series
"Access to Justice" speakers series presented by Washington University School of Law
Jan. 12,
2005 -- The former U.S. Solicitor General, the founder of the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) Lesbian & Gay Rights Project and the president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition are part of the spring lineup for the School of Law's seventh annual Public Interest Law Speakers Series.
Titled "Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers," the series brings to the University outstanding academics and practitioners in areas such as international human rights, the economics of poverty, civil liberties, racial justice, capital punishment, clinical legal education, and government and private public service. The series, which is free and open to the public, begins 11 a.m. Jan. 26 in Anheuser-Busch Hall.
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Future of civil liberties
David D. Cole, Georgetown law professor will discuss John Ashcroft and the future of civil liberties
Sept. 15,
2004 -- David D. Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University, author of numerous books on terrorism and civil liberties, and cooperating attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, will discuss "John Ashcroft's Paradigm of Prevention and the Future of Civil Liberties". After graduating from Yale Law School and clerking with the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Cole joined the Center for Constitutional Rights where he litigated several First Amendment cases, including the case that established protection allowing flag burning under the First Amendment. As a volunteer staff attorney for the Center, Cole continues to litigate First Amendment issues.
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U.S.A. Patriot Act contributor to speak
Assembly Series and the School of Law present Viet Dinh
Sept. 15,
2004 -- Viet D. Dinh, professor of law and director of the Asian Law and Policy Studies Program at Georgetown University, will speak about "Liberty and the Rule of Law After September 11" for the Assembly Series. As the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy under John Ashcroft from 2001 to 2003, Dinh worked on a number of important initiatives, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
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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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