Law School to Host 2013 Lavender Lecture

This Thursday, February 28, the USD Law School will host former Iowa Supreme Court Justice Michael Streit as the speaker for the 2013 Lavender Lecture. In 2009, Streit joined in an unanimous decision of the Iowa Supreme Court in the case of Varnum v. Brien, which struck down a statutory same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional. Streit and two fellow Iowa Supreme Court justices recently received the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award for their role in the Varnum decision.

The library is currently featuring a display which highlights biographical information about Streit, the Varnum decision and briefs filed in the case, a law review article on the topic of the Iowa judicial retention election, as well as several of the library's print resources regarding the topic of same-sex marriage.

The lecture will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Law School Courtroom. It is free and open to the public. 

(This entry was originally written and posted by Sarah Kammer)