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Former President of ACLU to Speak at Lindenwood
Nadine Strossen, former president of the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) and law professor at New York Law School, will open the Lindenwood
University 2013-14 Speaker Series at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the
Spellmann Center’s Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room. Admission is free.
Strossen’s topic will be “Surveillance Society and the Threat to our Civil Rights.” A Harvard Law School graduate, Strossen is a member of the ACLU’s
National Advisory Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. She has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights.
professor, Strossen practiced law for nine years in her hometown of Minneapolis
and in New York City. She has been included in the National Law Journal’s “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” list, Vanity Fair’s list of “America’s 200 Most Influential Women,” and Ladies’ Home Journal’s “America’s 100 Most Important Women” list.
For more information on the Lindenwood University Speaker Series, including a full schedule and bios of scheduled speakers, visit www.lindenwood.edu/academics/speakerseries.