Deinard Memorial Lectures on Law & Medicine

These lectures are supported by a generous donation from the family of Amos S. Deinard, Sr. (left) (1898-1985) and Benedict S. Deinard (right) (1899-1969). The Deinard brothers were founding partners of the Minneapolis-based law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard. Both attended the University of Minnesota Law School and Harvard Law School.

Amos Deinard was a distinguished attorney widely known for his persistent work to eliminate discrimination in hiring. Appointed to the Minneapolis Fair Employment Practices Commission in 1945 by Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey, he served on the Commission for 17 years, 15 of them as chairman.

Benedict Deinard was a successful trial lawyer, an Adjunct Law Professor at the University of Minnesota, a Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Justice Department during WWII, and one of 4 civilians asked to participate in the Nuremberg war crimes trials. A fund has been established in their memory to sponsor this lecture series on law and medicine.

This series is cosponsored by the University of Minnesota's Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences and the Center for Bioethics. Support for this series also comes from the law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard and the Deinard family.

Deinard Memorial Lectures