The Deinard Lecture: 2009 Prof. M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD Georgetown University Th. January 29, 2009 Topic: The Emergent Logic of Health Law
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 with major support from the law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard. Deinard Memorial Lectures 2004-2008 2008 Prof. George Annas, JD, MPH Boston University Thursday, February 7, 2008 Prof. Annas will publish his lecture on human rights law in the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST) Volume 10 Issue 1. 2007 Prof. Stephen J. Morse, JD, PhD University of Pennsylvania Thursday, February 1, 2007 Read the article in MJLST. 2006 Prof. David H. Kaye, JD, MA Arizona State University Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Read the article in MJLST. 2005 Prof. Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD Vanderbilt University Friday, February 25, 2005 2004 Prof. Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH Harvard Medical School Thursday, February 26, 2004